Burrin Manor residents in Carlow will finally see the light
Carlow County Buildings
RESIDENTS of Burrin Manor look set to finally have street lighting after it was confirmed by Carlow Co Council that the ESB will be on-site this week to connect the estate’s street lighting to the grid.
At the most recent monthly meeting of the council on Monday 9 March, chief executive Coilín O’Reilly, in response to queries from cllr Fintan Phelan of Fianna Fáil and cllr John Cassin of Independent Ireland, confirmed the news following a meeting with representatives of ESB Networks last week.
In his question to the chief executive, cllr Phelan said that it was a “matter of urgency” to connect the lights, which have been unconnected since being installed almost two years ago.
“I consistently raised this issue here at both this council and the Carlow Municipal District,” cllr Phelan said.
“We installed lights there, but they haven’t been connected yet. Have there been any updates from the ESB in relation? It is a matter of urgency now,” he added.
Cllr John Cassin shared the same sentiment as his Carlow town colleague and said that the lights still not being connected was “absolutely outrageous”.
“At this stage, it is absolutely outrageous. The community centre is not a million miles away from being finished and there will be a lot of movement in and out of the estate with that, so I think a huge amount of pressure needs to go on to the ESB,” cllr Cassin said.
As the two councillors posed questions, director of services Padraig O’Gorman passed a note across the desk to his chief executive, with Mr O’Reilly joking: “I am always cautious with pieces of paper Padraig hands me. If the news was that good, you could have read it out yourself.”
However, the note did, indeed, bring good news, with Mr O’Reilly stating: “The paper in front of me says there was a meeting with the ESB last week and the lights will be connected this week.”
He continued: “Our experience to date hasn’t been great, but, seemingly, there was a very positive engagement with the ESB last week and the individual we met was very good and very helpful and it should be sorted this week.”
