User:rorynoonanDate:27/03/2013Time:08:14:06Edition:27/03/2013Wedwedecho270313Page:1Color:
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013
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EDITION NO. 34,870
Serving Cork for 120 years Blackpool residents and traders: Mick Moriarty, Noel O’Halloran, Joe Brown, Tim O’Brien, Rose McGinn, Stephanie Loftus, Carmel O’Shea, Therese Coade, Michael Gale, Tadhg O’Leary and Bill Dunlea, who travelled to Dublin today to meet with Minister Brian Hayes in their fight for flood protection for Blackpool.
Picture: Jim Coughlan
Blackpool traders take fight to Dublin
BLACKPOOL traders and residents took their fight for flood protection to Dublin today demanding immediate action to safeguard their village. A delegation was to meet with Brian Hayes, junior minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works in Leinster House this morning. A separate delegation was meeting with the City Manager Tim Lucey in City Hall where answers and solutions were also demanded after last Thursday’s flooding of the area. Bill Dunlea, of the Blackpool Action Group, said their aim was to secure both short and long term solutions to the flooding that had repeatedly devastated businesses and homes. “We will be making a presentation to Brian Hayes and asking him what is
By ALAN HEALY
happening with the report on flooding and how far we are down the road in getting something done,â€? he said. “We have been through this before. Eight years ago there was â‚Ź3 or â‚Ź4m spent on the current system but that obviously hasn’t worked. “We should be at the top of the list for any new work that must be carried out to avoid a repeat of this,â€? he said. Cork TD Dara Murphy said Minister Hayes visited Blackpool after the flooding last June and was aware of the problems the village faces. “This is a densely populated part of Cork just a few hundred metres from Patrick Street so something has to be done to prevent these incidents.â€? â—? See tomorrow’s Evening Echo for more.
Midleton mourns as river drowning victim is buried
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MIDLETON united in mourning today to say their final farewell to seven-year-old James Casey Butler, right. Little James lost his fight for life at Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin, on Sunday night, 24 hours after he fell into the Owenacurra River. James had been playing with a friend near his home in TĂr Cluain when he fell into the river, which runs alongside the housing
estate and the Mill Road. James and his friends had managed to get through a hole in the fence and he was at the river bank when he
lost his footing and fell in. The youngster was swept almost 300 metres down the river, which was flooded due to severe rainfall over the past week that had seen it swell to a depth of almost two metres. Large crowds sympathised with parents Edel and Paul last night with the Bishop of Cloyne William Crean offering his sympathy to the family.
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