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Galway County – Unfinished Estates with no Household Charge

Owners of properties in the following County Galway estates will avoid the €100 Household Charge for 2012 because they are classed as unfinished estates.  More details about the Household Charge .

Homes on two categories of estates will qualify for a Household Charge waiver in 2012 – these are :-
Category 3 -  where  a receiver has not been appointed and the developer is still in place but is effectively inactive;

Category 4 unfinished estates -  where  the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents.

Note : – owners  of homes on these estates are supposed to  register for the  Household charge and claim the waiver for 2012.
Ard An Mhulinn Ballyvaughan Road Kinvara

Ard Na Speire Moycullen Road Spiddal

Bealach na Ceartan Ballyroe Williamstown

Bealach na Gaoithe Galway Road., Killaloontey Tuam

Bruach An Chaladh Dominic St. Portumna

Caoin Dara Crosheen Ballindereen

Carrig Gheal Galway Rd. Loughrea

Carrig Linn Danesfort Rd. Loughrea

Carrig Mor Danesfort Rd. Loughrea

Cearnog Nua Church Street Moycullen

Cedar Court off Glennamaddy Road Williamstown

Choill Clocha Oranhill Oranmore

Ciislean Riada Clarinbridge

Clochran Kilcloghans Tuam

Clos An Iarla Dominic St. Portumna

Clos An Iarnroid Ballinasloe Ballinasloe

Cois Furain Cosmona Rd. Loughrea

Coolhaven Galway Rd. Gort

Corr an Tochair Dunmore Road Williamstown

Cottage Hill Athenry Rd Loughrea

Cricket Court Dunmore Road Tuam

Cuirt Na hAbhann Oranmore Road Claregalway

Danesfort Court Danesfort Rd. Loughrea

Dun Na Ri Corofin Road Gort

Eallagh Galway Road Headford

Forest Gate/Glade St Josephs Rd. Portumna

Garrai An Droichid Killora Craughwell

Garrai Eoinin Bothar Bui, Knock South Inveran

Gleann Mhuiris Oranmore Road Claregalway

Glynndale Court Corrolough Williamstown

Kilcummin Fields Estate Main Street Oughterard

Leas Na Greige Rossaveel Road Oughterard

Lios Na Si Bridge St Portumna

Lios Garbh Ballinasloe

Lios Na Ndaoner Danesfort Rd. Loughrea

Lorro Gate Prospect Athenry

Lough Eala St Brigids Rd. Portumna

Oran Island Maree Road Oranmore

Pairc na gCon Newbridge Road Mountbellew

Pairc Na Ri Park Rd Ballydavid South Athenry

Plan Ref 011325 Westport Road Clifden

Plan Ref 041866 (Craughwell Town Centre) Main Street Craughwell

Plan Ref 05/2498 (Craugh Tn Centre) Main St. Craughwell

Plan Ref 071155 Mountain Road Moycullen

Plan Ref 091446 Galway Road Moycullen

Rath Glas Kilgarve Ballinasloe

Redington Woods Clarinbridge Clarinbridge

The Fairways/An Mhinleog Tuam Road Dunmore

The Orchard Main Street Moylough

The Willows Raheen Rd. Athenry

Tir an Choir Vicars Choral Tuam

Uilin Church Street Moycullen

Woodview Crescent Moylough Road Clonbern

Unfinished Ghost Estates and the Household Charge

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

County Galway Speed Camera Vans

These are the roads where the mobile speed or safety cameras will be operating from November 2010 in County Galway.

The 45 vans will be covering the whole country – at 600 locations. So dont expect to see a van on the same road every day. You will never know when there could be one round the next bend – so slow down, be safe and save lives.

The full network of speed cameras will not be up and running until Feb 2011 – but they are being rolled out from Nov 2010

Carcinogens in Drinking Water Supply

The following Irish towns have levels of THM’s which are above the current standard in the Drinking Water Regulations. These standards are being made more strict from Dec 2008 – to 100 migro grams per litre – so these water supplies will be well above the safe levels unless something is done to rectify things.  The politicians seem to be keeping quiet about this recent news from the Irish EPA )Environmental Protection Agency) .

