Dunmore East Parking

Hi All Sorry News To Spread, the parking area in the Area Known As Shanoon At The Top Of The Pier In Dunmore East Co Waterford Has Been Closed To Campers / Motorhomes As and From August 12th 2013. No Point Going To The Blue Grass Festival Weekend After Next If Your Going To Go In Your Camper / Motorhome. There Is No Place To Park Now In Or Around The Village. A new Campsite Has Opened More Than a Mile Up The Hill Alongside The Golf Club. People will have to decide for themselves whether they think it is suitable or not for them. The road is unlit,has bad bends, is very narrow traffic cannot pass safely, it has a gradient of more than 1in 12, is little more than a dirt track at present whether it will be improved is not known. The Facility's Eg Shower Block, Toilet Block are very modern, the pitches are large and gives Campers a lot of room. For Family's it will be suitable, eg security and safety for children. For others with their own facility's on board the Shanoon would have been more suitable and convenient to the Village. For elderly couples or people whom are infirm or disabled the site will not be suitable and of the Fifty Campers / Motorhomes that were in the Village for the Weekend just passed 9th to 11th August a survey carried out revealed that not one of them would use the site as it was considered to be too far away from the Village with an access approach that was considered unsuitable for leisure vehicles. The reasons given for not allowing the Campers /Motorhomes to use Shanoon anymore were lack of facility's and health and safety. This only seems to have become an issue with the opening of the new Campsite it never was an issue for the last 20 odd years. Coincidence or what. The funny thing about all this is that the Villagers, the Traders are up in Arms Over This Decision. A lot Of Revenue Will Now be Lost To The Village and Surrounding Areas. Sorry Day For The Village and Us The Tourers.

Hi Mark there are usually between 20 to 50 units in Dunmore East each weekend during the summer months. The survey was done by the Camper / Motorhome Owners to get an idea of the spend by the them each weekend. There were 50 units visiting this weekend 48 Irish / 1 French / 1 Australian.

Yes! We and two of our friends had planned to go to the festival, but we will not be going now and every place we park lately it is the main topic of Discussion.

Email sent to Dunmore East tourism. Thanks for the link Kevin.

I'll email them today.

Email sent!

JuSt sent e.mail...........and so it begins .........I wonder how long before anyone replies....am holding my breath

the wholw thing STINKS is you as me. Could I encourage all Craickers to email the link.

I'm just about to email tourist office now Was looking forward to the fest, could have spent 200-250 euro maybe more big loss for Dunmore East

I've also read on several sites that the parking area in question is owned by the Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and is part of the harbour domain, NOT the local council... (unconfirmed)

Dunmore east Harbour Master's Office -

Harbour Administration Building,
South Pier,
Dunmore East,
Co. Waterford.
Mr. Harold McLoughlin
Harbour Master Mobile
Phone Number: 087/7931705
Telephone Number: 051/ 383166
Fax Number: 051/383607
E-mail address: Harold.McLoughlin@agriculture.gov.ie

Email sent at 8.59. Still no response. If this was private sector they should be sacked. Public sector they probably will be promoted for delaying the inevitable . This is what tourists from abroad have to put up with. Touism Ireland still believe in the Celtic tiger, big realisation for them it ended when the caca hit the fan. Your jobs will go too.

Disgusting that the revenue for so many has been affected by the revenue for this newly opened campsite.

"Harold.McLoughlin@agriculture.gov.ie" <Harold.McLoughlin@agriculture.gov.ie
Email


I am contacting you in response to the barriers at Shanoon in Dunmore East. I believe that the barriers are to promote a private enterprise just opened in the area,which by Internet communications will not be supported and donations to harbour masters charities and Lifeboats will deminish. Like yourselves waterways Ireland, have benefited from the influx of tourists in motorhomes as have the local communities. How, after thirty years has this become a problem. Internet suggests interference from parties in power and nepotism, access to the new site failing health and safety etc. 
This is not good enough and will attract media coverage, as has the opening of the Cobh Aires which has brought Untold praise to the forward thinking councils in this area.
Kind regards 
Paul 

Excellent Paul. Well done. We should also be sending E-mails to congratulate forward thinking Councils etc. who are providing facilities for us.

You could try info@cobh.ie but the time I sent a praising email to them, I got a bounce-back email saying my email was undeliverable....

Let us know how you get on...

Hi Kevin

It failed with me also, i will do what Chevy G 20 did

I have just sent a lengthy email to Dunmore East Tourism. I am so disappointed that you can no longer park there we spent several days there in July this year, it was our first time and we were planning going back again.

Nope

Not even an acknowledgement.

I agree its disgraceful after that many years, I don't see what the problem is with campers parking there, its a great site n doesn't interfere with anyway the place is always clean after the camper leave there. the village will really loose out on this matter. im going to email the Dunmore east tourism after this. if more people were like cobh it would be great, im sick of trying to tell people that campers don't need a site, well if you have kids it might be a different story for their safety n security you may need a campsite for this reason, but other than that you don't. really disappointed that's one more place of the great places to stay list.

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