'Simply not good enough' – illegal encampments on Kildare's Curragh Plains
Senator Fiona O'Loughlin (FF) raised the issue in the Seanad this week
A Fianna Fáil senator has slammed a recent illegal encampment on Kildare’s Curragh Plains as “simply not good enough.”
Senator Fiona O'Loughlin was speaking in the Seanad on June 16 last, when 'An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business' came before the House.
She said: “Over the weekend, almost 100 caravans congregated illegally on our lovely Curragh Plains. I spoke recently in the Chamber about the bill of €185,000 for the last illegal encampment, which was about two months ago.”
Senator O'Loughlin said she spoke to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, “on Saturday evening about this.”
She also spoke, she said, to the Secretary General of the Department of Defence and had meetings with the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, “on the legislative aspect.”
Senator O'Loughlin concluded: “We have to move towards the new model of management that we know is on the way because this activity is having an impact on the horse industry, the Army and people who use the Curragh for leisure and amenity, including Cill Dara Golf Club, which has had its two greens impacted.
“It is simply not good enough.”