The Dáil has been told that a 92-year-old Clare woman has been without mobile reception or landline connectivity for almost five weeks following Storm Éowyn.
Fine Gael’s Joe Cooney has used his maiden speech in Leinster House to call for “less talk and more action” when it comes to futureproofing against extreme weather events.
The Bodyke TD has proposed reviewing setback distances between trees and power lines, fast-tracking felling licenses for landowners, better resourcing the forestry service and allowing telecom companies to cut down trees when landowners fail to do so.
Addressing Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Micheal Healy-Rae, Deputy Cooney says people in rural Clare can’t be left stranded.
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