Public refused entry to Leixlip council meeting with mast experts
Published Date: 13 November 2008
By Henry Bauress
AN apparent conflict has arisen over who asked for a meeting on controversial telecommunications masts in Leixlip to be held in private.
Leixlip Town Councillors met representatives of Vilicom, a company advising the Office of Public Works (OPW) on telecommunications in private on Tuesday, 4 November.
Journalists and a member of the public arriving for the Council's monthly meeting were surprised that representatives from Vilicom met the Town Council 'in committee'.
The Council had invited the OPW to send its experts to a meeting but instead of answering questions at the regular monthly open public meeting, the Council opted to meet the company at an 'in-committee' (private) protocol meeting being held prior to the normal monthly meeting.
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http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/Public-refused-entry-to-council.4683599.jp
By Henry Bauress
AN apparent conflict has arisen over who asked for a meeting on controversial telecommunications masts in Leixlip to be held in private.
Leixlip Town Councillors met representatives of Vilicom, a company advising the Office of Public Works (OPW) on telecommunications in private on Tuesday, 4 November.
Journalists and a member of the public arriving for the Council's monthly meeting were surprised that representatives from Vilicom met the Town Council 'in committee'.
The Council had invited the OPW to send its experts to a meeting but instead of answering questions at the regular monthly open public meeting, the Council opted to meet the company at an 'in-committee' (private) protocol meeting being held prior to the normal monthly meeting.
Read More...
http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/Public-refused-entry-to-council.4683599.jp
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