The Brady Bunch

An amusing article in yesterday's Dublin People on Cormac Brady's submission to DLR on the proposed amendments to the beach bye laws:  http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=890&l=100

Dentist Brady is chairperson of the Seapoint Swimmers association. He conflates grandiosely the narrow interests of the Seapoint Swimmers Association and the greater public good. He also seems to think that being "highly organised" is not a good thing. One fears for the smooth functioning of the association he chairs. He alludes to the "well connected" people who support the Dogs Unleashed campaign as if this in some way diminishes its case. We can only presume that the Seapoint Swimmers are all honest to God proles riding their rusty bikes to their daily ablutions. With enemies like Brady who needs friends.

DLR to Ban Walking Outdoors?

In its campaign to constrain our dogs DLR CC and certain councillors (step forward Mr. Humphreys) have painted a lurid picture of the clear and present danger presented by Toxocariasis. According to the latest statistics from the UK (see link below) your chances of being infected from dog faeces are 1 in 5,900,000 - let's say 1 in 6 million (there were 10 cases in a population of 59 million). Your chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 500,000 (see second link below). Therefore we are twelve times more likely to be struck by lightning as we walk on our beaches. This does not of course mean that we should be blase about dog shit - but it does suggest that it's more an aesthetic issue than the brown plague intimated by the anti-dog lobby.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Toxocariasis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike

Cllr. Victor Boyhan's Support

CALL FOR COMMON SENSE TO PREVAIL – ON DOG DEBATE

Submissions deadline date: Monday 20th February 2012

Cllr. Victor Boyhan said he had only received one letter in favour of the proposed Beach Bylaws that cover the shoreline area of Booterstown, Blackrock, Seapoint, Sandycove, and Killiney. While hundreds of emails and letters had come into my office opposing the “unreasonable and irrational restriction on dogs and their owners”

“I have always found the Dogs Unleashed Citizens Campaign very willing to engage in a constructive way with the councillors and community groups in this debate. - I support their campaigns Key Objectives.”

“Their objectives are both fair and responsible, as a council we have a responsibility to listen and response to the needs of citizens and take on board their concerns.”

“I hope common sense will prevail and am again calling on all sides of this debate to actively engage with one and other with a view to finding a consensus that can be reflected in any new Beach Bye-Laws.” Cllr. Boyhan concluded.


HAVE YOUR SAY! – Last date for submissions is Monday 20th February 2012.


Cllr. Victor Boyhan

Independent County Councillor
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council