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OLDER residents of Ennis are “feeling very isolated” because of the condition of footpaths during cold spells, a meeting of the Ennis Municipal District has heard. The growing numbers of people enjoying the outdoors during the latest lock-down has prompted calls on the local authority to ensure footpaths are safe and salted during cold spells. Councillor Ann Norton raised the issue at a recent meeting of the local authority where she pointed out that there are now many people out walking as Covid restrictions are preventing people from going outside of 5km. “I’m asking the Ennis Munic...

The Mayor of the Letterkenny/ Milford Municipal District is calling for the Winter Maintenance Programme to be updated. Councillor Donal Coyle, has called for a workshop to be held in order to highlight additional routes that he believes should be added to the gritting programme. Speaking in the Council Chamber he says as a recently elected representative he has yet to be given the opportunity to discuss adding additional routes to the programme: Meanwhile Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig has called for Donegal County Council to leave access gritt along back roads in the Glenties Municipa...

Council reveals sections of two regional roads are not gritted because they don't have enough traffic Reporter: ');  '); Sections of a regional road which links Kildare town to Rathangan is not gritted because it doesn't have enough traffic, the Council said.   Parts of another route between Twomilehouse and Dunlavin are also not deemed busy enough to be gritted.  The information was revealed at the monthly meeting of Kildare Newbridge Municipal District today. Cllr Mark Stafford had asked the Council to identify which regional roads in the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District are not t...