In the letters page of today’s IT (under National public service strike) [broken link removed] a Mr Puplet writes: “Madam, – Leaving the house on Tuesday I put the bins out before catching a bus into Blackrock to collect a parcel from the post office on the way to the Dart station. – Yours, etc,”.
What does this mean? It’s clearly a coded reference – but to what? I think we should be told.
I think it might be a reference to the fact that many public services were still available, though I'm not sure if this is praising or attacking the strikers or those who were still at work.