Comments on: Rebuilding a City: Boundary Commission issues recommendations on City boundary http://www.limerickblogger.ie/blog/2008/01/rebuilding-a-city-boundary-commission-issues-recommendations-on-city-boundary Latest happenings from Limerick City and County Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hoof http://www.limerickblogger.ie/blog/2008/01/rebuilding-a-city-boundary-commission-issues-recommendations-on-city-boundary/comment-page-1#comment-48590 Hoof Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:57:29 +0000 http://www.limerickblogger.org/blog/?p=4668#comment-48590 The county councillors are more than happy to off-load it's northern exposure, and laugh all the way to the bank as usual. What kind of forward planning is this that copper-fastens the fact that THREE separate bodies still control the Limerick urban area, with a population of 100,000 plus. And this after a so-called revision - this is bureaucratic madness! When will any Irish government take a stand and reform local government in this country. It's not just Limerick. Cork and Waterford cities are now being "doughnutted" by the Ballymagash county councils on their respective doorsteps too, fat-cats more than ready and willing to "develop" sites on the outskirts of cities for shopping malls, industrial zones and private housing without giving a proverbial fuck about the overall regional development, impact on roads, consequences re social housing, loss of dynamism in the centres of these cities as investment and commercial rates are cherry-picked because we are still bound by archaic county boundaries introduced by feudal occupiers centuries ago. We could get by with 8 properly structured regional councils in this country, but then again, these particular turkeys only vote for what's good for their potential Dáil careers, not the people they claim to represent. I suppose this means Willie O'Day - the Horse Whisperer, can claim he's now kept true to his promise of a boundary extension having being granted. Boundless thanks, o great one, now we rule all of Moyross, while revenue generating Raheen, Castletroy and Dooradoyle et al continue to pay for the county council's extravagences. The county councillors are more than happy to off-load it’s northern exposure, and laugh all the way to the bank as usual.

What kind of forward planning is this that copper-fastens the fact that THREE separate bodies still control the Limerick urban area, with a population of 100,000 plus. And this after a so-called revision – this is bureaucratic madness!

When will any Irish government take a stand and reform local government in this country. It’s not just Limerick. Cork and Waterford cities are now being “doughnutted” by the Ballymagash county councils on their respective doorsteps too, fat-cats more than ready and willing to “develop” sites on the outskirts of cities for shopping malls, industrial zones and private housing without giving a proverbial fuck about the overall regional development, impact on roads, consequences re social housing, loss of dynamism in the centres of these cities as investment and commercial rates are cherry-picked because we are still bound by archaic county boundaries introduced by feudal occupiers centuries ago.

We could get by with 8 properly structured regional councils in this country, but then again, these particular turkeys only vote for what’s good for their potential Dáil careers, not the people they claim to represent.

I suppose this means Willie O’Day – the Horse Whisperer, can claim he’s now kept true to his promise of a boundary extension having being granted. Boundless thanks, o great one, now we rule all of Moyross, while revenue generating Raheen, Castletroy and Dooradoyle et al continue to pay for the county council’s extravagences.

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.limerickblogger.ie/blog/2008/01/rebuilding-a-city-boundary-commission-issues-recommendations-on-city-boundary/comment-page-1#comment-48589 Dan Sullivan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:51:25 +0000 http://www.limerickblogger.org/blog/?p=4668#comment-48589 I wonder if there will be some half arased sort of compromise and the city moves east but not south? So they might say you have the Castletroy area out to about Herbert's but not the Raheen southside area. It would be particularly and deservedly embarrassing for the county to have to pay rates to the city for the county offices in Dooradoyle. I wonder if there will be some half arased sort of compromise and the city moves east but not south? So they might say you have the Castletroy area out to about Herbert’s but not the Raheen southside area. It would be particularly and deservedly embarrassing for the county to have to pay rates to the city for the county offices in Dooradoyle.

]]> By: Mike http://www.limerickblogger.ie/blog/2008/01/rebuilding-a-city-boundary-commission-issues-recommendations-on-city-boundary/comment-page-1#comment-48573 Mike Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:05:52 +0000 http://www.limerickblogger.org/blog/?p=4668#comment-48573 The City take the parts of the county needing the most investment and in return have to pay the County €200,000 a year? The county should be down on it's knees kissing Seamus Dooley's backside in thanks for him taking these areas off their hands and allowing them keep the richest parts of the City (Dooradoyle and Castletroy). This was possibly the worst possible result for the city council. The City take the parts of the county needing the most investment and in return have to pay the County €200,000 a year? The county should be down on it’s knees kissing Seamus Dooley’s backside in thanks for him taking these areas off their hands and allowing them keep the richest parts of the City (Dooradoyle and Castletroy). This was possibly the worst possible result for the city council.

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