What Regeneration?
Posted 12 years ago, 13 Mar 2012
by Martin Halloran
Thanks for the sign Mr. Kenny but what is printed on it never materialized.
Four years ago this sign was erected and as you can see what is says Limerick Regeneration Agency Building Communities Through Regeneration which was another lie. This never materialized the building of communities, instead we got our communities broken up and people displaced, school pupils halved people demoralized they never knew what was coming next and anti-social behavior rife, so your regeneration Mr. Kenny did not work. It only left people depressed and never knowing what is coming next. We hope to god that the new committee whomever they may be will be true to their word and tell the people the truth in these areas because the LRA and MRA will be reporting to the E.U and highlighting issues within the regeneration areas said Tom Daly Chairperson of the LRA and MRA.
Poor Workmanship
Posted 12 years ago, 16 Feb 2012
by Martin Halloran
The Moyross Residents Alliance Chairperson Tom Daly is very worried that locals tradesmen are not getting any work. Thomas o Kelly of Kelly's Demolition signed an agreement with tradesmen that he would employ locals to provide local employment where possible in regeneration areas. Unfortunately when these tradesmen went up they were told they could start the following day and when they went up the following day they were told there was no work for them. Now this is very demoralizing for these tradesmen as they had all their kit with them and then kelly's turned around and told them there was no work. This is very upsetting. We the MRA have a letter from Thomas o Kelly of Kelly Demolition saying he is willing to work and provide the employment for these people and this letter can be seen on the internet. Now there is more health and safety issues with kelly demolition, they were building a gable end of a house in college avenue and they were using banned materials ''cavity blocks'' which were banned in the 70's. These materials are not fit for building houses.
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When Mr Daly approached these block layers that were doing the work he said to them do you know that this material is banned? They turned around and said '' that limerick city council had passed this material and told them to do it''. Mr Daly said to the block layer I can't believe that Limerick City Council would pass this as the material is not suitable for building houses. As the MRA are unendated with calls from people complaining about the dampness and coldness with these blocks being used. Now surely to god Kelly Demolition knows these materials are not suitable. The only people we see using this materials is Kelly's and Smiths.
Now there is also an issue with Kelly Demolition with health and safety in College Avenue. They had a big fence around a gable end house inside and another outer fence outside in which was wide open at the end of it. Now when Mr. Daly pulled the block layer on this the block layer said that Mr. Daly should have a vest on and a hat. Mr Daly said to him where are your signs to say health and safety that there is an ongoing building here and no one is to beyond this point as it was wide open which can be seen on the internet again on the MRALIMERICK.com website. Again this is blatantly breaking the rules of health and safety. This in not the first time we had problems with Kelly Demolition. As far as the Moyross people are concerned, we do not want Kelly's Demolition out here as we had big problems in Delmege Park and other areas which can all be seen on the internet.
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Posted 12 years ago, 16 Feb 2012
by Martin Halloran
We are showing this video on behalf of a home owner in number 2 Delmege Park Moyross Limerick. Smiths Demolition built this gable end and its seperating out from the top. There is water leaking into the house. We had to highlight this issue because the homeowner went to Tracy Mc Elligot of the local forum and she was told that there is nothing they can do about it that the house was signed off on. We think this is disgracefull said Tom Daly Chairperson of the MRA and LRA that these demolishers can do shady work adn get away with it. It only happens in Moyross and we are not going to let them away with this. Smiths Demolition should come back out and rectify this problem. How is it that Tinnelly's Demolition and their builders done all this work in Moyross and we got no complaints what so ever? We are unendated with calls about Smiths and Kellys Demolition. This can not keep going as this woman in number 2 Delmege Park has not got the money to go over work that was already done and it is now up to Smiths Demolition to put this right and look after this home owner. We will update you soon about this story. We will update you on how this progresses and we will be writing letters. You will be able to see the damage to the house in the video below.
Nice Attitude Mr Kenny
Posted 12 years ago, 09 Feb 2012
by Martin Halloran
The Chairperson of the MRA and LRA Tom Daly could not believe Mr. Kenny when he said he does not have to answer to anybody. This is a disgrace said Mr. Daly. Of course he has to answer to the people of these estates. It is our lives and our kids and grand kids lives he is dealing with. Mr Kenny was asked to get involved with the residents of moyross and other areas and it was to get involved with the youth in projects like the community garden in Delmege Park but he would not help nor contribute towards it. The LRA and the MRA had to do it out of their own pockets. Many other big events going back over the last 3 years which were a big success the like of Stars In The Hood, Monks V The Guards, The Limerick Toy Shows sponsored by the Asteroid Entertainment, Limerick Regeneration Association and The Moyross Residents Alliance. He was asked to sponsor these which came under the social regeneration banner to help the kids, but no he declined. These events made welcomed money for charities that are cash strapped at the moment the likes of Cancer Research, Special Olympics, Crumlin Hospital For Sick Children, Limerick Youth Service, St. Vincent De Paul Limerick, St. Munchins Center, Arch Unit Regional Hospital and 5000 worth of toys to Barnardos. There was an awful amount of work put into these events by events manager Jamie Daly, Martin O Halloran, Tom Daly and the rest of the committee in which we want to thank them for as we could not have done it without their help and there was a lot of smiling happy kids at these events.
