Calls have been made for the full rigours of the law to be applied in West Clare, following a severe incident of illegal dumping.
It’s after multiple animal carcasses were discovered on the roadside in Kilmurry McMahon.
Discovered last Thursday along the N68, the main route connecting Ennis to Kilrush, the incident has left locals shocked and horrified.
After being alerted, Clare County Council immediately dispatched its Waste Management Team, which removed the three cattle carcasses along with several bags of rubbish.
Kilmurry McMahon-based Aontú representative June Dillon encountered the scene and has since called on the local authority to install cameras at littering blackspots without delay.
She believes greater enforcement and vigilance in rural areas, as well as an element of naming and shaming of perpetrators, are needed to stamp the problem out.
Many local authorities have run into roadblocks in their quests to install cameras in prolific illegal dumping areas, particularly due to GDPR concerns, however Clare County Council has made a commitment to having its legislation in place this month.
Quilty Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Shannon says the full rigours of the law need to be applied to the perpetrator and that the incident doesn’t represent the good farming people of West Clare.
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