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Last night’s meeting of Clare County Council also heard that three neighbouring families have been trapped inside their house because of rising waters over the weekend.
Responding to motion on the condi- tions of bog roads put forward by Cllr Colm Wiley (FF), Cllr Joe Cooney
(FG) challenged the local authority to set up an emergency response unit to deal with the stranded east Clare families.
“One family left their home in east Clare to go shopping last Friday and still haven’t returned to their house. I think an emergency plan needs to be put in place this evening for these families. There are three families trapped in their house and one family trapped outside of their house since then,” said Cllr Cooney.
The issue wasn’t dealt with at the meeting as it wasn’t on the agenda.
Meanwhile, in a separate motion, Cllr Wiley called for an explanation from the local authority as to whether rural roads are being built too small or trucks being built too large.
‘We have lorries on the road at the moment that are so long that they are not able to turn on the road without going all over the place. I am con- vinced that the lorry companies are ignoring the regulations on the road and making their lorries too big,” SFG ON UDMA Eo
“All I want to know is are the lorries too big or has Clare County Council
made the roads too small.”
Cllr Wiley’s motion was supported by Brian Meaney (GP).
“I rarely find myself in agreement with Cllr Wiley but there is certainly some merit in what Cllr Wiley is say- ing on this issue. It is true that lorry size has increased.
“IT know myself from driving on the roads around Clare that the white line is something that you can drive on and over. The solution would be to bring as many goods as possible by rail or improving roads for trans- porting.”