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Drogheda Leader misquotes Thomas Byrne?again
2007-09-21 19:23:00 Thomas Byrne made this statement on his blog, regarding a second misquote in the Drogheda Lead er. We already commented on a similar incident in which Deputy Byrne had to correct the record by way of a comment. More About: Politics , Thomas , Thomas Byrne
Senator Hannigan Calls for East Meath Local Authority
2007-09-21 00:41:00 Newly elected Senator, Dominic Hannigan has called for the establishment of an East Meath local authority in this week’s (September 19) Drogheda Indo. He says that the Meath County Council Administration and elected members operating out of Navan and Duleek are too far removed from the situation on the ground in East Meath. He also ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Transport , Planning , Development
Bertie not Credible
2007-09-18 19:43:00 Can anyone trust assurances regarding the economy from a man who “prefers to deal in cash” and didn’t have a bank account for many years? Here’s what the Bertie says: The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has hit out again at people expressing concern about the performance of the Irish economy. Mr Ahern was speaking last night at Fianna Fáil’s ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development , Construction
High Rise versus Sprawl
2007-09-15 23:58:00 There’s a big deal happening in Dublin. Developers want to build high density, high rise accommodation in the centre of Dublin in Ballsbridge. This could be a turning point for Ireland. Out here in East Meath we are beginning to see first hand the true horror of low density commuting slums being built into every available ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Houses , Transport , Planning
Weird
2007-09-15 23:20:00 This thing about the bank in England is really weird. More About: Weird , Analysis
5000 Houses: Misleading Headlines in Drogheda Leader
2007-09-14 00:00:00 We are surprised that the Drogheda Leader would print an obviously misleading headline regarding the Drogheda United Development of 5000 houses, equivalent to Balbriggan, on the south side of Drogheda. The headline falsely states that the go-ahead has been given for a stadium and would perhaps deter interested parties from making submissions on the application. Whilst ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Houses , Planning
Solution to School Crisis
2007-09-13 18:33:00 Having commented somewhat on the school crises in the last couple of weeks, we are proposing the following way to solve the problem. Our elected represetatives need to bring together a committee of stakeholders including parents and teachers and do the following. 1. Declare that the education system in East Meath is in a state of emergency ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development
Did She Really Say That
2007-09-13 18:27:00 Did Mary Hanafin really say this.. “There are major challenges throughout the whole developing Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Wexford areas, but we’re working very closely with the local authorities to meet those challenges,” she said today. on the same day that this was in the news. The opening of an emergency primary school in north Dublin has been delayed ... More About: Analysis , Ally
Broadband
2007-09-12 23:55:00 Eircom Broad band was enabled in the local exchange today. This happened, I might add without the intercession of any politician. Now let’s get the speed up and drop the price.
Political Cancer also Seen in Health
2007-09-09 15:10:00 I haven’t said much about health, put the same symptoms are eveident in Health as in nearly every aspect of Irish public life, namely the absolute failure to plan or to implement plans. The fear of doing anything pervades our civil and public service and is a fundamental part of the culture of government. It ... More About: Political , Cancer , Analysis , Politic
More fun and games
2007-09-09 12:10:00 Sunday Business Post makes a good point. If the Minister for Education thinks planning permission should not be granted without school committments then why has her Department never made a submission or observation to a planning permission in this regard? Yet another nail in the coffin for the pathetic department. The Department of Education has never ... More About: Politics , Games , Planning , Development , Fun and Games
More on Education
2007-09-08 12:42:00 Education is flavour of the week, with articles in all the papers. The INTO has rowed in in the Indo today saying rightly that the Department of Education is at fault. Meanwhile the INTO has attacked what it called the Department of Education’s “just in time, just enough” approach to school places. “Such an approach might suit ... More About: Politics , Education , Analysis , Houses , Transport
Julianstown event
2007-09-07 13:29:00 The Seat of Mercy Church in Julian stown asked me to advertise a family day that they are organising. It takes place in Julianstown Community Centre (Old Church) between 12 and 5 on Sunday September 16. There is face painting bouncy castles and video game competitions. More About: Events , Event
Well said that Bishop
2007-09-06 23:11:00 Archbishop of Dublin gives a whack of the crozier to the government and department of education in the Irish Times today. Blames incompetent politicians and bureaucrats for the sorry educational fiasco that exists today. Well said. Choice quotes from the article. Archbishop says State to Blame for school crisis Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has blamed poor ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development , Bettystown
Number of houses for sale soars
2007-09-06 22:46:00 It’s been a while since we updated our daft housing index. It will be recalled that we started counting the number of houses for sale in both the East Meath area (Laytown, Bettystown, Donacarney, Mornington and Julianstown) and Drogheda on the daft.ie website. The index started in the middle of October 2006 and since then ... More About: For Sale , Analysis , Houses , Planning , Development
East Meath Retail
