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Businesses collapsing on our main streets

Rural towns and villages “are suffering big time” according to one councillor while another said that “businesses are collapsing on our main streets” and that pubs in rural areas are “closing like dominoes.” Both councillors laid the blame for the ...

06 Sept 2023 at 13:33

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Footpath needs to be complete from caravan park to Lough Rynn

Cllr Sean McGowan asked Director of Services, Justin Fannon, to examine what streams of funding are available to fully complete the public lighting from Mohill, to link up with the new footpath and lighting that was developed recently and serves ...

17 Feb 2024 at 12:33

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Dromod drainage works to be done in the coming months

Cllr Sean McGowan asked when work would commence to provide additional street gullies along the road leading to Bofin Avenue and Dromod Harbour to prevent flooding and pooling of water in front of a number of homes along the road, following ...

19 Jan 2024 at 13:33

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Demand for water outstrips the supply-McGowan

Cllr Sean McGowan asked the council to call on Uisce Éireann to "immediately provide additional production capacity at the Water Treatment Plant in Carrick-on-Shannon." He said, "there has been huge pressure on the plant over the past ...

14 Jan 2024 at 09:33

Carrick-on-Shannon

We are accepting nothing but the cantilever bridge in Rooskey - McGowan

There were strong words of disagreement with a decision to go with a different option for a pedestrian walkway on Rooskey Bridge than what had previously been decided on by Carrick-on-Shannon members at a meeting in February. The ...

08 Mar 2024 at 17:33

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Three additional companies now tenants in Carrick Campus

Cllr Sean McGowan sought an update on the engagement from the business community or private enterprise across the region in getting additional tenants for the Carrick Campus offices. A report by Economic Development said that ...

11 Mar 2024 at 14:33

Kinlough

"Shame on humanity" as children literally starving in Gaza

Cllr Sean McGowan spoke of his outrage of current events in Gaza and how children and adults are "literally starving because food isn't getting into them; it's a shame on humanity." He said he believes the US needs to move ...

10 Mar 2024 at 14:33

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Rooskey residents concerned for their safety due to speeding motorists

Cllr Sean McGowan called on the Senior Engineer, Terry McGovern, to carry out a review, in conjunction with the Gardaí, of the speed limits on Local Road No. L-1001-0 at Aughnahunshin, Rooskey with a view to reducing them ...

17 Nov 2023 at 13:33

Carrick-on-Shannon

Dromod footpath is covered in moss and extremely dangerous

Cllr Sean McGowan asked Darragh O’Boyle, District Engineer, to put in place a programme of works to carry out the cleaning of the footpath from the railway bridge to the Fairways Housing Estate in Dromod. "It is covered ...

16 Nov 2023 at 17:33

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Librarians need to be protected from group confronting staff and tearing up books

Library workers need to be protected, said Cllr Sean McGowan after a number of libraries were targeted by a small group of far right agitators. Staff have been confronted and seen books from the library’s collection of ...

21 Nov 2023 at 09:33

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Ash dieback is a serious risks to pedestrians and motorists - McGowan

Cllr Sean McGowan sought the support of members in calling on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Transport to provide, as a matter of urgency, a funding scheme to support landowners "to address the ...

12 Nov 2023 at 13:33

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No romance involved in “kissing” gates

There was an initial air of confusion in the Council Chamber when the unusual question was asked, “What's a kissing gate? Chairperson of the Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District Cllr Enda Stenson posed the ...

19 Oct 2023 at 09:33

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