This article is from page 12 of the 2008-09-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
STREET signs should be put in place in west Clare – but only if they are spelt correctly.
That was the message delivered at a meeting of Kilrush area councillors yesterday evening.
The issue was raised by Councillor Pat Keane (FF), who called for Clare County Council to ensure all streets and lane-ways in town and villages are properly named and identified.
“If a shop opens, the next thing 1s the street 1s named after the shop,’ he said.
He said it was important to ensure
the names were inscribed in both English and Irish.
He was told by Executive Engineer Eamon O’Dea that the council, in conjunction with tidy town and vil- lage groups, would arrange the erec- tion of street and laneway names, subject to funding being made avail- able.
Councillor Tom Prendeville then made one request – that the names be spelt correctly.
“Would ye do a bit of research into it and make sure they are spelt properly? There is nothing as bad as putting up something in wrought iron and it is spelt wrong,” he said.