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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

MOTION NO.5

MOTION: Councillor Y. Collins

That this Council restores water flow to the area under the bridge in Rathfarnham Castle Park, if it has not already done so, and undertakes a thorough clean out of the leaves and debris from the bridge all the way down to where the water flows out of the park at Rathfarnham Village.

REPORT:

The pond in Rathfarnham Castle has been inspected and confirmed flow is entering and leaving the pond.  The flow to this pond is supplied from the Owendoer River upstream, and when there are low flows in the river there is very little flow to the pond.

Drainage Operations have arranged cleaning of the screen and the inlet inspection chamber, in order to keep flow through and remove any obvious restrictions.  However, under the Fisheries Acts we are restricted from carrying out cleaning of channels at this time of the year unless there is a risk of flooding.