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CRUSHEEN residents are prepared to “stand in front of the diggers” in order to prevent the construction of a controversial 3G phone mast at Bal- hyd bb aTer
A second meeting between rep- resentatives of 3G and locals is due to take place this Thursday, May 10, but to date the telecommunications company has failed to contact locals ~VoOltlmnatem neler b bares
“We went to Dublin and met 3G al- most two weeks ago now. They were supposed to make contact with the landowner and make arrangements
with us for a meeting this week and none of this has happened,’ said lo- cal resident, Corrina Rosengrave.
“Our next step is to wait and see if any contact is made over the next few days. I’m prepared to stand in front of the diggers if I have to and do whatever it takes. That mast is not going up here,” she added.
Residents have made a number of complaints about the mast, which received full planning permission from Clare County Council, includ- ing alleged problems with the site notice before planning permission was granted.
“As far as we can see there was no
site notice put up at all on the road. We live across from where the mast is planned, there are eight of us in the house and 3G are trying to say that all of us are blind,’ continued Cor- unt
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“It overlooks our house and that of our neighbours, it overlooks a field where young lads are playing every day of the week. We knew nothing about it until it was too late.”
The mast issue will be on the agen- da at the monthly meeting of Clare County Council, which will take place next week.
“The biggest problem that local people had with the whole thing was the lack of knowledge and consul- tation,” said Councillor Pat Hayes (FF).
“That is something that we will be addressing at next Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council,’ he said.
Cllr Hayes claimed that 3G had failed to comply with planning con- Chiao) rte
“One of the main issues was the failure of 3G to comply with a number of conditions of their plan- ning. They had to agree about traf- fic management with the council and that wasn’t done,” he said.