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Look into the future
2007-05-13 19:12:00 Watch this video if you want to look into the future of East Meath . It explains some of the craziness of the US, thing is we are repeating the pattern here on a much worse scale, driving traffic through villages, building appalling designed estates, retail “parks” etc… Favourite quote: “A sense of place. The public realm has ... More About: Future , Planning , Development , The Future
All quiet on the Bryanstown front
2007-05-11 23:41:00 Funny there hasn’t been a murmur from the Drogheda United campaign to build 5000 houses in Bryanstown. Maybe they are waiting for the Local Area Planning process. On the other hand one could be forgiven for thinking that they are keeping their heads down until after the election so as not to cause any embarrassment ... More About: Politics , Julianstown , Development , Meath
Planned Chaos in Meath
2007-05-11 19:14:00 Inspired by a dumb politician and an interesting comment thread I decided to dig a little deeper into how the planning chaos that is Meath came about. Was it an accident or could it have been avoided? In summary it is clear that in 1999-2000 central government planners saw the tsunami coming and issued planning guidelines ... More About: Politics , Transport , Planning , Development
Shift Happens
2007-05-08 18:01:00 Blah Blah Blah on Breaking News Fianna Fáil is accusing Fine Gael and Labour of failing to prioritise job creation in their pre-election promises. Speaking at a press conference in Dublin today, Enterprise Minister Michéal Martin said Fianna Fáil would increase investment in education and research if returned to power at the coming election. He said this would ... More About: Politics , Shift
Bertie?s Excuse
2007-05-07 22:08:00 Is this what to expect from Berti e ? Let’s hope so! More About: Politics , Corruption , Excuse
The Right Stuff
2007-05-06 21:24:00 Some of our aspiring TDs are clearly made of the Right Stuff, the cream of the crop, class acts. Take Aine Brady, running for FF in Kildare North, a constituency very similar to Meath East with rampant development and poor infrastructure. She is quoted in the Sunday Business Post with this nugget: ??I believe they understand ... More About: Politics , Transport , Planning , Development
More system failure
2007-05-06 19:10:00 Excellent analysis of the M3 situation from Sarah Carey. I am not the only one who is appalled by our system and prepared to write about it. In this case Sarah points that the discovery of an important archaeological site becomes an unfortunate event. More About: Politics , System , Transport , Planning , Development
Incompetent Meath County Council
2007-05-06 00:13:00 Top three hits on a Google Search for “incompetent Meath County Council ”. Lot’s more to come. More About: Politics , Corruption
Lights are on at Laytown School but?
2007-05-06 00:10:00 There is an article in the May issue of the Meath Coaster that made my heart sink. It concerned the completion of safety works at Laytown school with the erection of solar powered flashing safety lights. Why would this make your heart sink you may ask? Well I’ll tell you why. Firstly this is the end ... More About: Politics , Planning , Development , School
Corruption
2007-05-05 10:33:00 The one central thing about corruption is that it decreases the quality of life for the majority to benefit the few. Whether it is in some banana republic, an African dictatorship or the planning department of an Irish County Council it doesn’t matter. That is why corruption is fundamentally incompatible with democracy. (See Transparency International ... More About: Politics , Planning , Development , Meath , Corruption
Bertie?s Money
2007-05-04 20:39:00 Bertie should come clean about his money. Of course £50K is a lot to spend on refurbishment, but wait a sec. As one of the top dogs in FF he had to do things right. First you needed to engage a top of the range adviser to advise on the project, then feasibility studies, the ... More About: Politics , Money , Bertie , Berti
System Failure 4
2007-05-02 00:06:00 Just to give you some perspective on the school situation. Right now there are 12 schools in the area serving approximately 22,000 people. As the population heads towards 50,000 over the next 7 years it is instructive to make a comparison. The department of eduacation and science publishes a register of schools so we can count ... More About: Politics , System , Planning , Development , Meath
System Failure 3
2007-05-01 23:36:00 So just how bad is the school situation in this area? We have blogged about the Laytown situation and reported on a survey of schools which paints a picture of overcrowded schools with over a third of pupils in prefabs. The survey analyses an area in Meath taking in the coast, Duleek, Slane, Gormanston, Donore etc. ... More About: Politics , Events , System , Julianstown , Planning
System Failure Part 2
2007-05-01 21:04:00 From Peter, a comment worth posting. There has been a major system failure in the Education System which has totally failed to keep up with predictable demand growth. EAST MEATH COASTAL AREA In the East Meath Coastal area we probably have more pre-fabs per schoolchild than anywhere on the planet. In the 12 schools of Stamullen, Bellewstown, Julianstown, ... More About: Politics , Planning , Development
System Failure
2007-04-28 11:01:00 Listening to Morning Ireland coverage of a public meeting in West Dublin concerning lack of school places, brings a real sense of Deja-Vu. Yet again there are not enough school places in a rapidly expanding area. Exactly the same situation in East Meath , where despite a 75% increase in population not a single new classroom ... More About: Politics , System , Planning , Development
Build it and they will come
