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THEY provide much _ entertain- ment when they hit the town, but the funfairs also have their negative aspects!
The noise emanating from a fun- fair in Shannon caused headaches for staff at the local gaelscoil, Gaelscoil Donncha Rua, according to newly-elected councillor Mike ja (oresbeerom@ GaP
Mr Fleming told councillors at a meeting last week that a teacher at the school complained to him about the noise from machinery at the aUbeve-soe
“It has been brought to my atten- tion by a member of staff at the school that they found it very hard to teach, with the amount of noise that was generated,” he said.
He said that given the plans to lo- cate a skateboard area in the local- ity, there are fears that the funfair may be located closer to the school
and this would create more prob- aeky
His party colleague, Cllr Tony Mulcahy said this issue had been “a huge bone of contention for a long Wb salons
Labour councillor Greg Duff said every town has a place where fun- fairs and circuses locate. “There is no reason why we wouldn’t have it. The council should support a place. It will be a challenge to get another place,” he said.
CuUlr Tony McMahon (Labour) pointed out that he is the chairman of the board of management at the school and in principle there was no problem with the funfair. He suggested that the root of the noise could be located further away from the school, to ensure there were no problems.
“IT want to make it clear that the board of management of the gaels- coil does not object in principle,” he SPATE
The mayor of Shannon, Cllr Sean McLoughlin said the funfair was important for the town, in terms of income. “There’s a bit of revenue from the funfair. It’s important we use it fairly wisely,” he said.
Independent councillor Gerry Flynn said, “The circus and funfair was a neighbour of mine for years and we came to accept it. It’s very important that we have a site that is permanent for that facility.”
Independent councillor Patricia McCarthy said most of the noise from carnivals would be after school hours and the issue of limiting times could be explored. “The difficulty 1s location, location, location. We did search extensively (for a site) but there is no harm looking again, but someone is going to have to point us in the right direction,” she said.
It was agreed that town manager Bernadette Kinsella would report back to councillors on the issue at a later stage.