RoisinD wrote: » Her castigation of local politicians and Clare county council was great to listen to as none of them had bothered to make contact with her or her brother next door to ensure they were ok.
RoisinD wrote: » Great interview on John Cooke, Clare FM this morning with Kit Lysaght from Liscannor. She really told it how it is. The whole of the coast has been badly affected by the sea not just Lahinch. Her description of sitting in her house on Liscannor pier not knowing what the sea was going to do next was frightening. Her castigation of local politicians and Clare county council was great to listen to as none of them had bothered to make contact with her or her brother next door to ensure they were ok. Made a change from an interview I heard with Michael Vaughan a hotelier in Lahinch who was on with Mary Wilson on RTE radio yesterday. His only concern was that the prom in Lahinch be restored as quickly as possible. No thoughts for anyone else least of all his neighbours in Liscannor and Clahane. In fact he had to be prompted by Mary Wilson re the road closure to Liscannor. Kit also had words for those who come 'sightseeing' with no thought for their own safety or indeed for the emergency services who may have to take action in the event of something going wrong. Indeed the bottom video above illustrates the risks people take with no thought for their own safety or indeed the safety of others. Some of those other areas that have been affected incude Carrigaholt, Kilbaha, Doonbeg, Quilty, White Strand, Liscannor, Clahane, Doolin, Fanore and Ballyvaughan. Indeed the whole west coast of our county. To listen to most of the media it seems that Lahinch is about the only place in Clare affected. To be fair to ClareFM they did try to redress the balance today. Good luck also to Doolin Coast Guard whose lack of facilities has been well documented in the past and whose new station is currently being built at last. However their premises were badly damaged the other night too.
Palmach wrote: » It is not a politicians job to be going around phoning people to see if they are ok. I know she has had a hard time but it is not the fault of the politicians.
haybob wrote: » Anytime I have heard Michael Vaughan in various media he is moaning about something, not wanting to pay the minimum wage, poor season for tourism, working too many hours the man badly needs a PR company
RoisinD wrote: » I could have phrased that better. Kit represented the feeling of many in the different areas that politicians from almost every party have been crawling all over Lahinch for the past few days with their soundbytes.They are the ones who have been contacted in the past by people in Liscannor and other areas about the lack of proper sea defences, something which they have chosen to ignore. If they are not responsible for allocating funding and meeting the needs of their constituents then who is? We have seen that some people in Clare are cut off, some on the point of losing their homes and the focus for some seems to be elsewhere.
RoisinD wrote: » Some of those other areas that have been affected incude Carrigaholt, Kilbaha, Doonbeg, Quilty, White Strand, Liscannor, Clahane, Doolin, Fanore and Ballyvaughan. Indeed the whole west coast of our county. To listen to most of the media it seems that Lahinch is about the only place in Clare affected. To be fair to ClareFM they did try to redress the balance today. .
growler wrote: » Clahane must have taken a real battering, that road has been trying hard to collapse into the sea for many years, wouldn't be at all surprised if it made it this time. Anyone been up there?
windy shepard henderson wrote: » it seems to be a familiar scene up and down the coast , everywhere destroyed i heard somewhere that the government had 45 million set aside for the nationwide damage, i doubt that would cover a fraction of the clare coast line , emergency funding is needed immediately , the tourism trade kicks into gear in around 4 months time the last thing you'd want to do is turn the coast line into a building site
dpofloinn wrote: » An estimated minimum of E23.5 to repair the damage donr to infrastructure in Clare alone http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/storms-cost-clare-and-kerry-councils-46-million-254951.html. I wonder how much of that will be pissed away on consulatants reports and reports about the consultants reports, but more importantly how much is it going to cost to replace all the dog poo that used to line the paths around lahinch?
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » I'm not expecting Cote D'Azur here, but whatever comes after, can only be an improvement.
growler wrote: » perhaps a fact finding mission by the good councilors to cote d'azur and maybe hawaii would be in order, particularly at this time of year.....
OldGuysRule wrote: » GBCullen I feel that the future for Lahinch will eventually involve beach re-nourishment (the pumping of sand from offshore stocks back to reform / reprofile the beach) as per many places in the US, UK.
Jim Martin wrote: » Unfortunately, this doesn't sound too good an option, as experience has shown:http://www.marinet.org.uk/campaign-article/marinet-briefing-paper
