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Unfinished Estates County Roscommon

Rough Guide — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:55:07 +0000

List of unfinished housing estates in Roscommon

People living in some unfinished housing estates will be given a waiver from the Household Charge which came into effect on Jan 1st 2012.
This is the full list of unfinished housing estates In County Roscommon Carlow that are given a waiver from the Household Charge.

NB- Owners are still expected to register for the household charge and them claim the waiver. (No payment )

Read more about Household Charge Exemptions Here
Abbeyfield Sligo Road Ballaghaderreen

Abbeyville Court Galway Road Roscommon

Ashburton Grove Boherbui Road Ballaghaderreen

Ashfort Jamestown Road Croghan

Baile Na Mona Ballinlough Ballinlough

Breedouge Clooncany Breedogue

Canal view Canal Road Boyle

Castlemaine Ballymoe Road Roscommon

Chestnut Grove Strokestown Road Tulsk

Creavy Main Street Lisacul

Cuilmore Cove Knocknacarrow Cootehall

Cushla Village Monksland Athlone

Dun Ard Knockcroghery Knockcroghery

Forest Park Manor Old Carrick Road Boyle

Fortlands Sligo Road Ballaghaderreen

Foxwood Manor Warren Road Boyle

Greenfields Lanesboro Road Roscommon

Hazelfort Park Loughlynn Road Lisacul

Hazelwood Avenue Strokestown Road Elphin

Key West Kilmactranny Kilmactranny

Lisacul Manor Loughlynn Road Lisacul

Meadowbrook Strokestown Road Tulsk

Mill Stream Wind Mill Road Elphin

Mockmoyne Heights Green Street Boyle

Oakport Cootehall Cootehall

Oakwood Athlone Road Roscommon

Oldwood Ard Sallagh Beg Roscommon

Orchard Grove Hillstreet Road Elphin

Pairc Caislean Ballinasloe Road Ballyforan

Plan Ref 001728 Boyle Road Frenchpark

Plan Ref 00276 Farm Road Ballinlough

Plan Ref 00472 (Corraun Village) Ballymoe Road Roscommon

Plan Ref 041768 Boyle Road Frenchpark

Plan Ref 041940 Dublin Road Ballinagare

Plan Ref 042080 Ballintober Ballintober

Plan Ref 042481 (Main Street Flats) Dublin Rd Ballinagare

Plan Ref 042621, 042270 (Farnbeg) Dublin Road Strokestown

Plan Ref 04603 Circular Road Ballaghaderreen

Quay West Cooladye Cootehall

River oaks Kilcolman Ballaghaderreen

Roscommon Court Castle street Roscommon

Rosshill Galway Road Roscommon

Shancloon Castlerea Road Ballinagare

Shannon Valley Sligo Road Ballaghaderreen

Shannon Woods Tarmonbarry Tarmonbarry

Silveroe Frenchpark Road Boyle

Springvale Galway Road Cloonfad

Tarmon Manor Tarmon Castlerea

The Granary Charlestown Road Ballaghaderreen

The Maples Tulsk Road Strokestown

The Oaks Boyle Road Frenchpark

The Paddocks Athleague Athleague

The Plains Tulsk Road Ballinagare

Waterville Monksland Athlone

Woodberry Court Ardsallagh Beg Roscommon

Paying Household Charge at Council Offices

Rough Guide — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:18:03 +0000

According to the Household Charge website – people who don’t want to register or pay online should be able to get registration forms and make payments at their local County Council or City Council offices.

See more here about the new Household Charge which is payable by all home owners from Jan 2012.

We did a quick survey of most of the County Council and City Council websites on January 6th to see if they were providing any information about the Household Charge.

We checked the council websites for Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, South County Dublin, Dublin City , Fingal , County Galway, Galway City Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.
Some sites had no information about the Household Charge at all – Carlow , North Tipp, Offaly and Monaghan did not mention it -or if they did it was well hidden!

