tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789223036460420533.post506910434118604437..comments2024-02-05T09:53:18.213+00:00Comments on Clonmel and South Tipperary property matters: Clonmel Chamber Meeting 21/01/2009Pat Quirkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838597770184719769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789223036460420533.post-43611318701709675552009-04-15T09:12:00.000+01:002009-04-15T09:12:00.000+01:00Thanks for the comment gypsy. I have to agree that...Thanks for the comment gypsy. I have to agree that the corporation has neglected it's duties in many areas. Enough rates are collected from us ratepayers, but they seem to be put to little constructive use.<br />In particular, the granting of permission for another large shopping development on the periphery of town, in a residential area, will suck more life out of the town centre. I am at odds with the Chamber here, they think it is a good idea. As a town-centre trader, I support the view that a vibrant town centre is paramount to any town.<br />WRT signage, I think it is being addressed. It is very bad at present. Pedestrianisation is a topic being debated now also.<br />We live in hope...Pat Quirkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838597770184719769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789223036460420533.post-40720435035579919512009-04-14T22:46:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:46:00.000+01:00Hello Pat
I am a Clonmel exile but one who returns...Hello Pat<br />I am a Clonmel exile but one who returns to Clonmel regularly to see family and friends (I just returned to Austria after a 10-day visit).<br />I commend the Chamber of Commerce for trying to do something to promote Clonmel but without the full and active involvement of the community at large and the local corporation, the Chamber is wasting its time! Put simply, my last visit to Clonmel left me completely disheartened by the 'state' of the town. In short, Clonmel today has a hollowed-out, dying and in many places delapidated town centre..is a town governed by the car...is a town with a major litter (have you recently visited Carey's Castle?...the litter there is shocking) and dog excrement problem...is a town with poor, missing or damaged tourist signage and information...is a town with seemingly ad-hoc planning and development...a town basically without a vision. I am proud of my home town and have brought many visitors to Clonmel over the years but something radical now needs to take place, starting with a renewal of civic pride, to get the town to 'rescue' itself and to truly live its potential.the gypsy, Austrianoreply@blogger.com