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Irish Independent
9 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
Plans for Tipperary project aimed at addressing ‘pressing community need'
Uisce Éireann have applied to Tipperary County Council for planning permission to develop a waste water treatment plant for the village of Grangemockler in the south of the county. The application before the local authority is for a 10-year permission for the development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) type Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for the treatment of wastewater from the Grangemockler agglomeration comprising of one septic tank and four ICW ponds. The provision of a new terminal wastewater pumping station at the site of the existing Slievardagh Estate Developer Provided Infrastructure (DPI) WWTP, which is to be decommissioned, an access road surrounding the ICW ponds, as well as the decommissioning of two existing septic tanks at Mill River and Lingaun Park, and ancillary works associated with the development including the associated pipework and pedestrian access also forms part of the development. The project will 'allow for the future population increase in the area,' planning files state. The area is currently in need of a upgraded water treatment system, with the new system aiming to provide for future growth of the village and its surrounding areas. "There is a pressing community need for the development of a WWTP and associated infrastructure for the Grangemockler agglomeration,' Uisce Éireann added. 'The construction of the proposed Grangemockler WWTP is necessary to comply with the requirements of the national and EU regulations'. Tipperary County Council are due to make a decision on the planning application by July 22.
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Irish Independent
‘Monstrous' headstones being erected in Tipperary cemetery in the middle of the night
That was the claim made by Cashel councillor Liam Browne at the May meeting of the Tipperary-Cahir-Cashel Municipal District, who said that Tipperary County Council were turning a blind eye to the enforcement of by-laws in Cormac's Cemetery in Cashel which governs the height that headstones can be. Responding to Cllr Browne's calls, Cllr Roger Kennedy said that 'it's not fair on the ordinary people, who have a gravestone under four foot six, and the one beside it has an eight foot high monstrosity.' Speaking to the Irish Independent, Cllr Browne said that council by-laws are being ignored not just by people putting in headstones, but by the council as well who should be policing and enforcing the bylaws. "We have Tipperary County Council burial by-laws and to be quite frank, what I said at the meeting was that they're being ignored. "They're not just being ignored by the people putting up the headstones, which are out of size and scale for what they should be, but they're also being ignored by the council who should be policing the headstones that go in, and once they go in, there seems to be an acceptance by the council that there's nothing they can do about it,' Cllr Browne said. Large headstones are being erected at nighttime, Cllr Browne said, with Tipperary County Council officials encountering a contractor who was putting in an 'illegally sized' headstone under the cover of darkness. "The council did come across a contractor putting in an illegally sized headstone a couple of months ago, and they stopped the contractor from putting it in, they told them they were not an authorised contractor, and the contractor left, but they came back two days later at two or three o'clock in the morning and finished off the headstone,' Cllr Browne explained. "They then basically rang the council and said look, it's up now and ye can do what ye like with it, ye can take it down if ye like but as far as he was concerned, he had fulfilled what he was supposed to do, which was put it up,' the Cashel-based councillor added. Calling on the council to enforce the bylaws that are in place, Cllr Browne said that they should go after the contractors who are installing these headstones. "The council know that this is happening and whether they should be going after the contractor, I think they should because the contractor's obviously broken the law, but they don't, and then the families who are putting the headstones up, as sensitive a subject as it is, if you don't address it, I do believe it's going to get worse,' Mr Browne added. ADVERTISEMENT The Tipperary County Council burial ground bylaws state that headstones should be no taller than 4' 11', or 7' in the case of a Celtic Cross, but headstones that far exceed these rules have been installed in Cormac's Cemetery. At the May meeting of the Tipperary-Cahir-Cashel MD, Cathaoirleach of the district Cllr John Crosse said that the council were not ignoring the issue and that a meeting and a site visit would be held to discuss the issue. 'I have to disagree [with Cllr Crosse] on that, we are ignoring it, we have been ignoring it, and we've been ignoring it in more than Cashel, we've been ignoring it in graveyards across the county because Cashel is not the only place that have complained,' Cllr Browne said. Action needs to be taken on these 'illegal' headstones according to the Cashel councillor, saying that people should be made aware that if they erect a headstone that doesn't comply with the burial ground bylaws, it can be taken down. "As much as I hate to think that it would have to be done, there may be a case, it has been done in the past, there is precedent of taking headstones back down again, you cannot just say look, if a headstone's gone up and it's in breach of a law, that it stays up, there's other cases of breaches of planning legislation around the county, you could look at modular homes, you could talk about extensions, but they would be very quick to move on the people involved, and use the law to have them taken back down again,' Cllr Browne said. "I've had conversations with members of the travelling community, and that suggestion has been made to them and some of them are quite happy with the suggestion that yes, they can still put up what they would consider 'fancy' memorials as they put it, but they would still have to remain within the bylaws,' the independent councillor added. "I believe that in too many cases, too many people talk for the traveller community, and not to the traveller community … sometimes if you sit down and have a chat with the local travelling community in the towns who are long-standing members of the town, due to the sensitivity of this, I don't think we chat enough to the travelling community themselves and see what can be accepted,' the Cashel councillor concluded. Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme
