On 1 October 2025, I emailed the board members of Coleraine BID.
Not a fun email. Not a welcome email. But a necessary one.
It read:
Good Afternoon,
I write further to my previous correspondence, in which I sought an acknowledgement no later than 3 October 2025. To date, I have received no such response. For the record, you were also provided with a postal copy of that letter to 2 Abbey St, Coleraine BT52 1DS by recorded delivery.
This communication is issued in the same vein as all prior correspondence, namely to ensure a clear and complete paper trail of the steps taken on my part. Unless I receive the requested acknowledgement by close of business on 3 October 2025, I will have no alternative but to initiate Civil Bill proceedings on Monday, 6 October 2025.
Such a course is not one I wish to pursue; however, ample time and opportunity have already been afforded to resolve this matter without recourse to litigation. I trust the position is now plain, and I urge you to address this without further delay.
That was six days ago.
As of today — 7 October 2025 — not a single acknowledgment.
Not even a “we’ve received your email.” Not even the courtesy of a line back.
The letter was also sent by recorded post. They got it. The tracking says so.
So this isn’t a case of “maybe it didn’t arrive.” It did. They just chose silence.And that says everything.
No response is still a response. Silence tells you plenty. It says, “we don’t think this matters enough to acknowledge.” It says, “we’ll just ignore it and hope it disappears.”
That’s not acceptable — not from a public-facing organisation, not from a board representing businesses in this town.So now it goes to court.
Not because that’s what I wanted, but because the process leaves no alternative.
Documentation matters. A clean paper trail is the difference between “my word against yours” and “here’s exactly what happened.” Every unanswered email and unopened reply becomes part of that record.
I don’t enjoy sending messages like this. They’re not meant to persuade. They’re meant to protect.
Sometimes you write to connect.
Other times you write to document.
And sometimes — like today — you write because silence left you no choice.
I’ll continue to publish updates here to maintain a public record — for accountability, and to help others who may face similar treatment. Over time, this ongoing documentation ensures that what’s ignored in private won’t be ignored in public — especially when it comes to the words “Coleraine BID.”