2007-09-05 21:39:00 Big splurge in the Drogheda Indo about the retail scene in the area. Massive shopping centres coming on line include Bettystown, Colpe and Donore Industrial Estate. Favourite quote from the developer of Bettystown “town centre”. Developer Pat Neville says he is ‘building a vibrant town centre so that people moving here are buying into a real town ... More About: Politics , Power , Analysis , Planning , Development
Town centres
2007-09-05 21:34:00 We already blogged about the new Bettystown town centre and the developer’s ambition to build enough houses for 20,000 people in a town slated for a max population of 5,000. Well it seems that this is happening all over the country and we have been collecting a few examples. The model seems to be to ... More About: Houses , Planning , Development , Corruption , Town
It?s Not Just Us
2007-09-04 23:00:00 We are not alone in EastMeath http://blogthebog.blogsome.com/2007/09/04 /bertie-aint-brian/
Signs of poor planning quality in Meath
2007-09-04 21:18:00 From the Times. Firstly Councillors are amending the County Development Plan only a couple of months after they made it. Could they not have gotten it right the first time? At the same time the County Manager admits the council cannot supply a good quality planning service due to a high staff turnover. Wonder why ... More About: Politics , Planning , Meath , Signs , Poor
Nice Article
2007-09-04 21:15:00 This article from the Irish Times resonated with me. Back to the future - again Fintan O’Toole Here is a typical left-wing critique of the Celtic Tiger delivered in a major speech last week: “The modern problem is the conflict between economic activity and the quality of life. Despite all the impressive technical advances that have been made, ... More About: Article , Nice , Artic
Odd coverage of Laytown school opening in the papers
2007-09-04 20:57:00 Strange that the Indo and the Irish Times would have verbatim reports on the Laytown School opening yesterday, even down to the reports of adorable little boys wearing superman outfits. Sounds like someone did a PR job on it. Click here for the Indo and the Irish Times coverage is below. All bets off as school opens ... More About: Opening , Bettystown , Papers
Laytown School - Let?s feel happy
2007-09-04 00:41:00 What’s the betting that the local papers will be full of grinning politicians at the “opening” of the new school in Laytown. Thomas Byrne to the forefront “delivering” on his “committment” to the area. Hypocrites. These people should come with a health warning: They are supposed to help us and represent us, not to f**k us up. These ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development , Meath
F**ked Schools
2007-09-03 22:50:00 We recently blogged about “revelations” that there are 100,000 more primary school places needed within the next decade. This it seems, in some quarters, is one of the mysteries of the modern era, somewhat up there with the mystery of where all the houses came from, like the school figures “they could never have been ... More About: Politics , Schools , Analysis , Planning , Development
Strokenomics and Gombeenism
2007-09-02 12:20:00 Superlative article from David McWilliams. I can’t add anything to it only to say it backs up everything I have written on this blog. Just think about it quadrupling of East Meath Population and not a single new road, new school, public facility. You just have to look around you to see that something is ... More About: Politics , Transport , Planning , Development , Corruption
Laytown School Saga Grinds On
2007-09-02 11:08:00 On cue, and as predicted, Deputy Thomas Byrne, TD, representative for some of the voters of Meath East is associating himself with the “opening” of the temporary school in Laytown. This is a school with which the new TD has had virtually no involvement for the simple reason that he was not a TD, councillor, ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development
Education
2007-08-31 20:44:00 It now seems that the words “crisis” and “emergency” are inextricably linked with the word “education”. See here. 50 unfortunate kids turn up at school and there is no room for them. Cue crisis and emergency. BTW these kids have been around for the last 4-5 years, funny nobody noticed. Perhaps the department of education needs ... More About: Education , Planning , Development , Duca
School places revelation
2007-08-29 21:52:00 Well according to the Indo today it has suddenly dawned on someone somewhere that there is a school crisis. “100,000 new pupils to spark crisis for schools”, the headline states. What’s with the sparking. In East Meath there are 100’s of kids being educated in prefabs, there hasn’t been a permanent classroom built since 1974 ... More About: Politics , Planning , School , Places , Corruption
Who do councillors really represent?
2007-08-29 21:44:00 Councillors in Trim are appealing to people to stop objecting to some sort of out-of-town retail development and to a SuperValu development in the centre of the Heritage Town. They seem to have linked the provision of an OPW office building to the construction of a Supervalu, although one has to ask why you need to ... More About: Politics , Power , Analysis , Planning , Development
Local Government
2007-08-26 11:59:00 Good article from the recent Irish Times. Directly elected mayor desperately needed Local government reform has to include transferring more power to elected councillors, writes Dermot Lacey . The decision by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley to initiate a debate on local government reform is indeed most welcome. The tentative and insipid ... More About: Politics , Power , Corruption
Laytown School Saga: One Year On
More articles from this author:2007-08-25 00:33:00 It’s exactly one year since there was major outrage concerning Laytown School. In year there were many false alarms and finally the shell of a “temporary” school is emerging in Laytown. There are also hints a couple more “temporary” schools are taking shape elsewhere. No doubt the 2009 local elections will bring another wave of ... More About: Politics , Analysis , Planning , Development , Meath 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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