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Laragh and Glendalough residents have voiced their concerns over the Visitor Experience and Management Masterplan for Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains National Park and the potential impact it could have on the area.
Senator Pat Casey is calling for the consultancy period into the Visitor Experience and Management Masterplan for Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains National Park to be stalled because it currently isn t fit for purpose.
Public consultation runs until March 12 and is mostly being facilitated through the Wicklow.ie Council Consultation website, with a series of Zoom virtual drop-in sessions with the consultant team.
Senator Casey operates the Glendalough Hotel and has been contacted by over 50 members of the local community who were dissatisfied with how the drop-in sessions worked.
He feels the consultancy period should be halted until public meetings can take place again to ensure the local community has as much input into the plans as possible.
Two dialysis patients living in Wicklow have welcomed changes to the Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy which will see them receive their vaccinations earlier than expected.
Last week, both men told this newspaper how their condition left them vulnerable and they feared that if they caught Covid-19, it would prove fatal.
Initially, dialysis patients were included in Cohort 7 for the vaccination roll-out, meaning they were unlikely to receive the vaccine until some time after the summer.
However, the National Immunisation Advisory Council, in conjunction with the Department of Health, recommended revising the Vaccine Allocation Strategy. The National Public Health Emergency Team endorsed the recommendations which have now been approved by Government.
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