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The state of Dunmore Beach...

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  • 22-06-2009 12:36pm
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    trishw78
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    *begins RANT* I was out on the beach in Dunmore on Sunday with my 2yr old niece and while I should have been watching her with both eyes I spent half my time picking up broken glass so that neither I or her would step on it and cut ourselves open. I've never seen that beach in such a bad way & I've spent years swimming off peg's rock and that beach. Has anyone else noticed this problem with other beach's in the county *ends RANT*


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    aye, there was a big thread in the City forum about the state of Tramore Beach a while back.


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    Stan Nangle
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Stan Nangle


    Waterford County Council have an €80 million budget this year, but the Councillors have decided to spend it on more important things.


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    well butty
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    Stan Nangle wrote: »
    Waterford County Council have an €80 million budget this year, but the Councillors have decided to spend it on more important things.


    Like Civil Servants wages!!


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    Stan Nangle
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Stan Nangle


    well butty wrote: »
    Like Civil Servants wages!!

    Provision has been made for the increase in salaries, wages and pensions of 3.5% from the 1st September 2009 under the current national pay agreement.

    And the Councillors allowed this!


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    well butty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭well butty


    Stan Nangle wrote: »
    Provision has been made for the increase in salaries, wages and pensions of 3.5% from the 1st September 2009 under the current national pay agreement.

    And the Councillors allowed this!



    That's an absolute disgrace!


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    CantGetNoSleep
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    This is especially bad on a Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning with glasses and bottles left on or thrown over the wall, and you always see people being cut on it, there was a chap out in Dunmore cleaning the last few summers, never saw him doing much though


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    trishw78
    Registered Users Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭trishw78


    Stan Nangle wrote: »
    Waterford County Council have an €80 million budget this year, but the Councillors have decided to spend it on more important things.
    well butty wrote: »
    Like Civil Servants wages!!
    Stan Nangle wrote: »
    Provision has been made for the increase in salaries, wages and pensions of 3.5% from the 1st September 2009 under the current national pay agreement.

    And the Councillors allowed this!
    well butty wrote: »
    That's an absolute disgrace!

    So what does any of this information have to do with people in general thinking before they dump their glasses bottles on to the beach it's not as if they have to walk more than 10 yards to a bin or leave it on one of the picnic tables outside the Strand or heaven forbid actually bring it home with them and dump it???


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    Stan Nangle
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Stan Nangle


    trishw78 wrote: »
    So what does any of this information have to do with people in general thinking before they dump their glasses bottles on to the beach it's not as if they have to walk more than 10 yards to a bin or leave it on one of the picnic tables outside the Strand or heaven forbid actually bring it home with them and dump it???

    It is highlighting the fact that the Council are not doing anything to deal with the aftermath of this behaviour, and the potential danger it poses to innocent parties.

    Likewise, they are not doing anything to enforce the litter laws so that the litter louts learn that their behaviour is unacceptable.


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    trishw78
    Registered Users Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭trishw78


    My complaint is not about whether the county council are doing there jobs or haven't learned to budget properly. It's the fact that these people seem to lose all sense of responsiblity when they walk out there front doors and see it as acceptable to break glass & bottles on public beaches where they know kids are going to be runing around barefooted If I went to there homes and threw broken glass all over there gardens, they'd look at me as if I was the scum of the earth.


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