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Dangawan Libna*ff MARIOS /////. MOTOR FACTORS MARY ST., DUNGARVAN HORNIBROOKS LISMORE Spares for- COOKERS, KETTLES, FRIDGES Dungarvan Header TWIN TUBS, AUTOMATICS, VACUUM CLEANERS AND m*r and SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT FOR TUMBLE DRYERT TEL. 058/42417, anytime Circulating throughout the County and City of Waterford, South Tipperary and South-East Cork Vol. 50. No. 2571. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1988. REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL TOYOTA POST OFFICE AS A NEWSPAPER PRICE 25p (inc. VAT) CO. COUNCIL ELECTIONS PENSMAN TAKES YOU Darrell has gone mad at— Cllr. Billy Kyne (Labour) COLUM'S SHOP behind the SPOTLIGHT O'CONNELL STREET, DUNGARVAN WE GET IT RIGHT dteveloped. The outgoing Chair- to celebrate change of ownership with a man, Cll:r. Kemneally was very Despite contrary rumours obviously not ensconced with and other speculation at' the his party colleagues at a pre- Is New Chairman SUPER SUMMER week-end concerning the elec- Counoil meeting held across tion of Chairman at the Annual t'he road1 as he was in the banK for industrial develop- Meeting of Waterford County defeat although he did think Carey and seconded by Cllr. C. Council chamber for a con- ment in Dungarvan. HP felt he would have been elected un- Casey and he was opposed by Council in Dungarvan test that it was vitally important siderable time before the ot'her animously having been a mem- the Fianna Fail nominee Cllr. Monday, it is satisfactory for for t-h£ town and county that ber of the Council for the past Jimmy Quirke. proposed by ten Fianna Fail members us to note that our forecast on this land be retained by the 34 years without ever serving Cllr. Sean Whelan and second- arrived in a body jusi as the government and he suggested as Chairman. the issue in last week's column ed by Cllr. Paddy Cahill. Vot- Council meeting was about to that a resolution be sent to the ing followed the same pattern proved correct. In the event. Minister for Industry and commence. VICE-CHAIR as for Chairman and Cllr. Labour Councillor Billy Kyne Commerce to this effect Queally was then declareci was ejected Chairman and Cllr. O Riain thanking those Voting then took place for elected by 12 votes to 11. What happened subsequently who supported him said that the Vice-Chairman. Cllr. Queally former Fine Gael Senator Cllr. LSee also "Behind The is fully reported elsewhere i:n he was not, disappointed at his (F.G.) was proposed by Cllr. j. Spotlight" column!. Michael Queally was elected this issue. FURNITURE: Vice-Chairman. But it all did T'ha t the internal differences not happen without a good deal Despite a certain amount of * Mahogany Knee Hole Dressing Table, was £180, of tension and drama.. and wrangling whidh. hos split media speculation over the now £159. the party into two factions in week-end, the Fine Gael-Labour * Mahogany Writing Bureau/Bookcase, was £265, On the one hand the spot- recent years still existed pact on Waterford Co. Council now £239. light focussed on the Fine held good on this occasion and No Money For Hedge Cutting emerged after a "behind closed Gael-Labour pact which col- Labour Councillor Billy Kyne * Drass Plant Stands — £9.95. doors" meeting held in Dun- won the honoured position of lapsed lasit year when Pine garvan last Friday night I Chairman while Fine Gael When Cllr. C. O Rialn drew AUDIO & ELECTRICAL: Gael Councillor Jim Hanty attended by all eleven members Councilor and former Senator attention c0 the urgent need to do scarting on the by-roads failed to make a last minute of the County Council and by Michael Queally was elected * Radio Recorder — £29. Vice-Chairman when the Coun- around the county at the an- Or Scarting appearance and t'he dbair went * Sharp Car Stereos — £59. Fianna Fail General Secretary cil held its annual meeting in nual meeting of Waterford Co -to Cllr. Kenneally (F.F.) in "a Frank Wall and Michael Daw. Dungarvan last Monday. The Council in Dungarvan last Mon- * Clock Radios — £15.95. raffle" after an ll-ll tie vote. vote on each occasion was a day he was told by the County ing was SL> necessary that If on tourist routes with these. He * Tricity Cooker, was £310, now £150. son, a member of the Party's there was no money available added that as far as the county Subsequently Cilir. Harty Was direct Fine Gael-Labour com- Engineer. Mr. John O'Flynn. National Executive. Unsuccess- that thert.