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Wednesday, 13th November, 2024. Vol. 17, Issue 46 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
National Tile left in the shade Anger as council refuse to trim trees to help improve visibility of premises By Paul Byrne NATIONAL Tile Managing Director, Graham Purcell, has hit out at the local authority over their failure to listen to concerns regarding roadside trees, which, he says, are blocking his business premises and affecting his ability to trade. The owner of National Tile has been forced to take matters into his own hands to protect his business by flying a blimp over his premises advertising his company According to Graham, his company, which is located on the Coe’s Road, have even offered to pay to trim the trees but he has been told by Louth County Council officials that this will not be allowed. “We have a number of issues with Louth County Council and we feel we are not getting any help from them despite the fact we pay over €50,000 in rates to them annually. We have a massive pothole on the road outside our premises for months now, which is damaging vehicles. “The grass verge on the main road beside our premises is regularly overgrown with litter and rubbish strewn all over the place. We highlighted this to the council last May and they told us that the verges of the roads had not been cut due to ‘No Mow May’. We waited until the middle of July but nothing was done and we ended up hiring a company at a cost of just over €900 to cut the grass on National Tile have hit out at Louth County Council for not helping them improve visibility of their the bank and clean up the rubbish. Continued on Page 2 premises which they say is being hidden from the road by by overgrown trees.