Ennis
Ennistymon
Ballintra
Ballinasloe
Gort
Inishere
Killimor
Kinvara
Loughrea
Roundstone
Spiddal
Dingle
Clogh-Castlecomer
Inistioge
Mountmellick
Kiltimagh
East Meath
Trim
Killarney

THMs  are Cancer Group B carcinogens (shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals). Trichloromethane (chloroform) is by far the most common in most water systems. Dibromochloromethane is the most serious cancer risk, (0.6 ug/l to cause a 10-6 cancer risk increase) followed in order by Bromoform (4 ug/l), and Chloroform (6 ug/l).

Rental Accommodation – Longford has the most

Towns with the most rented dwellings in Ireland:
Out of all the towns with a population over 1500 – these are the top 10 for rented occupation : (The average for the country is  28.11%)
Longford 47.26%
Ballaghaderreen  47.14 
Carrick-on-Shannon  45.67
Skibbereen  45.28
Galway City  43.63
Ballyhaunis  43.35
An Daingean  41.86
Cavan  40.74
New Ross  40.36
Gort  40.33

Top 20 Ethnically Diverse Towns

Ethnic Diversity in Ireland:
Immigration in Ireland has grown in the past decade – and the 2006 census provided figures on ethnic origins of residents. Ireland also has it’s own ethnic group – the Travellers and this category was included in the 2006 census for the first time.

These are the  20 towns with the highest percentage of non “White Irish” in Ireland (This includes “Other”, “Traveller”, “Black”, “Black Irish”, “Asian”, “Asian Irish” and “Other White”

Ballyhaunis, Mayo (45.93%)
Gort, Galway (39.2%)
Rathkeale, Limerick (31.76%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (31.31%)
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon (27.68%)
Clonee Village, Meath (27.5%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff,Carlow/Wexford (26.94%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (25.88%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (24.85%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (24.66%)
Oldcastle, Meath (24.63%)
Longford, Longford (24.56%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (24.1%)
Kenmare, Kerry (23.11%)
Kinsale, Cork (22.17%)
Athenry, Galway (21.21%)
Roscommon, Roscommon (21.07%)
Ballybay, Monaghan (21.02%)
Cavan (20.53%)

If Travellers are taken out of the calculation – then the 20 most ethnically diverse towns are as follows: (Showing percentage of population that are not “White Irish” or ” White Irish Traveller”)

Ballyhaunis, Mayo 40.55
Gort, Galway 38.68
Clonee Village, Meath 27.50
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon 26.49
Ballinrobe, Mayo 24.86
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan 24.85
Oldcastle, Meath 24.63
Monaghan, Monaghan 23.74
Kenmare, Kerry 23.12
Cahir, South Tipperary 22.92
Kinsale, Cork 22.17
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon 21.58
Ballybay, Monaghan 20.85
Roscommon, Roscommon 20.40
Longford, Longford 19.96
Oranmore, Galway 19.52
Cavan, Cavan 19.08
Carrickmacross, Monaghan 18.96
Millstreet, Cork 17.95
Swords, Fingal 17.81

Gort has 40% born outside Ireland

Gort in Co Galway has 40.74% of it’s population that were born outside Ireland. Those born in the American continent  make up just over 34% of the total population. Many of these people came from Brazil in the last decade.
 

Towns dependent on Construction

Construction Workers in Ireland

The building and construction sector accounts for 8.69% of all the employment in Ireland – according to responses in the 2006 Census.

Some towns depend much more on construction for jobs than others – and could be harder hit if the slowdown in house building continues.

Gort – in Galway has a massive 23% of it’s workforce employed in building – almost one quarter of all jobs in the town.

These are the top ten towns (with populations over 1500) for construction-based work.

Gort  23.27%

Kanturk   18.64%

Ballaghaderreen 17.95 %

Carndonagh  17.59%

Dunmanway 16.66 %

Killorglin   16.46%

Enniscorthy 15.4%

Carrick-on-Suir  15%

Duleek  14.95%

Athboy 14.8%

The town with the least people occupied in the building industry is  Annacotty – with just 3.16% of the workforce employed in the sector.

The towns of Malahide , Donabate , Portmarnock,  Kinsealy-Drinan and Shannon all had less than 5% of their workforce in the building trade.

All figures calculated from the 2006 Census – taken in May 2006