Limerick County Council

Limerick councillor welcomes funding to clean-up ‘dreadful eyesore’

FUNDING which has been allocated for remedial works at an unfinished County Limerick housing estate has been welcomed by Cllr Bill O’Donnell, who has labelled the estate “a dreadful eyesore”.

Limerick County Council has received funding to carry out remedial works in four unfinished housing estates which were categorised as a public health and safety risk.

The Department of the Environment made €5 million available nationally to help local authorities address problems in unfinished estates and asked councils to submit a list of estates in need of this funding.

Limerick County Council made an application for a share of the funding for 10 estates across the county, and were granted funding of €75,000 for four estates.

Funding of €10,215 has been approved for fencing in Cois na Feile, Abbeyfeale; €5,130 has been allocated for remedial works in Cluain Dara, Broadford; funding of €28,000 has been allocated for the Evanwood estate in Castletroy, and €29,000 has been approved for The Grove in Bruff.

“My understanding is that the works to be carried out by the council will focus on health and safety measures and this is welcomed,” said Cllr Bill O’Donnell.

“Our unfinished estates are attracting illegal dumping of waste and are also a danger for young children who can easily enter on to these estates which have been left in a dangerous condition,” he added.

The Bruff-based councillor particularly welcomed the allocation of €29,000 for the Grove Estate in Bruff.

“As I have said in the past, this estate is a dreadful eyesore in what is otherwise a very clean and well kept town, thanks to the hard work of Tidy Towns and other community groups. We are advised by the department that this is an interim allocation pending more detailed estimates being furnished by Limerick County Council,” he added.

The development at the Grove is unoccupied with partially built houses on site. The enforcement section of the council has served enforcement notices on the developer.

The money approved for the housing estates will be used to fence off parts of the developments and to remove any hazards.

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Company illegally diverted West Limerick river | Irish Free Press

THE OWNERS of a West Limerick aluminium company “caused havoc” to the local environment when they illegally changed the course of a river in order to gain access to a piece of land, a court has heard.

The owners of Costello Aluminium, of Kilfergus, Glin, were ordered to restore the course of the River Corbry, which they diverted without permission in late 2008/early 2009 at a special sitting of Limerick Circuit Court last Friday.

The actions of the company and its owner, John Costello, caused serious ecological damage and have led to frequent flooding along the river and at their own premises, the court was told.

Peter Clein, BL, prosecuting on behalf of Limerick County Council told Judge Carroll Moran that Costello Aluminium sought to alter the course of the Corbry in order to bring a piece of land on the opposite bank “into the larger industrial site” of their premises.

Mr Clein said that physically changing the river “caused havoc” with local fish life and led to a “significant problem” with flooding on nearby banks and at Costello Aluminium itself.

The court heard that Judge James O’Donoghue made an order directing the company to restore the river to its original path on May 27 2009.

On October 19 2009 John Costello gave an undertaking in court that he would commit to hiring an environmental scientist as part of the project, and would liaise with Limerick County Council and the Inland Fisheries Board.

However, the restoration of the river has not taken place to date as Costello Aluminium had submitted an application for planning retention.

Mr Cleain said that the council were now seeking compliance with the original court order as there is “no possibility” of the retention application being successful.

“Clearly the primary concern of the county council is to have the river re-directed to its previous course”, Mr Clein said.

The court heard that for the river to be changed back it will require “stabilising works”, such as putting down boulders, removing debris and the straightening of river banks upstream.

Following a brief discussion between legal representatives of both sides, Mr Clein told the court that an agreement had been reached Mr Costello to restore the river to its former route by April 30 2012.

He is also to liaise with the council and the fisheries board and present a schedule of works by September 15.

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