Cork County Council have prepared a draft proposal for revised beach bye-laws for 2010. The public have been invited to put forward written submissions by 15th March, either supporting or objecting to the proposals, such that public opinion can be taken into account before final decisions are made.
Submissions should be sent to:
The Secretary, Coastal Management Committee, Ardmanagh House, Ardmanagh, Schull, Co Cork.
Alternatively you can also submit your views online here on westcorktoday.com.
The council document detailing the proposed bye-laws is available here, and has implications for all beach users including horse owners, dog owners, those who use watercraft, or those who use the beach areas for jogging or other sports training activities. On the spot fines and fixed penalties will be implemented as part of the policing policy.
The list of beaches to which the byelaws shall apply:
1. Harbour View, Kilbrittan
2. Coolmain, Kinsale
3. Sandycove, Kinsale
4. Castlepark, Kinsale
5. Garrettstown , Kinsale
6. Garrylucas Beach, Kinsale
7. Fountainstown, Carrigaline
8. Inch, Whitegate
9. Garryvoe, Shanagarry
10. Youghal Front Strand
11. Claycastle, Youghal
12. Pilmore, Youghal
13. Redbarn, Youghal
14. Courtmacsherry, Courtmacsherry
15. Broad Strand, Courtmacsherry
16. Coolbaun, Courtmacsherry
17. Dunworley, Timoleague
18. Moloney’s, Timoleague
19. Simon’s Cove, Ring
20. Inchydoney, Clonakilty
21. Duneen, Clonakilty
22. Red Strand, Ardfield
23. Long Strand, Rathbarry
24. Ownahincha, Rosscarbery
25. Warren (Cregane Strand), Rosscarbery
26. Sandy Cove, Skibbereen
27. Tragumna, Skibbereen
28. Traisplean, Skibbereen
29. Cadogans Strand, Schull
30. Ballyrisode Beach, Toormore
31. Cockle Strand, Crookhaven
32. Galley Cove, Crookhaven
33. Stoney Beach, Crookhaven
34. Barley Cove, Crookhaven
35. Snave, Bantry
36. Garinish Strand, Allihies
37. Ballydonegan, Allihies
The HSE report regarding services at Bantry General Hospital was released today (9/6/09), and our understanding of the statement by Professor John Higgins is that 24 hour acute services are to be retained. Furthermore, we also understand there is no other inherent threat to the health and safety of the people of the region in the HSEs overall plans for BGH.
As soon as we find online information detailing the content of the HSE report, and any other sources reconfirming this understanding, we will publish them here. In the meantime we welcome the initial announcements that the HSE policy is to protect the health facilities in the region, and that the strategy appears to draw a line under any lingering concerns that services might be cut at Bantry Hospital.
If you have any additional information, or would like to leave a comment, please use the link below to do so.
24 Hour Acute Services
Having read many articles about the suspected cuts at Bantry Hospital we have not been able to find any confirmation by the HSE, or the Department of Health, that 24 hour Acute Services are to be retained.
We also understand that the official report regarding the future plans for Bantry General Hospital is complete, but that publication of the report is being delayed until June 9th, i.e. after the local elections.
Given this is very much a local issue, we believe the official report should be made available to the electorate for consideration before voting day.
To that end, we have added this campaign to westcorktoday to give the community another way to raise its voice. Our intentions are two-fold:
- To request publication of the report now
- To continue this campaign if the suspected cuts are indeed part of the HSE plan
You can raise your concern to the relevant decision-makers here,
and you can read more about this issue here and here – articles by the Irish Examiner.
Its also worth noting that over 86% of patients admitted in 2008 were classed as emergencies, as detailed in the HSEs own report.
We have also written to the HSE, the Department of Health, and Professor Brendan Drumm advising them of this campaign. The content of our correspondence is as follows:
Dear Sirs,
REF: Potential cuts to the 24 Hour Acute Services function at Bantry Hospital, West Cork.
This is a courtesy note to advise you that we are launching a new campaign where visitors will be encouraged to write to you regarding the above.
This initiative consists of two core elements:
– To request publication of the HSE report for Bantry Hospital prior to June 5th, 2009.
– To continue the campaign if cuts to the service are indeed part of the HSE plan.
For information:
Westcorktoday.com was born out of the loss of the UTV C103 West Cork Today radio programme. The show was taken off air on 9th April leading to a dilution in coverage of community affairs for West Cork. We are
expanding the functionality of westcorktoday to give the community an alternative way to voice concerns about important local issues.
Kind regards,
www.westcorktoday.com
Our correspondence to the BCI and Department of Communications advising them of this campaign:
Dear Sirs,
REF: UTV/C103 cessation of local community radio show ‘West Cork Today’.
This is a courtesy note to advise you that we will be launching a new website where visitors are encouraged to write to you regarding the loss of the UTV / C103 West Cork Today current affairs programme.
The show was dropped by UTV without any notice to listeners on 14th April 2009 and without any subsequent explanation by the licence operator. West Cork has benefited from a local affairs radio programme for the last 40 years which in itself gives you some idea as to how much the community valued this service.
The replacement schedule attempts to amalgamate the whole of Cork into the same three hour slot, and as such does not do justice to its audience across the county. The West Cork Today programme was not only an effective mechanism for addressing local issues in detail, but was also an important medium for ensuring a sense of connectivity and involvement for people of all ages from the towns and villages of the region, to the furthest points of the peninsulas.
Given the backdrop of growing UTV radio profits, and a statement last year by C103 that they would ‘continue to satisfy listeners with our distinctively local talk shows for the north and west Cork regions’, we fail to see any real justification for this change in schedule.
We are a voluntary group campaigning for the return of the local radio programme West Cork Today.
Kind regards,
www.westcorktoday.com
We would also like to thank West Cork Today presenter, David Young. Superbly entertaining, he engaged and involved his listeners, at the same time effectively addressing issues, big and small, that were important to the region. It may be farewell but he will be sorely missed and we sincerely wish him well. If it was our choice he’d be back behind that mic tomorrow!
If you have something you’d like to say and want your opinion public, click on the comments link below to add your thoughts, thanks,
The westcorktoday team!
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