So when Mr. Kenny did not sponsor these events we knew then that he had no interest in the locals in these areas. We would like to thank Limerick City Council and all the other small business that helped us in making these events the success they were. It is great to see the Limerick people come on board with their own. We do accept that Mr. Kenny did do some things for the regeneration of our estates in Limerick but he could have done a lot more and he could have stopped his second in command Mr. Hayden going on local papers and portraying people of these areas as factions. You would swear we were in Iraq of some place like it.
Also Mr Paul Foley should have been involved with this Regeneration project to the end of Mr. Kenny's term as he worked with the people and he would come in and sit down and talk to the people and listen to their issues and worries they had and it always seemed to have been worked out. We were told in the Fitzgerald Report that it was a build and knock project. That never materialized, we were supposed to see our new houses built right in front of us. All we got was tenants and home owners displaced, our school pupils dwindling, broken down infrastructures in our areas Big Empty Gaps. We hope this will all change and we are looking forward to working with our new minister Jan O Sullivan as she has promised to go into dialogue and work with the communities and residents in these areas and that is the way to go forward as the LRA and MRA have worked with Limerick City Council and things worked out.
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Posted 12 years ago, 01 Feb 2012
by Martin Halloran
Due to a public meeting in the south hill center, Jan O Sullivan our T.D and our minister for housing asked a question four times ''did anyone know how many local people were employed on the Cliona Park Project?''. Not one person from within the Regeneration Agency or the local forums or limerick city council could stand up and tell Jan O Sullivan how many locals were employed. Mr Daly Chairperson of the MRA and LRA had to stand up and tell our minister how many people were employed within the Cliona Park Project. We the people of the Regeneration areas think that it was a disgrace that when our own agency who have overseen the Regeneration of Limerick City could not answer our minister. It tells us one thing, they had no interest in locals getting jobs in our areas. Again it goes down to one thing, bad management in the agency it also came to light that Brendan Kenny went to individuals houses and called to people in Moyross. Well I was unendated with calls saying that Mr. Kenny never called to anyone's houses homeowners or tenants. He most certainly did not call to Delmege Park where Mr. Daly lives but a couple years ago he did call to Mr Tom Baker and offered him 30.000 for his home when the man was sick and said ''what do you expect? Your living in a mini Baghdad''. We the people of the regeneration areas hope to God that our minister Jan O Sullivan and Phil Hogan will come into dialogue with the residents of Moyross, South Hill, Weston and St Mary's Park and we get this new Regeneration Committee working with the people.
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Posted 12 years ago, 25 Jan 2012
by Martin Halloran
Where have all of our communities gone? Due to Mr. Kenny's regeneration of all our estates Mr. Kenny has killed off the spirit of the people in these areas all the schools are nearly empty all the houses are knocked nothing is built and he has the cheek him and brendan hayden second in command to ask the people not to leave these areas said Tom Daly community activist. It is bad when you hear government ministers calling it a scandal what happened here and other regeneration areas. We the people agree that there is 116 million gone with no new houses built and people displaced. All the promises about locals being hired that never materialized, home owners bought out for pittance, tenants tormented with anti-social behavior which is still rife in these areas. No drug addicts clinic where people can go in sit down talk and get advice which we were promised in the Fitzgerald report and that is why our suicide rate is so high. We hope the new regeneration committee whoever it may be will learn from mr. kenny's mistakes and work with the people of these areas said Martin O Halloran Vice Chairperson MRA.
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Posted 12 years ago, 14 Jan 2012
by Martin Halloran
What happens next Mr. Kenny? Mr. Kenny is asking people to stay one minute and the next minute he says that people are living in conditions that are not acceptable, this is a cause of negativity and he can understand why people in these areas are fed up as they know nothing has changed. Again he said that he and limerick city council are working with people of these areas to get them out. We the people of these areas want to stay. Brendan Kenny does not know what he is doing. You are in fact ruining our communities. People did not want you in the regeneration of the estates in Dublin then you were put down here you and your committee and spent all that money and tried to say that it worked. You must be crazy said Mr. Tom Daly Chairperson MRA. It was also promised in the building of the new apartments in moyross that locals will be employed. As far as we can tell there are only 4 people employed and the rest are not from regeneration areas. It also has come to light that a plastering contract of the cliona apartments has been granted to a cork company. Why in the honor of god can you not step in there and get our own carpenters and plasters working. Minister Jan O Sullivan made a vow to us the people left in the regeneration areas that she will stand by us. I hope her promises don't fall on deaf ears because god knows that we can do with being told the truth. At the moment Mr. Kenny is breaking every rule both in the E.U and Irish Constitution. We the people of the regeneration areas in limerick are going to bring a case to the court of european justice as we have people working on that at the moment. We are not going to have our rights taken away from us. There are decent hard working people in these areas and we want to do the work on our own areas and not to see strangers building our areas said Tom Daly Chairperson of MRA. I also remember going down to the school to collect my grand child and there would normally be lots of parents there and have chat. That is all gone now the parents and the kids are gone. That is all down to our regeneration committies and council's. We the people of moyross are trying to hold on to what we have. So I say to the people of all regeneration areas, Try make the best what you have because you can travel Ireland and you wont find community spirit like the spirits of the people in these regeneration areas said Martin O Halloran Vice Chairperson MRA.
