Clonmel Thread

Massive turn out on the Plaza last night, builders must still be on their holidays ref the new performance space planned for the Friary.

Sad to see 3/4 people sleeping under the main guard over the last few nights

Great to see such a huge turnout for the Olympians yesterday evening. A really positive event (bar the little toe rag that threw something at them)

there seems to be some sort of emergency accommodation being provided down there. Pretty much daily the gardai are there dealing with drug dealers and various drug users etc. all of them well known to anyone who is on the town regularly.

no a couple of houses adjacent to there in a little cul de sac. Every night I pass there is something going on.

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Gavin Condon, G&G Condon. If you can get him.

So it seems there won't be road works for 8 months between Abbott roundabout and the Cashel road roundabout. Long delays id imagine coming in town around 4.o clock daily so. Now my first reaction was, that it will help traffic management in the long term by adding an additional lane and some restructure of the existing lay out. However someone said that there's a planning application at the bottom of the hill, and indicated that the road way will be active narrowed by 3m and to include a new cycle lane. Well if that's true,it will be a disaster.

Also I see new traffic lights have been erected at the Connelly Park ,Western rd junction

One way from Western road towards Irishtown. They have also narrowed the road at the Irishtown side of that junction if you're coming up towards the traffic lights. You almost have to cross the white line now to pass up. Especially if you're driving a medium/large size van or truck.

Id imagine that is the purpose of narrowing the road, how ever that's not going to help the traffic particularly at 4pm onwards. There seems to be plenty of scope to allow for the building 2 lanes coming down the hill at still allowing a cycle lane to be put in. Speed ramps or similar could also be put in to help slow down traffic. You could also included most of the other approach roads and roads around the playing the dangerous road category. Just look at anywhere along the bypass from that roundabout to Monagarrif. Cahir road into town, Old bridge etc etc. To add to this the cycle lanes they do put in are usually a token gesture, which just seems to stop randomly.

Its more than speed which affects Coleville Road. They put up bollards to stop anyone parking near the school. They still ignore them and park beside them, couldn't give a shite about anyone else's child as long as their little Mary doesn't have to walk 000 metres to a free car park. They park both sides of the bridge and the buses barely have space to pick up the children for rural destinations. Guards need to get up there and stop if all and come back again and again and book them. Then start on the Presentation school where they have parking but can't be arsed going in there. Enforce the laws we have and just maybe it might make a difference.

Couldn't they park in the free car park at the other side of the bridge, or the small one on the quay. .

They don't have to park on the bridge.

On a positive note, I see the bus service is getting more and more popular.