The condition of the footpaths in some areas of the county was raised with Council officials recently. Speaking at the January meeting of Birr Municipal Distric.
Concerns were raised about the excessive amount of dog fouling on footpaths in towns and villages as calls were made to start a campaign to address what is bein.
Planning for new Primary Care Centre in Offaly town now at Stage 3
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Planning for a much needed new Primary Care Centre in an Offaly town is currently at Stage 3.
That s according to Fianna Fáil Deputy for Offaly, Barry Cowen, who has welcomed an update on the progress of the building of Birr Primary Care Centre.
Deputy Cowen said he received a progress report from the HSE which stated that planning for the new centre is currently at Stage 3, in which public submissions have been received.
The HSE told Deputy Cowen that the closing date for submissions was January 15.
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Complaints poured in from some frustrated county councillors over the gritting of roads in the Birr Municipal District recently.
With the steep drop in temperatures recently, Cllr Clare Claffey raised the issue at the January meeting of the municipal district earlier this week after she was contacted by a large number of constituents, whose roads weren t gritted as part of the Council s salting programme.
Speaking, Cllr Claffey pointed out she understood the gritting routes were done on a priority rating based on traffic volume and location. But, she posed the question to council officials as to whether anything could be done regarding the roads that were left ungritted.