Time to licence pony & traps and rickshaws.

Maurice Riordan wrote: »

Will sulkies be regulated too under such legislation?

Fann Linn wrote: »

Unable to post links, but today two tourists were killed in Kerry when an accident happened on a public road involving a pony and trap. RIP

In light of the above, plus the numerous accidents which occur on roads where sulkys and rickshaws are involved, is it now time for these modes of transport to be regulated and registered?

Graces7 wrote: »

Actually you are wrong. They are even more carefully checked .. They add character to the town and attract many, and as this is National Park territory they are under even more stringently checked

Anne Lucey
Over €15,000 has been paid by three Killarney jarveys in compensation to a Killarney couple against whom they ran “a scurrilous” campaign of harassment via email, phone and internet.


The money was handed over by the men’s solicitors at Killarney District Court. Hefty contributions are to be made also to the court poor box.

The victims, Julie and Michael Sweetman, suffered a sustained campaign of harassment in May 2010 after they set up in business against Michael and Paul Tangney, Judge James O’Connor found in the case which took a number of days, over the past year.

A lengthy investigation was conducted by gardaí in which computers were seized and examined.

Michael Tangney aged 27, a single man, and his brother Paul Tangney, aged 41, a father of three, each with separate addresses at Muckross Close, Killarney, had denied harassing “by persistingly communicating with them, including by means of telephone and internet”, on dates inclusive between May 9 and May 25, 2010, Michael Sweetman and his wife Julie Sweetman.

They said they had no personal animosity against the couple.

The Tangneys owned eight of the 37 jarvey licences operating from the town centre jarvey stand. The campaign against the Sweetmans began after Mr Sweetman joined the newly established jarvey co-operative.
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A former employee of the Tangneys, Kevin Counihan, aged 34, of Apartment 1, High Street, Killarney, had pleaded guilty at an early stage to the charge and had also acted as a whistleblower, a previous court was told. He has now paid €500 into court in compensation, while the Tangney brothers paid €7,500 each.

Each man is also to make hefty contributions to the court poor box — €2,500 each in the case of the Tangneys and €750 in the case of Mr Counihan. The deadline for this payment is July.

The harassing of the couple had been “scurrilous” , and born out of greed, Judge James O’Connor found. He convicted all three in November and adjourned a decision on whether to jail the men to see if compensation would be paid.

Blocked calls had been made from a hotel across the street from the jarvey stand in Killarney and there would be loud laughter when Mr Sweetman would answer the hoax calls; false bookings were made, and the Sweetmans, who are childless, had been signed up to a Pampers nappy website.

They had also been signed up to a fertility clinic.

Mr Sweetman had been signed up to credit card, and dating websites, including gay sites.

Around 250 emails were sent to the couple, as well as a huge amount of spam.

Phonecalls would come in the middle of the night and no-one was at the other end, Julie Sweetman said.

Knine wrote: »

I am saddened to see that the Irish Mirror has published a picture of the scene on their Facebook page. There was no need for that.

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

It's not quite the same thing but I was travelling from Kildare town to Newbridge the other day, and realised that there are special lights to alert people that there are racehorses on the road, or near the road. This is at the edge of the Curragh racecourse.

There are special buttons, like at a traffic light, that the jockey presses when they are crossing a road or in close proximity. I presume after a minute or two the lights stop flashing, but it's not a bad idea to alert drivers to slow down. If the horses are on the road, they'd only be trotting along.