Bad smell in East Clare.

beveragelady · 13-08-2013 4:14pm #1

Yesterday I was pottering about and I got a sudden strong whiff of dog. You know that smell a dog gets when it has been kept outside and the coat gets oily, it was a lot like that. It wasn't a smell of fart or infection or any of the other niffs that can follow a dog around, it was just the smell of an unkempt coat. I checked both my dogs, but they both smell fresh and delightful.
Much later when I was going to bed (about 1am) I went into the bathroom and got the pong again. I noted that the window had been open all day. I thought maybe one of my neighbour's dogs was trapped in my back yard, and went out to check but as soon as I stepped outside I realised the smell was just everywhere.
This morning I was chatting with my neighbour and he mentioned it. He said he had been talking to another man miles away and he had experienced it too. He was wondering if I had heard any explanation for it.
I live between two farms, so I am well used to the many hearty country aromas that drift on the wind, but this is new to me.
Has anybody else caught the aroma in the last few days?

pilate 1 · 13-08-2013 6:42pm

east clare very big!location would help!lots of crustys in feakle over the weekend any help?(joke btw mods)

Sonz · 13-08-2013 6:43pm

Its the same in ennis town, heard it off a few people not sure whats going on

Dynamo Roller · 13-08-2013 6:48pm

Find out if theres a vermiculture plant in the area. They give off a strong gassy smell and are bad for your health. I used to call to a house about 5 miles from a plant and you could smell it.

beveragelady · 13-08-2013 6:58pm

OP here. I'm in the Knappogue area, east of Quin. The person my neighbour was talking to lives at least ten miles away, I'm not sure where.
Has anybody else picked up the decidedly doggy smell?

irishbloke77 · 13-08-2013 7:00pm

It's in Ennis this evening

bannerfella · 13-08-2013 7:05pm

Smell bad here at Clarecastle side of Ennis. What is is causing it at all????

pilate 1 · 13-08-2013 8:37pm

bannerfella wrote: »

Smell bad here at Clarecastle side of Ennis. What is is causing it at all????

used to be called smelltex when i was in flannans!

Shapey Fiend · 13-08-2013 8:44pm

Hah.. I was going round the house wondering had I left a door open and a neighbouring cat had got indoors. Went out in the garden and realised it's out there. Smells like pig slurry. Pretty overpowering to be fair.

I'm on Cahercalla Road.

Side effect of fracking? I'd want to be careful where I light up a cigarette.

angelfire9 · 13-08-2013 8:49pm

Roche? Has to be, growing up in Ennis they used to get blamed for the smell like rotten eggs that used to appear from time to time
Not smelling anything tonight thank god
(On Tulla Road)

mathepac · 13-08-2013 8:55pm

It's the all-pervasive smell of generations of Fianna Fail corruption. It had to surface eventually. Is the Great White Shark beached anywhere?

Shapey Fiend · 13-08-2013 9:23pm

My Facebook feed is full of people complaining about it so I'm sure the Clare People will have a good headline about it tomorrow.

Mr. G · 14-08-2013 7:52am

I could smell that around town too. Very strong also, but couldn't get my head around it.

Its being discussed on clare fm this morning. Be interesting to find out what it is.

Akrasia · 14-08-2013 7:58am

We had the smell in ennis all day yesterday. It's mad if it could be smelt all the way in east clare.

Balagan · 14-08-2013 9:06am

Mr. G wrote: »

I could smell that around town too. Very strong also, but couldn't get my head around it.

Its being discussed on clare fm this morning. Be interesting to find out what it is.

Little or no hope of finding out what it is. Brian Meaney and Clare FM have had no luck with the Co. Council which says it is 'looking into this odour nuisance'. Meaney described the smell as 'inoffensive'. It was a pretty awful smell around 5pm in some areas of Ennis and a concern for people with specific medical conditions.

Mr. G · 14-08-2013 9:11am

Balagan wrote: »

Little or no hope of finding out what it is. Brian Meaney and Clare FM have had no luck with the Co. Council which says it is 'looking into this odour nuisance'. Meaney described the smell as 'inoffensive'. It was a pretty awful smell and a concern for people with certain medical conditions.

They said that it could be in relation to the current works in Francis Street and elsewhere down the River Fergus. Other ideas was it could be down the industrial estates. I can't smell it at the moment now. It would be interesting to see what it is.

jonon9 · 15-08-2013 8:49pm

I smelled it myself yesterday as well I believe it was a truck carrying dead animals because a big truck passed my house that day and I nearly fell over with the smell jesus it was horrible like decaying meat/gasses.

Mr. G · 16-08-2013 12:35am

Did anyone hear what the smell was caused by?

The latest update I got was that the council were "investigating it"

Carry · 16-08-2013 9:58pm

Back to the OP: I live in East Clare, too, and I had the very same smell over here, just a whiff, but a bad one. Scolded the dog at first (did'ya fart again, bad girl), but the smell disappeared too quickly to be from the dog, who otherwise smells of roses, or so her eyes say...)

You all talk about the smell in the Ennis area or thereabouts. But can it travel as far as East Clare?

Thinking of it, it smelled a bit of leaking gas. But where from? Natural occurrence?

fryup · 17-08-2013 8:52am

any fracking going on??

