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CLARE County Council has paid almost €7 million to three landowners, including the Killaloe Diocesan Trust, for the provision of the long-delayed €25 million sewage treatment plant to serve Ennis.
The council has also confirmed that an additional €436,212 has been paid on auctioneering, legal and surveying fees as part of the project – these fees relate exclusively to land acquisition.
Last year, the council overcame a vital obstacle in proceeding with the works after objections to the ComOVER 100 companies throughout the Shannon region have signed up for a unique waste reduction project involving wanted and unwanted pallets.
‘The Pallet Exchange’ – an 18-month pilot project officially launched this week by Supply Network Shannon – will result in thousands of pallets being reused by participating companies in Limerick City, Shannon and counties Limerick and Clare.
The main objective of The Pallet Exchange is to address the imbalance that exists between companies requiring to source pallets and companies with excess pallets. A central clearinghouse has been established in the Shannon region to facilitate the storage and subsequent reuse of pallets.
Already, a number of companies in Tipperary and Kerry have expressed an interest in joining The Pallet Exchange program, Mr Whelan concluded.
Supply Network Shannon (SNS) is an open sectoral network of engineering and elecpulsory Purchase Order (CPO) were withdrawn.
The council was seeking to CPO a total of 20 acres: 17.41 acres from the Killaloe Diocesan Trust and 2.6 acres from local landowner, Peter Anthony Liddy.
After the CPO was first published, the Diocesan Trust sold the site as part of a 35-acre plot to Crystal Partners Ltd, which is operated by Ennis businessmen, Sean Lyne and Noel Connellan.
Prior to the CPO going to hearing in September of last year, the council withdrew the CPO after negotiations
with the parties resulted in the council
agreeing to purchase a greater site than
the 20-acre site – it has now agreed to
purchase 23.86 acres.
As a result of the larger portion of
land now purchased, the Killaloe Di-
ocesan Trust has sold, according to a
spokesman, “a very small portion of
land” to the council that was not within
the original CPO area.
The council in response to a Freedom
of Information Act request from The
Clare People confirmed that €6.83
million has been paid for the site,
though declined to state how much has
been paid to each landowner. tronics sub-supply companies located in the Shannon region. Since being incorporated as a limited liability company in 1999, SNS has introduced a number of initiatives aimed at reinforcing the Shannon region’s position as a world-class source of sub-supply products and services.
According to Maurice McLernon, Chairperson of SNS, “The Pallet Exchange is designed to benefit all sub-supply companies in the region, regardless of size or activity. The uptake so far has been very encouraging and is indicative of the benefits of collaborative networks.”
Further information on The Pallet Exchange is available on www.snshannon.com. Companies wishing to participate in The Pallet Exchange should contact Dick Whelan at 061329744/086-8198188 or email dw@almir.biz.