2007-04-28 10:37:00 I was wondering just how East Meath developers plan to shift almost 1000 new houses per year over the next 7 years or so. Signs are looking bad. The Daft index indicates that the number of houses for sale in both Drogheda and East Meath has doubled in the last 6 months. There are no ... More About: Transport , Planning , Development
East Meath Population Set to Soar
2007-04-26 20:14:00 Census 2006 data was released today giving more detail on the current area population. The data comes in the same week that the County Development plan was published. Data in Chapter 2 of the development plan allows the East Meath area population to be projected as far as 2013. The results are worrying. For the purposes ... More About: Politics , Transport , Planning
Meath County Council wastes Millions in East Meath
2007-04-26 20:02:00 Meath County Council is spending more than ?10M to upgrade the Duleek to Julianstown road. At the same time the village of Julianstown has to suffer under traffic volumes 6 times in excess of the capacity. A bypass of Julianstown is worth in the region of ?20M to the East Meath economy but the council ... More About: Transport , Planning , Meath
The silent scream
2007-04-25 22:54:00 The tragic story of the Dunne family in Wexford has consumed me for the last couple of days. A man and a woman kill their beautiful children and then themselves. Our system, although alerted to the intention, fails them apparently because it doesn’t operate at the weekend. This blog attempts to analyse the story. I ... More About: Politics , Planning , Development , Scream , Silent
More questions than answers regarding Julianstown bypass
2007-04-25 22:13:00 This is the report in the Meath Chronicle. THE whole commercial life of Duleek village was ?slowly grinding to a halt? because of the volume of heavy trucks using the village, Colr Jimmy Cudden told the Slane Electoral Area Committee of Meath County Council last week when he demanded to know if there was any progress ... More About: Politics , Questions , Transport , Julianstown , Planning
Questions to ask your local FF candidates
2007-04-25 22:05:00 Editorial from the Meath Chronicle is worth repeating. WITH the election circus now well under way and roaming the Royal County - and candidates from all parties bucking up on their seduction skills in wooing the justifiably cynical, worn-out electorate - Fianna Fail politicians for Meath will have a lot to answer for on the doorsteps ... More About: Politics , Questions , Candidates , Local
Embarrassed
2007-04-25 22:03:00 Braking News said today Ireland is the laughing stock of Europe because voters still use pencils in elections, an “embarrassed” Taoiseach told the Dáil today. So I guess we are not the laughing stock because you can’t drink the water in Galway. Or because we have a decrepit road system worthy of Zimbabwe. Or because in the richest country ... More About: Politics , Barr , Embarrassed , Barra
Meath County Development Plan Published
2007-04-23 23:26:00 The 2007-2013 Meath County Development Plan is out. More About: Planning , Published , Publish
Ireland is different
2007-04-21 16:11:00 You know I often ponder what it is about Ireland that makes us different. You know things work different in Ireland, a bit like in Willy Wonka where the trees are made of chocolate. Except in Ireland the difference is that the laws of nature and economics that govern just about everywhere else on the ... More About: Politics , Transport , Planning , Development
Developer Tells it Like it is
2007-04-21 15:53:00 Well at last someone has started telling it like it is. A report in the Irish times on a speech given by builder Mick Wallace to a planners conference is spot on. Let’s hope the Meath Planners where there and taking note. Developer warns of divided society The health of the community has suffered because “the main ... More About: Transport , Planning , Development , Like
India or Bust
2007-04-21 11:21:00 I nearly crashed the car when I heard an ad on the radio yesterday afternoon advertising India n property for sale to unsuspecting paddies. Larionova are flogging “Red Hot Investment Properties” to pathetic Irish people who if they are thick enough to sign deserve everything they get. The spin makes India sound like Ireland was 10 years ... More About: Bust
Water Water Everywhere
2007-04-20 15:20:00 Listen to Vincent Browne’s program on the water situation, it’s great. The FF guy is brilliant, total disregard for EU law, total denial of reality. He thinks if you let trifling things like water supply get in he way of development it will just drive prices up. (Even though our demand is artificial) The Greens miss ... More About: Politics , Planning , Development , Water , Everywhere
Charity Race Night and Karaoke
2007-04-18 22:10:00 Charity Race Night and Karaoke In aid of Drogheda ABACAS Pre-school For early intervention of children with Autism Bettystown Court Hotel Laytown Suite Saturday 12th May 8.30 First Race 8.45PM Cash prizes for winning horse Spot Prizes on night No entrance fee Contact Shay Clarke on 086 8363953 for any enquiries More About: Events , Charity , Meath
New Hospital in East Meath?
2007-04-18 21:28:00 Reports in the local press say that a proposal has been submitted to site a new regional hospital in Gormanston. First reaction: Cool. A top class health facility is definitely a bonus Mature reflection: Oh s**t how many houses will it take. Let’s look at the East Meath equations. New School in Laytown ... More About: News , Hospital , Planning , Development
Julianstown lights again
More articles from this author:2007-04-16 14:15:00 I heard this morning, that cars were breaking the lights while children were crossing the road on the way to school, even with the attendance of the lolly pop man. My own experience this morning was that I was pulling out to make a right turn and pulled half way across the road hoping someone would ... More About: Julianstown , Julia , Again , Light , Town 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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