Auldloon · 17-08-2013 11:16am

Carry wrote: »

Back to the OP: I live in East Clare, too, and I had the very same smell over here, just a whiff, but a bad one. Scolded the dog at first (did'ya fart again, bad girl), but the smell disappeared too quickly to be from the dog, who otherwise smells of roses, or so her eyes say...)

You all talk about the smell in the Ennis area or thereabouts. But can it travel as far as East Clare?

Thinking of it, it smelled a bit of leaking gas. But where from? Natural occurrence?

Gas is oderless though, they add the smell to aid in leak detection.

dr.fuzzenstein · 18-08-2013 1:39pm

Sorry, ate beans again...

pappyodaniel · 18-08-2013 3:24pm

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Sorry, ate beans again...

...and I was drinking porter last night.

Auldloon · 18-08-2013 11:19pm

Maybe it was the smell of victory?!

Mr. G · 19-08-2013 1:26am

Auldloon wrote: »

Maybe it was the smell of victory?!

Ah Limerick don't smell that bad

jacksie66 · 13-09-2013 7:04pm

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Auldloon · 14-09-2013 7:06pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Driving past Ennis there a while ago on my way to Galway and the smell on the motorway was rotten. Nearly got sick.

That will probably be Roche a pharma plant in clarecastle.

RhubarbCrumble · 17-09-2013 6:49pm

Have been in Bunratty a few times in the last few weeks and there's definitely a nasty smell around the area.

finbarrk · 18-09-2013 9:45am

jacksie66 wrote: »

Driving past Ennis there a while ago on my way to Galway and the smell on the motorway was rotten. Nearly got sick.

Same here, coming home from the match last Saturday evening. All the way from Bunratty until we turned off for Ennis. It must have been a lorry carrying dead cattle.

Dampintheattic · 18-09-2013 12:01pm

jacksie66 wrote: »

Driving past Ennis there a while ago on my way to Galway and the smell on the motorway was rotten. Nearly got sick.

Don't fart in the car with the windows closed:cool:

willow tree · 19-09-2013 10:40pm

Scary really. What could it be? I've noticed it in ennis but not in east Clare so far.

dilallio · 19-09-2013 10:44pm

Davy has told the hurling squad that they're not allowed to change their underwear until they win the all-Ireland.

MarkR · 23-09-2013 8:34am

If it Shannon counts as East Clare, I can conform the smell is horrible. Very eggy the last couple of evenings.

Radio5 · 23-09-2013 9:09am

MarkR wrote: »

If it Shannon counts as East Clare, I can conform the smell is horrible. Very eggy the last couple of evenings.

Yes, noticed it on Saturday around Shannon.

Palmach · 23-09-2013 9:15am

So...many.....Timmy Dooley jokes.........AARGHHH!

RhubarbCrumble · 23-09-2013 3:26pm

MarkR wrote: »

If it Shannon counts as East Clare, I can conform the smell is horrible. Very eggy the last couple of evenings.

Rotten eggs is exactly what it smelt like around Bunratty/Shannon last week. Sulphuric.

[-0-] · 23-09-2013 11:38pm

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Rotten eggs is exactly what it smelt like around Bunratty/Shannon last week. Sulphuric.

This smell has been coming and going for years. Some people blame a chemical plant in the industrial estate.

[-0-] · 24-09-2013 8:44pm

It's Chemifloc, for clarity.

MarkR · 25-09-2013 9:24am

[-0-] wrote: »

It's Chemifloc, for clarity.

That's the one that's blamed, but didn't the EPA test it and found no issue?

Shapey Fiend · 26-09-2013 11:09am

http://www.thejournal.ie/smell-shannon-1099387-Sep2013/

iora_rua · 27-09-2013 10:25pm

Happened to be driving around the Shannon town towards Limerick area today, late morning, and noticed a very unpleasant smell. To me, it was like a bad drains/sewage type 'pong'. If that's of any help!

MarkR · 03-10-2013 6:17am

It smells awful right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We04Ej-mgXk

Mr. G · 03-10-2013 7:52am

http://clare.fm/news/clare-council-disputes-epa-statement-shannon-smell

Johnboy1951 · 03-10-2013 10:19am

Mr. G wrote: »

http://clare.fm/news/clare-council-disputes-epa-statement-shannon-smell

Doesn't read like there is much cooperation between CCC & EPA .... and the EPA 'assuring' people without knowing the cause is a bit hard to take.

They might be right ...... then again ......

Clare County Council has refuted the EPA's suggestion that a persistant smell in Shannon is caused by sewerage.

EPA Enforcement Officer Peter Cunningham said preliminary investigations have found that the smell is coming through sewerage infrastructure in the town.

So if it is not caused by sewage, but is coming through the sewage pipes etc, what could be the cause?

How do they know it is not harmful? A guess? An assumption?

This is being dragged out too long for comfort ..... they both need to get their respective fingers out .....

MarkR · 03-10-2013 11:26am

Should we all have a synchronised flush of the toilets?

dr.fuzzenstein · 03-10-2013 12:15pm

MarkR wrote: »

Should we all have a synchronised flush of the toilets?

3...2...1...GO!

golfball37 · 03-10-2013 3:25pm

I work in Shannon and it smells like Sewerage and nothing else.

Precious flower · 10-10-2013 9:28am

Smelled it one day going through the toll bridge coming home from Limerick. Smell reminded me of cabbage. As Tommy Tiernan says 'Cabbage smells like death!'.

Bad smell in East Clare.

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