Replying To browncows:  "For starters taking Britain as a good example does not appear very clever to me. Indeed one would know where their cities/towns end and start with as many of them run down. It is sustainable to build one off housing if the infra structure is put in place. The problem is that we are experts at failing to provide key infra structure-too little too late!. Broadband appears a huge problem and we are talking about it for the last 10 years, water appears a problem yet we have an exceptional high level of rainfall, we build our hospitals in locations which are inaccessible, Most of our jobs are driven into the cities by mismanagement. We are one of the highest spenders per capita in Europe for health, but unfortunately most of it goes into layers of management when it should be spent on keeping out young doctors and nurses at home employed. Now rural Ireland has been good at building one off houses so why drive everyone into towns /cities where there are enough social problems. Maybe the next topic on the agenda will be to close down our rural GAA facilities."

Replying To Meathball:  "Thank God by 23 votes to 11 the County Councillors voted against the ban of one off houses in Rural Meath, which in effect if it had passed would have had a detrimental impact on GAA clubs in rural Meath. For the 23 Councillors who had the courage to vote with their conscience for what was right under all kind of threats and pressure from the Planning Regulator, thanks so much. To all the GAA clubs in Meath who made submissions, well done, but the war is only beginning as the Regulator had promised even if his proposals were voted down he would launch legal initiatives to overturn the democratic wish of the overwhelming elected councillors representing the people of rural Meath.
People must let Minister Daragh O Brien know that the will of the people should be respected and the Government should not support any action of the Planning Regulator to overturn the democratic vote in any forum or courtroom."