We must protect Old Dublin

■ It was with disbelief that I read Mary Reynolds’ letter (Irish

Independent, August 17) in which she highlighted Dublin City Council’s decision to replace the cobbled streets of Temple Bar with a smooth surface.

Apparently Fáilte Ireland is concerned about women in stilettos toppling over. Perhaps they should look to France, where there are some medieval towns surrounded by walls, battlements and mottes together with cobbled streets in which modern commerce and tourism is vibrant, for example, the medieval cities in Guérande and in Carcassonne.

I totally agree with her that Old Dublin must not vanish.

We must keep our cobbles and protect our past. Geraldine Groarke Drumraney, Co Westmeath