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Rights of Way

  • 22-01-2023 11:19PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭


    I live on a quiet boreen. I live at the top of the of it nearest the road and my parents the end. There is gate to a field at the end which is owned by a neighbour down the road. This neighbour has a right of way to this field. My parents are the landowners granting the right of way. We have no problem with this and have always allowed access. My concerns:

    • this neighbour has started driving on the grass verge of this boreen and cutting up the grass.
    • he also speeds up and down, I have small dogs, and my wife is expecting so we don't feel safe with this behaviour.

    I am wondering can I

    • erect a gate (that we will give him a key/access code to),
    • can I install speedbumps on the road
    • and can I have him maintain the grass verge which he is cutting up when he drives down the boreen.

    Would appreciate any legal info on the above. Thank you.



Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭KrisW1001


    Legal info from posters on a forum about road construction will be of no use to you. But: it’s not clear from your post whether you’ve made him aware of your concerns or not; if not, that’s the best place to start.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭cap.in.hand.


    Has that neighbour more or less established a right of way now themselves more so than your parents continuing to grant him right of way



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