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February 16, 2011

By Staff Reporter

The courthouses at Dungarvan and Carrick-on-Suir are among the 19th century buildings it has identified as needing a “construction cure,” according to the Munster Express.
And Carrick’s Garda station, one of the few surviving Royal Irish Constabulary barracks in the country, has also been identified as being “at risk.” An Taisce is notifying the relevant authorities following An Bord Pleanala’s refusal to grant planning permission to the proprietor of Hanlon’s Corner pub in Dublin for the installation of 14 mock-woodgrain windows.
Said An Taisce’s heritage officer Ian Lumley: “We see this decision as a major precedent. The difficulty is that many local authorities will say they don’t have the staff or the resources to deal with the problem. This is the reason so many people are able to get away with this sort of thing.”
The organization would like to see PVC windows replaced by fittings more appropriate to the style of the period of the buildings’ original construction.

DUBLIN: BLIND WORKERS FIGHT LAYOFFS
Workers at an under-threat factory in Goldenbridge, Dublin, have pledged to fight to save their jobs after meeting with their union representatives, according to the Southside People. Blindcraft employs 27 blind people and eight sighted people in its plant, which depends on government funding.
Local Sinn Fein Councilor Daith

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