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Members of Kilrush Town Council were given the good news at their meeting last week after Councillor Liam O’Looney (FF) asked that the playground be extended.
“As a father with young children
myself, I go there regularly and this is a facility which serves the com- munity very well. But three or four of the little activities that were there have been taken away. There’s now only one baby swing and there are long queues to use it. It wouldn’t take much to put an extra couple of swings in, for instance.”
Cllr Marian McMahon Jones (FG) supported Councillor O’Looney and
asked whether there could be money sourced from the playground grants scheme to help.
Cllr Tom Prendeville (FF) said that he feels that a “town the size of Kil- rush should have another playground. Could we look at developing one in Vandeleur?”’
Cllr Christy O’Malley (FF) said that “it should be a stipulation that when new developments are being
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In reply to Cllr O’Looney’s mo- tion, council officials said that the council “is in the process of seeking quotations from suppliers of play- eround equipment to replace existing equipment that is in poor condition and improve the overall layout and presentation of the play facilities at Cappa.”
When she asked whether this would be done in time for the sum- mer school holidays, Cllr Deirdre Culligan (Ind) was told by Town Clerk, Fiona Mooney, that this was the plan.
“With any contract, we are depend- ent on suppliers and how fast they can provide things but it is our inten- tion to go ahead as fast as possible”, she said.