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Renewed Plea from Mayo Islanders Over Pier Problems
Clare Island residents and also those on Inishturk, off the west Mayo coastline, are calling on the Irish government for urgent help.
In the past two months 52% (see: January story) of their scheduled ferries have been disrupted due to dangerous conditions at Roonagh Pier, west of Louisburgh.
The pier experiences huge Atlantic swells and can be inaccessible for weeks at a time.
As a result O’Grady’s Clare Island Ferry Co. is forced to sail to Cloughmore in Achill Island, which is a commercial pier, unsuitable for foot passengers.
If the islanders sail to Achill, they then have to travel 50 miles by taxi around Clew Bay to collect their cars which are left at Roonagh.
The situation is causing them huge disruption and unnecessary misery.
More on the story from The Connacht Telegraph.
Ferry Operator in Mayo Issues Call for New Pier Facilities
A ferry operator in Co. Mayo has issued a call for break-water and new pier facilities at Roonagh, Louisburgh.
According to The Connaught Telegraph, the Clare Island Ferry Co. (O'Grady) posted a photograph on ts Facebook page of Roonagh (yesterday) with the following statement.
"Goes to show we really need a break water and a new pier with shelter for our island vessels, in order for daily access for passengers, cargo and for our island to survive."
