The bill for fencing, clean-up and patrols for dealing with asylum seeker encampments along the Grand Canal reached almost €800,000 last year

CONCERN has been expressed about the “excessive clearing” of vegetation along the River Barrow in recent weeks and its destructive impact of local wildlife.

They were pulled down at a recent protest but have since been reinstalled.

“THE gold standard of reports, let all the other executives take note for this council term!” That was the reaction by cllr Mark Leigh to a very in-depth response to one of his queries at July’s Athy Municipal District (MD) meeting.

The incident in question happened in January 2020 at Wilton Terrace, near Leeson Street Bridge in Dublin city