Email to Kerry County Council about the slurry spreading

 Here is the text of the email I sent to the County Council, the farmers association and several government ministers. I am waiting to see if anyone of them will contact me abut the incident.

To whom it may concern,

At approx 4pm today, 9th July 2011, I witnessed the field adjoining my
rented dwelling having slurry sprayed on it from the adjoining  public
roadway. There was high concentration close to the house, in such a
high level that it is ponding. The slurry was spread less than 4
meters from the house.

I have attached some photos for reference purposes. Further photos can
be provided if required.

The incident happened at Lacca West, Duagh, Listowel, Co. Kerry.

I would appreciate any action you can take regarding this matter.

I understand that I must complete a complaint form but I do not have
access to a printer at present, but due to the urgency required in
dealing with such matters I would be willing to complete one if
required.

Please do not hesitate to contact me on this matter

Drawings of a typical slatted unit for cows

Which candidate will get My No.1???

With the date of the General Election only two weeks away I have been pondering which one of the candidates should get my No.1?? All the various parties are promising us the world if we vote for them, but will they deliver on anything??
Here is the link to all the candidates running in the constituency Link.

Fianna Fail (FF)- Tom McEllistrom- Definitely not a first choice being a FF candidate, although the party faithful would have you believe that since FF got us into this mess they are best suited to get us out of the mess, I believe we could call that line of thinking "Fuzzy Logic".
Chance of  My No.1-0/10

Fine Geal (FG)- Jimmy Deenihan and John Sheehan- The most likely to form the new government  have a good chance of getting the No.1. Sadly which ever party gets to form the new government will have an awful to clean up and no money to do anything with.
Chance of  My No.1-5/10

Labour- Arthur J Spring- Judging by past elections the party most likely to get the vital No.1
Chance of  My No.1-7.5/10

Green Party-Tom Donovan- Snow balls chance in hell. Refer to Fianna Fail comment.
Chance of  My No.1-0/10

Sinn Fein(SF)- Martin Ferris- No hope of No.1. Went to the prison to collect the scumbags who shot Garda Jerry McCabe who were released after only serving a short sentence for the crime due to the Good Friday Agreement. Maybe another SF candidate might have a better chance of the No.1 but sadly Martin Ferris won't be getting any preferences.

Chance of  My No.1-0/10

Independents- Mary Fitzgibbon, Bridget O'Brien and Mick Reidy. Will probably get the No.2 or 3. So long as they don't wind up like Jackie Healy Rea and actually work in the best interests of the country they will do well and will hold a lot of power.o

Chance of  My No.1-5/10

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Walking in an Irish Winter Wonder Land

Here is a selection of photos taken during our latest bout of winter weather!

The Knocknasna Road

The forestry road

The Forestry Road

The farm road

Facing toward Duagh

Into the woods we go!

The forestry road

A view towards Kerry

Snow and KIce on the ferns

The View towards Kerry

Road Safety, Irish Style!!

At the bends on the N21 at Barna they have started to concrete in 100mm steel poles, I presume they will be adorned with black and yellow arrows to indicate the bends. This method of erecting poles seems to be almost exclusive to Ireland while in the rest of the civilized world road signs are placed on "Break-Away" supports. The line of thought behind the Irish method seems to be that anyone driving a vehicle into one of these posts will sustain serious injuries or die at least the sign will survive.

It is obvious to anyone, with any common sense, that crash barriers would be more suitable in this location. But I suppose crash barriers break to absorb energy from an impact, thus saving occupants of the vehicle, but they must be repaired after each collision, the cost of such maintenance is surely less than the cost of medical treatment or a funeral. But as anyone who watched the old BBC series "Yes, Minister!" will remember Sir Humphrey's statement, "That would be common sense Minister, and there is no room for common sense in the Civil Service!".

It just seems to be a publicity stunt by either the NRA or Limerick County Council to show that they are doing something about the road due to the public outcry from the 5 deaths on that single stretch of road so far this year. All the while they are wasting Public Money on safety measures that will have no appreciable affect on road safety and may in fact  cause more traffic accidents.

I am reminded of the refrain to Pete Seeger's song "Where have all the flowers gone" it goes "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"