OVER €23,700 a month has been paid to prefab providers at two Offaly schools for nearly eight years. Figures from the Laois & Offaly Education and Trai.
Offaly housing crisis continues despite new builds around county
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25 May 2021
RIGHT: The new housing scheme at Killane Court, Edenderry, which was provided by Tuath Housing in partnership with Offaly County Council and where 27 houses were allocated to people on the waiting lis );
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DESPITE the construction of social homes in Tullamore, Edenderry, Birr and elsewhere around the county, there are still 529 applicants for housing in Offaly, last week s meeting of the County Council heard.
A further 849 households are being assisted under the Housing Assistance Payments scheme.
At the end of April 20 single people and four families were in emergency accommodation.
Sell-out and exaggeration claims in bitter Offaly wind energy split
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AMID allegations of sell-outs, underhanded activity, exaggeration and emotional rhetoric, Offaly councillors voted by the narrowest of margins against a proposal to exclude Lemanaghan Bog entirely from an area in the county where wind farms may be permitted.
Instead of adopting a motion from Cllr Ken Smollen for Lemanaghan s outright exclusion, the council opted by nine votes to eight to pass an amendment tabled by Cllr Frank Moran which seeks to create a turbine-free zone at least 700m wide around the monastic site founded by St Manchan.
Healthy Offaly plan doing well despite Covid-19 impact
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16 Apr 2021
Dermot Egan (left), Healthy Offaly coordinator, and Cllr John Carroll, Cathaoirleach, at the launch of last year s Longest Day Challenge (picture, Offaly County Council) );
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COVID-19 has had a serious impact on the roll-out of a programme to make Offaly people healthier, a council district meeting was told.
However, Dermot Egan, Healthy Ireland Offaly coordinator, said action had nonetheless taken place across a number of fronts under the State-funded scheme.
A Healthy Offaly Plan was adopted for the county in 2018 by the Offaly Local Community and Development Committee and a Healthy Offaly Team was established in March of that year with a €247,000 budget.
Motorcyclists ruining Offaly canal greenway
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YOUNG people riding motorbikes on the Grand Canal bank are ruining the amenity for everyone else, a councillor has complained.
There were calls for gardai to monitor the use of the canal and place barriers to prevent motorcyclists gaining access to the waterway.
Cllr Noel Cribbin said a lot of people had contacted him about the issue about motorbikes on the canal bank near Edenderry.
“I m also getting complaints from Tubberdaly in Rhode where the same carry-on is going on,” said Cllr Cribbin.
“It s taking away from what we have there, a fabulous walkway that s being used by hundreds of people. But there s a few people that just continuously come out onto the canal every other evening and they re causing havoc,” added the Fine Gael representative.