DUNGARVAN
OBSERVER Vol. 105
Friday, 3rd November, 2017
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Four year timeline to build 12 social houses By Paul Mooney COMERAGH Municipal District Councillors expressed their disbelief and astonishment that it will take at least four years to build 12 Council houses in Portlaw. Councillors gave the greenlight for the 12 houses at Coolfin, Portlaw in June, 2015. The local authority advertised its intention to construct the 12 social
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houses in January, 2016. However, since then, and despite the country being in the midst of a major housing crisis, with homeless numbers increasing daily, government bureaucracy has ensured that housing schemes like the one proposed for Coolfin, Portlaw, have progressed at a snail’s pace. At the October meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, after Cllr. Ray Murphy sought an update on the housing scheme, he was informed that it
would be at least 2019 before the houses will be available for tenants. Proposed housing schemes must go through four stages of approval at Department level. At a previous meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Damien Geoghegan slammed the “ridiculous tooing and fro-ing” between local authorities and the Department over house designs, and how the housing scheme designs have to go to the Department for
“approval, changes and tweeks” before it is sent back to the Council to be examined again, placed on public display for submissions, changed again, and then sent back to the Department again for further “approval, changes and tweeks”. Cllr. Geoghegan noted that two housing projects in the Dungarvan area, 15 houses at Ormonde Square and 21 houses at Ballinroad “took years to develop”. Continued on page 2
Ballyneety man honoured for 20 years service MOSSIE O’Donovan from Ballyneety, Dungarvan, recently enjoyed a VIP trip to London, England, in recognition of his 20 years’ service with Sodexo Ireland, one of the country’s biggest catering and on-site services providers. He was accompanied on the trip by his sister Geraldine O’Connor and met with their other sister, Margaret Moran who lives in London.
Maurice is a food service assistant for Sodexo and based at GSK Dungarvan. Mossie flew to London to join over 200 of his colleagues from across Ireland and the UK for lunch on-board the Bateaux London Symphony, the city’s largest restaurant cruise vessel, taking in the famous sights of London along the River Thames. Continued on page 2
Mossie O’Donovan, pictured in London with two of his sisters Margaret Moran and Geraldine O’Connor. Mossie was presented with his Award for 20 years Long Service by Sean Haley, Regional Chairman for Sodexo UK and Ireland.