Clare County Council’s plans to oppose any changes to the Clare Limerick Boundary will be made known today.
Clare Councillors will hold a special meeting this afternoon to finalise their submission to the Limerick local government committee which will make recommendations to the Environment Minister before a decision on the boundary is made.
Limerick City Council is seeking an extension of the city border into Clare and County Limerick, though both county authorities are against the move, and residents in Clonlara, Westbury and Parteen say they’ll fight any county change.
Limerick East TD Jan O’Sullivan who’s from South East Clare, shares their concerns, and says the boundary issue is a much bigger deal for County Clare
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Meanwhile, members of the public still have a chance to make their feelings known on possible local government changes or a boundary extension for Limerick city.
Submissions must be made to the Limerick Local Government Committee by Tuesday.
Clicking onto www.limericklgc.ie – members of the public can view submissions already put forward – such as the comments of a Mr Thomas Bibby who says a "minor extension of the Limerick City boundary into suburban areas in Clare clearly influenced by the city is desirable, – he mentions Shannon Banks and Westbury
Fr Pat Hogan is the parish priest of Southill and raises concerns that the real problem in Limerick city is that no one seems to be in charge of regeneration, and local people feel betrayed especially by the council
While on the Banner side, Mr Denis Davoren addresses his submission to the Taoiseach Brian Cowen and strongly opposes any limerick boundary extension into Clare, asking Brian Cowen if he would allow such a thing to happen in his own native Offaly and urging him to give Clare the same respect afforded to every other county in the country in keeping its boundaries intact
Submission can be made online or by writing to The Limerick Local Government Committee, Room 2.07,
Custom House, Dublin 1 – no later than Tuesday May 4th
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