Late Councillor Hugh Conlon attended Louth County Development Plan meetings from his hospital bed lmfm.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmfm.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tributes paid following the death of Louth councillor Hugh Conlon lmfm.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmfm.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
6th May 2021
Capt Hugh Conlon, Shannon Foynes harbourmaster
The Aberdeen of the Irish Atlantic rim – that’s the potential future for Shannon Foynes, the State’s second port after Dublin.
It faces an exciting future, with ESB’s Moneypoint site in County Clare to be transformed into a green energy hub, and plans by the ESB and Norwegian partner Equinor for a floating offshore wind farm of 1,400MW off the Clare and Kerry coast.
A report published in May 2020 by renewable energy consultants Carbon Trust said that not one of 21 ports and harbours in Ireland was capable of anchoring a construction project for offshore wind.
Louth County Council launch initiative to boost local businesses dundalkdemocrat.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dundalkdemocrat.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Firm action is being demanded to resolve the issues at The Orchard estate in the centre of Dunleer.
Cllr Hugh Conlon says he is bringing the issue to council again this week after residents expressed their frustration at the ongoing delays in completing the development.
At one of the last council meetings, engineers said that it was hard to track down the developer and he would have to see if its possible to borrow money from the operations section to pay for works. The taking in charge is not progressing fast enough. With the building bond in place there shouldn t be a problem. I can safely say that the finishing standards on this estate are the worst I ve seen in decades, Cllr Hugh Conlon stated.