| Press Release - 11th March 2009: Independent candidate for the southside in the forthcoming local elections, Cathal McCarthy, has accused Limerick City Council of wilful neglect and condemned the Southside Regeneration Agency's complacency in the ongoing deterioration of Ballinacurra Weston. READ MORE>>> |
| Press Release - 4th March 2009: Limerick launch of a new book, "Regeneration: public good or private profit?" by Dr. John Bissett, a Community Worker in St Michael's Estate, Dublin. READ MORE>>> |
| Press Release - 29th October 2008: At last our long wait is over and a new era for Limerick city has begun, at last the Master Plan. READ MORE>>> |
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| Press Release: Independent Community Activist, Cathal McCarthy, has accused the CEO of Limerick's Regeneration Agencies, Brendan Kenny, of engaging in "bullyboy tactics" with the residents of Weston Gardens, Rosbrien. READ MORE>>> |
| Joint Statement : On 7 January 2008, I issued a joint Statement with Fr. Joe Young regarding the regeneration of our city's troubled estates. READ MORE>>> |
| Questions & Chancers: On 17 December 2007, RTE's Questions & Answers was broadcast live from Limerick. I managed to get a few words in regarding policing and the Fitzgerald Report before being cut short as I paused to take a breath. Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea TD was given considerable airtime to rebuke my brief statement and I was not afforded an opportunity to respond. I had to make do with a letter to the papers. READ LETTER >>> |
| Open Letter to Brendan Kenny: On 1 October 2007, the Weston Gardens Residents' Association, of which I am Cathaoirleach, sent a letter by registered post to Brendan Kenny (CEO Limerick Regeneration Agencies). When Mr. Kenny did not respond after 3 weeks we decided to go public. READ OPEN LETTER >>> |
| Background on Open Letter to Brendan Kenny: On the 18 September 2007 I was informed by Brendan Kenny that a residents' committee was to be set up for our general area and that I and the other residents' of Weston Gardens were not allowed to join. READ MORE >>> |
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Fr. Joe Young: An article by Cathal MacCarthy rebuking Fr. Joe Young's efforts to draw attention to the plight of people living with criminal and anti-social behaviour appeared in the Sunday Independent (14/10/07). This rant was not written by me, although many believed it was!. READ MY RESPONSE >>> |
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