LISMORE TOWN COUNCIL is writing to the regional roads authority in Tramore in search of a ‘logical explanation as to why the National Roads Authority write road surface signs upside down!’ The move follows the failure by the NRA to respond to an earlier request for information at the behest of Cllr Bernard Leddy at last November’s meeting.

The councillor was exasperated by ‘incorrect use the English language’ as exemplified by such notices as:  ‘Stop To Prepare’ when read from the top down. He cited ‘Ahead Entrance Concealed’ as a more recent manifestation.

Town Clerk Karen Hallahan said her inquires failed to find any reference to protocol within NRA generated literature but that the road signage does conform to “national standards.” Cllr Leddy said the methodology was unknown on the Continent and argued that a driver without English as their first language could have come to grief by they had deciphered the message! The town clerk’s suggestion that the regional offices be asked to comment, rather than repeating the exercise with the NRA, was accepted.

By Christy Parker | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)

Christy Parker documents the lengthy demise that preceded last weekend’s fire.

Sam Shire Recycling Plant Lismore – Photo Sunday 13th July 2008

Sam Shires (Recycling) Ltd. entered into contract with Waterford Co. Council in 2001 to treat dry recyclables -paper, plastic, etc. at IDA site in Mayfield. The company segregated paper before sending it to India, where paper was in demand for paper mills.

In 2004, Waterford Co. Council opened its own recycling facility in Dungarvan and did not renew the 2001 contract. Sam Shires then began to Read more