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Dispute over Blasket Island house settled
Issues have been resolved between Sue Redican of An Blascaod Mór, Dún Chaoin, Co Kerry, the woman known as the Blasket Weaver, and the owner of the island house where she had worked and lived seasonally for 16 years, the Circuit Civil Court in Killarney heard yesterday, writes Anne Lucey.
A previous sitting heard Ms Redican had since 1988 lived as a tenant at the Ó Dálaigh house on the Great Blasket island between spring and October. Matters between Ms Redican and the owner of the house, her once close friend, Lís Uí Ceileacháir, a secretary with Údarás na Gaeltachta, and her husband, Donnchadh Ó Ceileacháir, the island flock manager, of Baile na Rathna, Dún Chaoin, had soured.
In October 2004 Ms Redican claimed she returned from a week in her native Wales to find her property dumped in her garden on the mainland, and some property missing. She had claimed special damages of €13,500.
Yesterday Killarney Circuit Civil Court heard the matter had been resolved. No figure was mentioned but solicitor for Ms Redican, Pádraig O'Connell, said "compensation" had been paid.
Bus crash death cases adjourned
Cases against Bus Éireann and Meath County Council arising out of the school bus crash in which five schoolgirls died in May 2005 were adjourned until March 21st at Navan District Court yesterday.
Bus Éireann is summonsed for allegedly having a defective vehicle at Mooretown, Navan on May 23rd, 2005.
Meath County Council faces a single summons alleging that on May 23rd, 2005 it had failed to ensure that a senior executive engineer was aware of or trained to undertake organisational responsibility as set out in the council's safety statement for roadworks.
Seven infected by water parasite
The HSE South has confirmed that seven people in a Co Waterford village have been infected by a microscopic parasite which can be found in drinking water.
The HSE and Waterford County Council have launched separate investigations. Four cases of the crystosporidosis stomach infection were reported within the last week.
Appeal against explosives plan
Residents of three rural townlands are appealing a local authority decision to grant planning permission for a commercial explosives depot in a disused quarry near Kilkelly, Co Mayo.
Residents, calling themselves the "Anti- Explosives Action Team" have expressed fears about safety as well as extra traffic on the local road network.