*Photograph: John Sheridan

LISCANNORโ€™s public parking, footpath and kerbing is in an โ€œembarrassing conditionโ€, a North Clare councillor has blasted.

Clare County Council were called on by Cllr Shane Talty (FF) โ€œto address the embarrassing condition of the public parking, footpath and kerbsโ€ outside the restaurants along the main street in Liscannor.

Senior executive engineer with the West Clare Municipal District, Tony Neville confirmed that the footpath and kerbs along the main street are โ€œconsidered for for inclusion in our 2025 Schedule of Municipal District Works, subject to fundingโ€.

Neville flagged, โ€œThe ownership of the land between the public footpath and the three privately owned buildings is not registered in Landdirect.ie. We will investigate the ownership matter further, including consultation with the building ownersโ€.

Speaking at a meeting of the West Clare Municipal District, Cllr Talty commented, โ€œLiscannor feels it hasnโ€™t had any local authority attention in quite some timeโ€. He maintained the people of the locality were justified to have formed such a viewpoint, โ€œWeโ€™ve worked to fix the pier, two public lights installed but apart from that I donโ€™t think it has had any public realm investmentโ€.

Land ownership status โ€œshouldnโ€™t be a barrier to getting work done,โ€ Cllr Talty believed. On LandDirect, the piece of land in question is coloured in green, similar to the lane off Kettle Street in Lahinch โ€œwhich was resurfaced by the local authority in 2019 for The Irish Open coming to Lahinch,โ€ he flagged.

Infrastructure is not safe in Liscannor, Cllr Talty highlighted. โ€œThere is a foot deep of potholes emerging from what is called a footpathโ€. He added, โ€œit is an embarrassing picture given the volume of visitors to the areaโ€.

Seconding the request, Cllr Bill Slattery (FG) remarked, โ€œAs a local who goes to Liscannor not to the Ciffs but to Joe McHughs for a pint every now and then, there are cars parking everywhere because there is no kerbingโ€. Cars should be restricted from parking in certain areas, he believed.

Efforts of former councillor, Richard Nagle (FF) to find out who owns the land between the footpath and three privately owned buildings was also unsuccessful, Slattery recalled. โ€œWho owns it, it isnโ€™t stated in the response, it has to be rectified, there are cars all over the place thereโ€.

According to Cllr Talty, โ€œthere are three properties facing onto this piece of ground, the title was updated with Land Direct in the last ten years, that title was updated and it stopped at the red line of the house, each property goes to the red line of their own propertyโ€. โ€œWho is responsible for it,โ€ Slattery asked to which Talty replied, โ€œIโ€™d imagine the people who resurfaced it the last timeโ€. Cllr Joe Killeen (FF) felt it was merited to get Carmel Green of the Councilโ€™s property management department involved.

 

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