Sir, – Your correspondent Ola Lokken Nordrum (Letters, November 11th), asked us to imagine an EU summit surrounded by active travel and people walking and cycling.
Somehow I cannot see the dignataries who arrive at Baldonnel getting on the Luas at Saggart or those arriving at Dublin Airport getting the airport bus.
They are used to limos and armoured transport through traffic-free streets and will never see the chaos caused by their arrival and presence.
Their own comfort and the need for security means they will never leave their cocoon to see the real city, as the cavalcade moves on to the next location.
As for the rest of the people in Dublin they just have to grin and bear it, and, I sense that the gridlock of this week may well be a portent of what’s to come. – Yours, etc,
JOHN BERGIN,
Oxton Wirral,
England.
Source: The Irish Times · Thu Nov 12 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ
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