Monthly Archives: February 2005

Motion to remove waste from beside Pobalscoil Neasáin

Following complaints from Moyclare residents, we established that Fingal County Council itself was responsible for the dumping of tarmac on the site beside Pobalscoil Neasáin in Baldoyle which is earmarked for 44 houses.

The Area Committee has approved a motion of mine to have the waste removed immediately.

Extract from Minutes of Area Commitee 17th February 2005

MHB/46/05

HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

It was proposed by Councillor Healy and seconded by Councillor Maher:

“That the broken tarmac (allegedly originating from the digging up of the old basketball courts at the school) topsoil (allegedly originating from the provision of new basketball courts at the school) and furniture and household rubbish dumped on the site proposed for new houses at Pobalscoil Neasáin be removed immediately as rats are now being seen in the area.”
The following report by the Manager was READ:

“The broken tarmac and topsoil has been stored on the housing site as a temporary measure.  It will be cleared away as part of site preparation when the construction project commences.  The project is due to commence after Easter.  The Environment Section is making arrangements to have any rubbish removed from the site and will continue to monitor the site until building works commence. “

Following discussion the Motion was AGREED.

Mobile phone transmitters are in breach of lease from Fingal County Council

Green Councillor David Healy has discovered that the lease under which Baldoyle United Football Club rent the land on which mobile phone transmitters have been erected does not allow them to use the land to erect such transmitters.  He has written to the Manager of the Council asking him to enforce the terms of the lease and require the Football Club to remove the transmitters.

Cllr. Healy commented:  “I am now calling on the Council to intervene to end this dispute which is causing bad feeling in the local community.  Unfortunately the club have put themselves in a situation of conflict with local residents and parents of schoolchildren.  Mobile phone transmitters should not be sited beside schools. Fingal County Council have included an exclusion distance of 500m in the new Development Plan.”

Background: At the moment, parents of schoolchildren attending Ss. Peter and Pauls’ Boy’s National School are mounting a 24 hour blockade of the Football Club to prevent Hutchinson 3G from accessing the transmitters to switch them on.  Hutchinson 3G arrived during the school mid term to switch on the transmitters.  See attached press release from Baldoyle Against Radiation.

Further information:  Cllr. David Healy  087 6178852, verdire@eircom.net

Attached:

PRESS RELEASE

BALDOYLE AGAINST RADIATION

24 HOUR BLOCKADE AT MOBILE BASE STATION SITE

Beginning on Tuesday morning at 8am Baldoyle Against Radiation (BAR) have been blockading the Baldoyle United Football Club on the Brookstone Road Baldoyle.

At 8am Tuesday contractors for Hutchison 3G (H3G) were prevented from entering the site to erect additional equipment to the roof of the Football Club.

The stand off continues at the Football Club where a 24 Hour vigil has been put in place.

BAR have been battling with H3G and the Football club since October
2004 when equipment was first installed.

The site at the Football Club has no planning permission and under planning law H3G claim the installation of the 3G base stations are an exempt development under the 2001 planning act.

Contractors from Glasgow have been in the Baldoyle area all day Tuesday but have been unable to gain access to the Club House with the campaign protesting at the entrance to the Club.

Chairperson for BAR Brian Greene said "this is the third time that during school holidays the phone company have returned to install the equipment, the siting of the mast next to our local primary school is totally unacceptable"

The protest will continue until the Club decides to withdraw from the contract.

BAR is a campaign for the sensible siting of phone masts in the Baldoyle area.

A community wide protest is planned at the football club

Contact Brian Greene 085 711 6466 for further details