Irish Independent
5 days ago
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- Irish Independent
How Tipperary locals can have their say on new bridge project
Fianna Fáil councillor Michéal Anglim has called on the people of Ardfinnan to take part in a survey aimed at getting the opinions of locals on the improvement of the designs and demand for a new bridge in Ardfinnan. Tipperary County Council, in association with the National Transport Authority (NTA), are undertaking a survey of locals to find out what their wants and needs are for the bridge which is proposed to be built in the village. The proposed new Ardfinnan Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge would link the north side of the village with the south, and allow for the commercial and housing premises in the north of the village to connect with the village amenities in the south. The project aims to provide a safe and accessible pedestrian and cycle facility for all users across the River Suir at Ardfinnan, with minimal impact on the visual status and heritage value of the existing bridge and historic surroundings, Tipperary County Council have said. Designs have been completed for the bridge, with the project team now looking for opinions of locals in the village to find out how much demand there would be for the project to go ahead. Writing in a post on social media, Cllr Anglim appealed for locals to fill out the questionnaire to ensure that the project keeps moving forward. "I know I can hear everyone saying 'when will there be enough surveys done?' The NTA (National Transport Authority) have requested Tipperary County Council to do this. So please do look at this and fill it in online, it's easily and quickly done,' Cllr Anglim wrote. "Whatever we as a community are asked to do to get us our Independent Walkway Bridge we will do it,' the local councillor vowed. The survey is open until June 20, and can be filled out here, or for those who would prefer a hard copy, forms can be found at Ardfinnan Post Office.
Irish Independent
6 days ago
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- Irish Independent
Tipperary families concerned about traffic on ‘incredibly busy' street
Residents of St Patrick's Avenue in Tipperary town raised their concerns with independent councillor John O'Heney, who asked at the May meeting of the Tipperary-Cahir-Cashel Municipal District that some traffic calming measures be implemented on the street. St Patrick's Avenue has the Monstary School at the bottom, with other schools St Joseph's and St Anne's in very close proximity, while the entrance to the Tipperary Hills is also at the top of the avenue. Speaking at the meeting, Cllr O'Heney said that young families living in the area have serious concerns for their children who play on the street. "There's a lot of young families, which is great to see, who have moved onto the avenue in recent times, but that causes other issues with children playing on the avenue. "It's a one-way system, it's incredibly busy during school times, particularly if someone is in a rush dropping someone to school, they're flying around the avenue and you just don't know what you're going to meet,' Cllr O'Heney outlined. Tipperary County Council confirmed that a speed survey would be carried out in the area, with the results of the survey analysed and a design completed in line with the council's Traffic Calming Policy. An application for funding under the Low Cost Safety Scheme will then be made if traffic calming measures are needed. Cllr O'Heney said that he was pleased with the response from Tipperary County Council on his motion. "I'm delighted that a speed survey will be carried out, and that hopefully it may lead to some traffic calming taking place if possible on the avenue, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of it,' he said.
Irish Independent
6 days ago
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- Irish Independent
Tipperary property will not become IPAS centre despite change of use application
A Section 5 planning exemption has been submitted to Tipperary County Council for a property on the Old Road in Cashel, with rumours spreading on social media that the property is to be used as accommodation for International Protection Applicants. Taking to his own social media page, Cashel councillor Liam Browne has moved to clarify that there are no plans to build or develop an IPAS centre at the Old Road property. "The application is seeking to change the use of an existing residential house, to a residential care facility. Nothing new will be built on the site, without a full planning application,' Cllr Browne outlined. The change of use application states that the applicants are applying for 'a declaration of exempted development … regarding the change of use from residential to provide a residential care facility for children at risk, including those with learning difficulties.' "The number of residents will not exceed six, and the number of carers will not exceed two,' the planning file states. 'The new owners of the building, are a company called Odyssey Social Care. They provide care to children with physical, mental and learning disabilities," Mr Browne added. "The current proposal is to provide such care at the property. The occupants would only be children, ie, under 18, and the maximum number of children would be 6, with 2 carers". Tipperary County Council have written to the applicants to ensure that only children with disabilities will be housed at the site, and not anyone else. Odyssey Social Care do provide care for unaccompanied minors within the International Protection system, but it is not thought that the Cashel site would be used for this purpose, Cllr Browne added.
