October '02 News
Maggie Roche's famous cottage, on the lower Sky Road, Clifden, ruined
by fire on Oct. 15th (photos: John
Mullen)
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Roundstone
Update - 7th October 2002
Tuna fever has hit some of the Roundstone community, but before I
reveal all let's recap a bit, if my memory serves me right. John Brittain
in his Clifden based charter boat 'The Blue Water', with a Dutch tourist,
caught a 387 lb Bluefin tuna in September. |
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Work on ‘important’
Community School footpath starts in earnest
As regular users of the route will have noticed, work has started
on widening of the Ballyconneely road to provide a footpath and cycle
track from the town to the Clifden Community School. The winding road
currently has no footpath and is regularly used by pedestrians and
cyclists. The section of road currently being widened is regarded
by elected representatives and school Parents' Association as 'particularly
dangerous' for students who walk to and from the school from the Clifden
direction. |
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Chamber of Commerce sponsored
work on Clifden Harbour underway
Work started last week on improvements to Clifden Harbour. Made possible
by a €45,000 grant from the Department of the Marine, the work
will result in the harbour area being upgraded and maintained. |
The Search Goes On
The operation to find the missing Cleggan fisherman, Desmond O'Reilly,
continues as his colleagues and emergency services persist in their searches
of the coastline of Cleggan Bay and Inishboffin. Mr O'Reilly, who is in
his early thirties, went missing at sea on Wednesday 9th October, prompting
a massive rescue operation involving the Clifden and Achill lifeboats,
the Coastguards, Gardai sub-aqua units and the Navy, as well as large
numbers of local vessels and crew.
Ó CUÍV ORDERS PLANNING 'INVESTIGATION'
At a meeting attended by over two hundred local people, called
by concerned residents to discuss alleged inconsistencies in the way planning
regulations are applied in Connemara, Eamon Ó Cuív, Minister
for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, said that if he is provided
with the necessary information there will be: "a thorough investigation
(leading to) a full and detailed report, which will be brought back to
a future meeting".