Madam, - The recent report that Killarney Town Council unanimously voted to delist a traditional shop front together with an admission that a lot of buildings had been demolished in the town which should have been protected, gives increased credence to the findings of the authors of a guide book some years ago which stated that the "best view of Killarney was through a car's rear view mirror".
Given all that has been reported from this part of the country in recent years, front view or rear view, the future does not look encouraging for this, once very beautiful part of our countryside, which is now being seriously compromised by ongoing ill-conceived proposals and unacceptable developments. - Yours, etc.,
PHILIP O'REILLY, Anna Villa, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.