The majority of the Council websites had just a link direct to the Household Charge website but no other info or mention of payment or forms being available.

Two Councils had a small bit of information about the charge and a link to the Householdcharge website . (Limerick County and Killarney).
Only three sites also had links to downloadable forms – Westmeath, Wicklow and Longford.

The only council that provided any useful information and confirmed that they were issuing forms and accepting payments was Fingal County Council.
Their website informs users that Household charge registration forms are available at all Fingal County Council cash offices and reception desks in Swords & Blanchardstown, at all Fingal Libraries and at Citizens Information Centres. They also state that Registration forms can be returned and payments can be made through Fingal County Council cash offices at Grove Rd, Blanchardstown or County Hall, Swords from 9.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Completed forms will be forwarded by the Council to the Household Charge payment office. They even have staff in a Household Charge Team available on 01 890 6254

Well done Fingal County Council – !

Update Jan 9th - Dublin City Council now have information about accepting payments – they state on their site that anyone who wants to pay Household Charge to Dublin City Council should go to : Customer Services Centre ,Ground Floor Block 3 Civic Offices.

Cavan have added some information that Household Charge Payments will be accepted at the Rates office, Courthouse, Cavan.

Galway County Council now say that forms can be collected from Galway County Council, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway. Payments of Household Charge can be made bBy calling to your Local Authority office (By credit card/laser/cheque/bankdraft / or Cash)

Wexford County Council have confirmed that cash will be accepted in any of the following Wexford Local Authority Offices and together with your completed registration form will be forwarded to the Central Processing Unit in Dublin.

- Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.

- Wexford Borough Council, Spawell Road, Wexford.

- New Ross Town Council, The Tholsel, New Ross

- Enniscorthy Town Council, Market Square, Enniscorthy.

- Gorey District Office, Civic Square, Gorey.

Unfinished Ghost Estates and the Household Charge

Rough Guide — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:55:57 +0000

We are still waiting for the list of unfinished estates that will be exempt from the 2012 Household Charge.
The total number of estates is expected to be less than 1300. The Irish Independent seems to think it will be less than 300 estates.

It is important to note – that even if your house is in one of the infamous Unfinished Estates – you still need to register for the Household Charge and then claim the exemption. If you don’t register you could be fined.

If you live in a dwelling that is not permanently attached to the ground – i.e a boat or a caravan – you do not need to register it for the household tax.

More details about Household Charge and Exemptions Here

Disability Figures

Rough Guide — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:34:43 +0000

9.3% of the population of Ireland stated that they had some type of disability in the 2006 Census.
The town with the highest percentage of people with a disability is Portrane – with 27.4% of the population. The presence of a fairly large hospital in a small town would easily raise the percentages. Portrane has a poulation of 1532 and 420 of those reported some level of disability.
Top ten towns in Ireland for high proportions of disability – (physical or mental):
Portrane 27.4%
Swinford 21.7%
Kilrush 17.8%
Castlerea 17.5%
Callan 15.3%
Tipperary 14.9%
Clones 14.8 %
Boyle 14.8 %
Ballinasloe 14.6%
Thomastown 14%The figures are from the 2006 census and are from all towns with population over 1500.

Lonley and Alone in Dungloe ?

Rough Guide — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:35:32 +0000

Dungloe (An Clochán Liath) in Donegal is the town in Ireland with the highest percentage of single person households. Census figures show that 40.37% of households in Dungloe are occupied by just one person. (174 out of 431)

Other towns with high percentages of people living alone:

Swinford, Mayo 40.14
Manorhamilton, Leitrim 35.34
Foxford, Mayo 33.64
Boyle, Roscommon 33.47
Killorglin, Kerry 33.38
Ballybunion, Kerry 33.15
Castlerea, Roscommon 33.10
Kanturk, Cork 33.06
Kiltimagh, Mayo 32.85