1 N. C. LAUNDRY Ltd. NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD (TOP OF BERKLEY STREET), DUBLIN, 16th Dec 1915. C. Munro Esq. Governor, H. M. Prison MOUNTJOY. DUBLIN. Dear Sir We duly received yours 10th inst and have since had
the wall in question thoroughly examined again and the further
report of examination confirms what we had already stated, that
undoubtedly the heavy vibration of the ivy, weighted as it was
with so much water, brought down the wall, and we must call on you
to have your ivy removed from our wall which still remains standing,
not as a matter of courtesy (as you put it) but as we are entitled
to call on you to have done. Of course we did not suggest for a moment that the wall in
question was a party wall and our claim to have you contribute
towards the cost of the damage done was by reason of your having
injured the fabric of our wall by allowing the ivy to grow on
same, and the act of its having been there having materially
assisted in the wall being blown down. We think we have a just
and legal claim to such a contribution as we ask you to make, and
would be obliged if you would again bring this matter before the
General Prisons Board, with a view to their contributing something
towards our loss. We have no wish to have any unpleasantness in the matter,
and think the Board should meet us in a reasonable and equitable
way. Yours faithfully N. C. LAUNDRY LTD. NC