Share a Dream Fundraiser
Posted 13 years ago, 11 Oct 2011
by Martin Halloran
This past Sunday Vice Chairperson of the MRA Martin O Halloran was in Killdysart Co. Clare to give a helping hand in the Share a Dream Foundation Family Day fundraiser. Martin was there along with other local artists Marion Kelly and Rachel Prior also among them was Limerick singer Paul O Connor.
It was a fun filled day out for everybody there said Mr. O Halloran. Working alongside the Share A Dream Foundation has been a massive honour. The people at Share A Dream are very nice and really go out of their way to make you feel welcome. I really look forward to be working with this foundation again in the coming months and keeping dreams alive.
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Posted 13 years ago, 05 Oct 2011
by Martin Halloran
The Moyross Residents Alliance and all the residents of Moyross would like to wish Keith a Happy Birthday and a big congratulations from all the people of Moyross on his achievements in the World Cup. Also Keith has broken all records being the First ever Moyross man to Score in the World Cup and be featured on Rugby Games on Games Consoles known worldwide. Keep up the good work Keith. We are all Very Very Proud of You
The Lies We Were All Fed About Local Job Opportunities In Moyross
Posted 13 years ago, 03 Oct 2011
by Martin Halloran
The people of Moyross feel let down by Clancy's Builders and Brendan Kenny of the Regeneration Agency. We were promised local people would have jobs in the rebuilding of the apartments and houses in the Cliona Park project but it seems again to be all lies said Tom Daly local community activist and Chairperson of the MRA.
There are 250 applicants below in the LES offices at Watch House Cross and not one of them have been accessed. Tom Daly is overwhelmed with phone calls with people complaining they are going down to the offices and being told that the applications have not yet been collected by Clancy Builders. We think this is disgraceful behavior from Clancy's builders who promised the local people jobs and there are also other contractors hired by Clancy's. It must be very embarrassing for locals in Moyross block layers, plaster's laborers etc. to be passing that building site everyday and see strangers working on their project. This is disgraceful from a project costing 5.5 Million why can't they start up five or six of these projects, after all they were allocated 130 Million for this year, so what is the hold up starting more projects in Moyross and all other Regeneration area's, they have more that 120 Million left.
Again going back to Cliona Park Project the people that put in application forms at least expected their applications to be accessed and to get some kind of notification back from Clancy's or The Regeneration Agency saying that their applications are in the process of being accessed. We are now at a stage in this project where they are going to start laying blocks and they will need block layers, plasterers, laborers etc. and these people in Moyross and other areas are mad looking for work. The MRA can not see why they can not set up their own building co-op for the tradesmen and laborers of all Regeneration Areas and have a committee overseeing them doing the building and the Regeneration of our own areas said Mr. Daly.
Mr. Daly has met with block layers, plasterers, laborers that are mad to get involved in the project. It would give them back a bit of dignity and get them off of the dole. Some of these tradesmen has worked for as little as 12 euro extra than the dole, that is telling us that these people of Moyross and other areas are all about getting back to work.
Now there is another project starting around the Christmas in South Hill. Is this going to be the same as Moyross? Whoever the contractor is that gets the contract promises jobs to the locals and for that promise to fall through.
We the people of Moyross think they should put a claus in the contract that any builders getting these contracts should automatically employ locals as we were told lies long enough from the government and the Regeneration Agency.
It was great to see Keiran Linnane on the local paper saying that when the new road is finished that there will be loads of land for building and others as long as the Regeneration takes heed of Mr. Linnane's words, this is great news.
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Posted 13 years ago, 29 Sep 2011
by Martin Halloran
Residents in Moyross and South Hill are very worried with the de population of our schools. If this keeps up with the de population of the people of Moyross and South hill, there will not be a need for any schools in these areas, its disgraceful said Mr. Daly community activist and Chairperson of the MRA. Why can't they just do as they promised and build our new houses in sections and have a building knock process where people can be taken out of their old house and put into their new one or do they have another agenda? Ok they are building apartments in Cliona Park but these are for the elderly this will not add any new students into the schools.
You often wonder what the Regeneration Agency and the Department for Education are thinking. Again they just need to get their act together and build the houses.
Tenants Feel Threatened
Posted 13 years ago, 14 Sep 2011
by Martin Halloran
It has come to the attention of the MRA that a tenant in Delmege Park got informed by Limerick City Council that they had got him a lovely bungalow in Devalera Park Thomond Gate. The then tenant got in touch with Chairperson of the MRA Tom Daly and asked if he would come to the property and look it over. The tenant and Mr Daly could not believe what they saw. The front gate was hanging down and rusted, trees blocking the side entrance of the property, front garden full of gravel, electric box door hanging off its hinges. Now for Limerick City Council to try and take a man from a lovely bungalow in which he has kept in very good condition with the help of his family and try put him into this bungalow in Devalera Park is highly unacceptable and morally wrong. This man is 58 years of age and wants to get on with a bit of dignity for the rest of his life. The tenant refused the property and said he would wait for one of the new apartments that is being built, then the following day the tenants daughter who worked for a law firm in limerick got a call from a member of limerick city council saying that her father the resident in Delmege Park had his sister living with him in which Tom Daly of the MRA said was disgraceful as a resident can not have their family coming up to look after them and see for their well being while sick. The resident was offered a lovely downstairs apartment in summer street two and a half years ago by Mr Paul Foley and Mr Michael o Kelly and he said he would take it as he nearly died in the conditions he was living in but nothing materialized out of that offer. Again this is highly unacceptable that they are doing this to tenants. The tenants daughter felt very intimidated from the phone call she got from limerick city council with these accusations.
Is this the price tenants have to pay because they do not accept a property not up to living standards?
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Posted 13 years ago, 13 Sep 2011
by Martin Halloran
It has come to the attention of community activist and Chairperson of the MRA Tom Daly that the work that was supposed to be finished by Smiths Demolition in 30 Delmege Park was not done. The cables were left hanging from the fascia board had to be done by a private electrician. Mr O Carrol the owner of this house was assured by Smiths Demolition that there was an order put into Chorus to do same. When he checked with Chorus there was no such order. This is disgraceful said Mr O Carrol. There are some more issues that were not sorted out. How can they expect homeowners and tenants to work with Limerick city Council and Regeneration Agency if these ''Cowboy Demolishers'' are not doing their jobs properly. Half Finished Work? They expect people to spend money that people have not got to finish their work for them. This is unacceptable and is disgraceful. Again we take our hat off to Tinnellys Demolition for the first class work they are doing and finishing the jobs to the residents satisfaction.
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Posted 13 years ago, 26 Aug 2011
by Martin Halloran
The MRA would like to acknowledge and thank Clancy Builders for erecting signs on their fences to use the other footpath and signs to also say that they are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
It goes some of the way but the people of Moyross would prefer if the fence was put inside the pathway as the fence is very unstable at the moment. We do acknowledge that there is building going on there but again all the MRA is worried about is incase someone is hurt or god forbid killed.
