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Bad smell in Collooney

  • 03-09-2010 07:06PM
    #1
    NC27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    Has anyone else noticed the really bad smell in Collooney at the first roundabout as you leave town?
    Its very bad, one wiff of it and I was chokeing, I nearly fell of my motorbike.
    Can anyone shed any light on this or know if anything is to be done about it.


Comments

  • #2
    magnumlady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,665 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    I had noticed it.
    It was terrible on Sunday when we were at the car boot sale in the Teeling Centre.
    Smells like some kind of sewer problem but I don't know what it is for sure.


  • #3
    UrbanSea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    I think it's the smell of the local inhabitants :pac:,just kidding.
    Someone I know out there mentioned a problem about the sewers somewhere there,that could well be it.


  • #4
    bennyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭bennyc


    smells like pig slurry is being spread ,got the same whiff a few places, god shower of rain shoud sort it.


  • #5
    high horse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭high horse


    There is a sewage treatment facility between the bridge over the river and the roundabout. I figure thats where the smell is coming from but its only started to smell in the last few weeks


  • #6
    il gatto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭il gatto


    One of the nice things about motorbikes is being able to smell the countryside as you ride. Wild garlic, freshly mown hay, wildflowers, the ocean etc. However, I nearly retched driving through Collooney last week. Can only imagine the stench wafting up under your visor:eek: Didn't notice it the other day. Maybe it's been sorted.


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  • #7
    NC27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭NC27


    Thanks for the replies, I had mentioned it to people in work but noone else had noticed.
    It does seem to be gone now, hopefully it gone for good because i dont want to get caught out again, im not joking when i say i nearly came of the bike, I had to stop just up the road from it just to get my breath back and to wait for my eyes to stop watering.
    A bit scary to think a bad smell like that could of had a drastic outcome for me.


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