Clonmel Thread

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Cowering will get us nowhere.

Michael Murphy and Mattie were there. Not sure if any of the Clonmel councillors attended but I don't think so. They should have kept Mattie well away as his stance on other animal cruelty "pursuits" is well documented. Any excuse for a photo though.

multiple speakers on the day said they had previously been threatened by the travelers by raising animal welfare issues .

Headline on Tipp
Fm this morning . Traveler local horses association that the Clonmel animal welfare march was an anti traveler march !! This is the nonsense we have to put up with and it should be called out .

I listened to Tipp fm and thought the man spoke well and made some very valid points but the fact still remains that some people are still doing it recklessly regardless of any marches and he can't police them so I really don't know where it's going to go from here. We all know the laws but some still choose to blatantly disregard them on the open road. Whatever about keeping horses as a hobby it's not like they need a sulky as their only form of transport to get to work.

Its already illegal for a person under 16 to licence a horse, so all the horses that are currently out there are licenced by older people(if they are licenced).

The majority of incidents with sulkies are with these older drivers and if an incident occurs then the driver will;

a) intimidate the other person not to call the Gardai/take further action

b) just walk away and abandon the poor animal

As you will see from my post above I was nearly run off the road this morning by 2 sulkies on the Wood road.

Did I contact the Gardai ? No, why would I? I dont want Jimmy Delaney or his ilk calling to my door and in any event what could the Gardai do cos the drivers and sulkies would be long gone within about 1 minute. And if the Gardai were successful in finding them, then what? Seize the horse? Transport it to a pound? Who will actually seize it and who will pay for it?

Effectively the animals are worthless to the owners, so they wont be paying any fees.

The fear of Racist supercedes any animal welfare fixes in this country .

in Dimple Dees head she “speaks for the people of Clonmel”

what an absolute Headcase.

Whelans would do well there and so would the town. Good news if it's true

It's Dannish.

It's meant to a cross between Dealz, Chemist Wearhouse, Flying Tiger with a lot of Dannish stuff also.

They opened one in Dublin and another in Cork recently.

There meant to be considering an expansion in Ireland. I wouldn't rule them out.

the music festival in Raheen House seems to have been brilliant and a great success according to people who attended. The very best of a boutique concert. Well done to all. And for those of us who didn’t attend it was nice to be serenaded by the Whole of the moon last night!

For the surrounding area around Clonmel. I heard today that the Goatenbridge reservoir that serves places like Ardfinnan, Newcastle, Clerihan, Cahir, and other areas, is beyond repair this time. Needs several million investment in new equipment and won't be in the budget to commence replacement of the equipment until 2027. Is this true? I can't find any official word on their website but it only has the boil water notice from a few weeks ago still in effect. Does anyone have any official update?

They are going to supply Clonmel off the Goatenbridge reservoir?? Jesus wept! If it doesn't rain for a week they already have to impose night time restrictions due to low levels. The population of Clonmel will drain that dry within a day. And in the last year we must have had boil water notices for more than 6 months (including all over Christmas). Maybe their cunning plan to make sure demand doesn't outstrip supply is to make sure the water isn't safe for human consumption.