Took a quick run around my favourite spots today and what a depressing mess - almost a year since I first posted on the run-down state of the place and it's worse if anything. Starting off at the Market Square the paving out side the council offices is starting to disappear and is now quite dangerous in places; at the Slaney there are now 7 (!) lifebelts missing i.e. about 4 in their correct places; the seats, bins and railings on the Shannon Quay are still unpainted; the relatively new lamp standards on the promenade are unpainted and shabby looking; the children's playground is still a filthy disgusting eyesore covered in graffiti; the seats in the viewing area are rotten and the table still in a dangerous condition and the new sign proclaims the attractions of the area including Borodale house which they claim is still there (it was demolished in the 1930s) and returning to Enniscorthy Castle (which is supposed to reopen for the 2010 tourist season) shows no signs of activity and my picture shows a mark on the grass where a millstone was until recently - whether it has been officially removed is unknown.
The pity about it is that if even one item that I mention was tackled every week, or even every month (!), the town could be visually transformed. You be the judge.
Don't forget click on the pics to enlarge!
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