- was no money avail- to do it then they should bor- roads were concerned if there * Philips Fridge Freezer, was £375, now £350. put on the carpet by his party's bination versus Fianna Fail, re- row it. ful efforts to heal the breaches sulting in a 12-11 majority in able for such work nor had they was any money made available • — • — • national executive for failing and to introduce some sem- each case men available to do it. It would be more important to TOURIST ROUTES spend it repairing the surfaces to honour the party agreement blance of harmony among the Cllr. O Riain said thai due to REMEMBER: B'ut while the Fianna Fail the tremendous growth in re- rather than on hedge cutting. bu't no action was taken members were made during group voted en bloc, it was evi- Mr. John O'Flynn. Co. Engin- cent weeks thP county roads On the proposal of Cllr. Mc- YOU COULD WIN £500 WITH EVERY £5 against him when he gave an the 2+ hours long meeting but dent that all was not well were now all overgrown and eer said that as far as hedge Donnell seconded by Cllr. G. within thp party as in a dra- cutting went they did not have PURCHASE AT COI.UM'S SHOP undertaking to toe the party in the end no agreement was traffic was finding it extremely n O'Halloran the Council unani- matic development, before the difficult to pass through them much mon y and they did not mously passed a resolution call- DURING THE DUNGARVAN SHOPPING line in future. reached on tihe unanimous voting took place, the Fianna In safety. He said that the sit- have enough men to do such ing On the Minister for the En- BONANZA: JUNE 30—JULY 9! choice of a nominee for the Fail outgoing Chairman Cllr. work. They had five hedge cut- Since then, however, Cllr. Paddy Kenneally made a bitter uation at T-junctions was high- vironment to make more money Chair. Both Cllr. O Riain and ly dangerous as vision was so ters operating during the past available to the Council for Harty h'as been conspicuous attack aimed obviously at some Cllr. Kenneally had been pro of his party colleagues. greatly reduced. "Unless some- week and were concentrating work on county roads. more by his absence than by posed but it was agreed to defer thing ls done there will be ac- his attendance at meetings of The meeting commenced in a cidents." he said. the decision rather than to put the Council and as a result, a normal tranquil manner with the issue to a vote. It now the outgoing Chairman presid- Cllr. O Riain added that it great deal of interest and ing and when he called for was more Important for the specullation centred around seems that the decision to nominations for the chair, the people to know they could be TOOL HIRE- choose Cllr. O Riain was reach- first item on agenda, Cllr. safe travelling: the roads than No Rise For Concern In what he would or would not the to have to provide the 15",, in- ed only at the pre-Council Jackie Fahey. T.D. was first cn do in regard to this year's crease for Olreachtas members. hit feet proposing Cllr. C. "Wherever the money ls to SALES-SERVICE annual meeting. meeting on Monday. O Riain (F.F.i and this propo- Sea Wafer Quality 1 come from we should at. least Unconfirmed rumours were sal was seconded by Cllr. Sean clear the T-.functions on *hesv ELECTRIC — BUILDING — GARDEN It was "also unanimously Whelan. Teim or sewage pollution at The result showed that the life over the week-end that' roads for the sake of safety " TOOLS decided at the meeting on Senator Brian O'Shea then he said. the seaside resorts of Ardmore problem was caused by an algal Fianna Fail had made a most Friday night to re-appoint Cllr. i Clonea. Annestown and Tra- j growth called Phaeocystis and proposed the election of his Cllr W. McDonnell supported more following reports that I that the growth was probably WE HIRE, SELL AND REPAIR strenuous effort to woo Coun- Jimmy Quirke as Chairman of Labour Party colleague Cllr. j associated with the calm sunny all Cllr. o Riain had said. He sewage was seen In various sec- A large selection of tools to suit your requirements. cillor Harty's support for their the Party's Co. Council group Kyne and this was seconded by tions of the sea on June 13 and weather following thp heavy Cllr. Pat Coffey (F.G.i. said that most of the roads own nominee and that in return with Tom Cunningham con- across the county boundary in 14 last were allayed by a report rain at th? beginning of the BOSCH POWER TOOLS. It was at, this point when no month. The Laboratory also he would himself be elected as tinuing as Secretary. The only Cork had been scarted and he on the matter submitted by Mr.