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- Council meeting notes
- Eircom adopting "bully boy" billing says Cllr
- Golf Course Road Park and school plans
- New public park on the Railway Line Walk
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| Eircom adopting "bully boy" billing says Cllr Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:51 PM PDT Labour's Cllr Keith Martin has written to the Communications Regulator to ask the regulator to take action following the latest plans by Eircom to hit those struggling to pay their bills. According to Cllr Martin "The news that Eircom is to insist that their cash-strapped customers must pay a minimum of €20 towards their bill at a time is yet another blow to those on lower incomes. It has been good budgeting practice for those who struggle with their phone bills to pay off a small amount in regular instalments to avoid having to deal with one large bill at the end of the month. Many customers on low incomes have been paying of €5 or €10 each week to help manage their budgets. Eircom is now insisting on a minimum of €20 at a time, or the full amount if it comes to less than €20. It is unrealistic and unfair of Eircom to set such terms especially during this recession. People are under enough pressure to keep the lights on and food on the table without Eircom adopting 'bully boy' demands on people who are already doing their best to pay the bills. Telephones are vital social links especially for the elderly and those living in remote rural areas. It is time the regulator flexed their muscles and clamped down on this kind of unreasonable, anti-social behaviour by a major company. Eircom's proposals have been criticised by Age Action Ireland and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS).  |
| Golf Course Road Park and school plans Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:54 PM PDT
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| New public park on the Railway Line Walk Posted: 05 Sep 2010 05:31 AM PDT
Westport Town Councillors voted on Thursday night to develop a new 2 acre public park beside the Railway Line walk. The park will be designed by TV's Celebrity Gardener Diarmuid Gavin and will feature a Multi Use Games Area. The design and building of the park will be filmed and will be shown on RTE in the new year.The park will be located in the triangular area between the two bridges which cross the Green way in Cloonmonad. Diarmuid Gavin has already visited the site and will now draw up his vision for the park. The project will also include Westport's first and long awaited skateboard park. Cllr Keith Martin has warmly welcomed the development saying it is another excellent leisure feature for Westport. "The park will provide a rest area for people using the Greenway and the games area will facilitate and promote sports and fitness activities. The park also ties in with sustainable transport as users can access it from the town or Quay via the Greenway. Because the park is overseen from both main roads and accessed from the Greenway we expect it to be very busy and popular and thus we expect there to be no issue with anti-social behaviour."  |
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