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Kilkee Weekend Gone

  • 04-08-2008 8:05pm
    #1
    paddyb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭


    I wasnt there but Ive read articles in a few newspapers about it.
    70 Traveller caravans and motor homes converge on Kilkee car park
    In this section »


    THE MAIN car park at one of Co Clare's busiest resorts was taken over by more than 70 caravans and motor homes at the weekend, impeding access to the slipway for the local marine rescue unit and forcing one local business to close its doors.

    Up to 300 Travellers from around Ireland and Britain converged on Kilkee late on Friday night and were expected to remain until tomorrow at least.

    Kilkee Marine Rescue Service founder Manuel DiLucia said: "We are very concerned about access to the slipway to launch and retrieve our rescue boat. This is the busiest weekend of the year, and despite the weather people will still use the water.

    "The poor weather could be a blessing in disguise because if we have to launch a major rescue operation we will have terrible difficulties."

    A Garda spokesman said the situation was being monitored "very closely" but there was not a lot gardaí could do. "We have received complaints from local businesses and residents and we are patrolling the area on an hourly basis."

    The car park is a pay and display facility and a traffic warden has issued several tickets.

    © 2008 The Irish Times

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0804/1217628485892.html


Comments

  • #2
    isup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭isup


    70 sounds like way tooo much people parked up, thats just asking for trouble


  • #3
    macca 1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭macca 1


    I was there on Sunday & it was horrible, they had the Waterfront taken over, fighting in the bar, the Ocean Cove bar was 'residents only' with a bouncer on the door, pubs on the main street were closing their doors at 8 o'clock. And it rained ................................


  • #4
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Hmm ..other than the fact that travellers also use motorhomes/campervans, I don't really quite see what this has to do with this forum


  • #5
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    peasant wrote: »
    Hmm ..other than the fact that travellers also use motorhomes/campervans, I don't really quite see what this has to do with this forum

    Probably not for this forum but there does seem to be a level of comparison drawn of late between the popularity (or lack thereof) of travellers and MH users parking in public places.


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