Ups and downs, swings and roundabouts...

Hello all,

Well, yet another confusing day. I went onto the DLRCOCO Council website and obviously my ringing around has caused the various Councillors to contact the webmaster and make sure their details are reflected accurately. There are now FIFTEEN Councillors, not twenty-two, not eighteen. Although how long that stays the same will be anyone's guess! If anyone has a correct list of Councillors, please take a look at the website and let me know if it's accurate!

Out of the fifteen Councillors, the only one I haven't spoken to is Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fail). I have called him about twenty times and did actually get through to him once but was asked to call him back. I'm not terribly impressed, but I know by process of elimination that he also voted in favour of the parking spaces.

So we have details of all fifteen Councillors. I was wondering where to go from there, when I got sent a list of the three motions tabled at the meeting on 4 May. You can see the transcript of the motions at http://www.savesandycovegreen.com/ . Each of the three motions specifically mention residents parking. So the Council money (estimated to be at least €70k) will be spent housing 15 cars which are more than likely all going to be permanently used by residents. €4,500 per car. Is that really the best use of Council money? That's YOUR tax money.

Another thing to note is that the decision to put the parking spaces on the seaward side of Newtownsmith was taken by the Ward Councillors, the Traffic Manager and the County Manager. NO public consultation. NO application for planning permission. This is YOUR green. Shouldn't you have a say??

The Full Council meeting is on 14 June. Please keep inviting everyone to join the facebook group and to sign the petition. The more support we have by the meeting, the more likely that the decision will be overturned!

Thanks,
Lou xx