I have ancestors buried at Shandon too and I am as upset as anyone else about the possible developments. However to look at both sides of the story, I noticed when I was in Cork City how very much in need of modernisation the inner city was. Although the historical buildings and cemeteries are extremely important to all of us, this has to be balanced with the need to update the city for the good of the modern-day inhabitants and the city economy. We have all gone off to our new-world modern and vibrant cities and left our roots and history behind. Spare a thought for those that still live there amongst all the decay. Here's hoping a way can be found to modernise while at the same time retaining some of these all important historical sites like the Shandon and Huguenot cemeteries. Other large cities in Europe have managed quite well to balance these things. Lets give them a chance. Kae Lewis

----- Original Message ----- From: Kae Lewis Subject: Re: Cork City developement > Here's hoping a way can > be found to modernise while at the same time retaining some of these all > important historical sites like the Shandon and Huguenot cemeteries. The point is that the development applications in question do not share your hopes. They are not applications to 'retain these all important historical sites' but to concrete them over. They have been presented as a fait accompli obviously in the 'hope' that no one will notice and they can be snuck through. There are some questions to which there is no 'other side'. Regards, Donnacha