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No more Latin, no more French …

Posted on Wednesday 24 April 2013 | Leave a comment

… no more licensed traders in marked fuels [xls] along the Shannon.

Funny how few marinas sell diesel nowadays.

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More say he rose again

Posted on Tuesday 23 April 2013 | Leave a comment

Last September, I noted that the excellent KildareStreet.com website had been crippled by a change to the software used on the Oireachtas debates website. Life is too short to be spent ploughing through the witterings of politicians (unless you’re being paid to do so, of course), so KildareStreet.com’s search facility was invaluable, as was its emailing of alerts when my chosen keywords were mentioned. That flow of information ended in September.

Happily, though, the KildareStreet.com folk did not give up, readers donated funds, the rebuilt parts of the site are being tested and, yesterday, I got my first alert in over six months. Here, then, is the news about the Clones Sheugh, as seen from Kildare Street.

 

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It is notoriously known …

Posted on Monday 15 April 2013 | Leave a comment

… through the universal world that there be nine worthy and the best that ever were, as William Caxton so well put it. To the eight holders of licences to sell marked diesel along the Shannon must now be added Emerald Star in Belturbet on the Erne.

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Sinn Féin wants taxpayers’ money for Clones sheugh

Posted on Wednesday 10 April 2013 | 4 comments

The Impartial Reporter reports (impartially) that “Councillors press for Ulster Canal funding to be released”. The two councillors quoted are Thomas O’Reilly of Fermanagh District Council and Pat Treanor of Monaghan County Council. Both are members of Sinn Féin.

Cllr Treanor is quoted as saying “Once the Government release the funding ….” Cllr Treanor seems to have missed the point that “the funding” does not exist: the [RoI] government has not got the money and, as I have pointed out here many times, no money was set aside for the Ulster Canal. He says that …

… we would in the interim call upon all living in the local community, from Derrykerrib to Clones to begin to think about taking advantage of the obvious business opportunities that this reopening will bring.

If the members of the local community have any money, they might be better advised to invest it in Swiss bank accounts. Or even Bitcoins.

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Can wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Posted on Tuesday 9 April 2013 | 1 comment

Or love in a golden bowl?

My mole doesn’t know, but diesel can be put in a boat’s fuel tank at Silver Line in Banagher, the latest addition to the roll of honour: the traders holding licences to sell marked diesel [.xls] along the Shannon.

The eight licensed sellers are (north to south):

  • CarrickCraft, Carrick-on-Shannon
  • Emerald Star, Carrick-on-Shannon
  • Rooskey Craft & Tackle, Rooskey Quay
  • Hanley’s Marina, Ballyleague (opposite Lanesborough)
  • Quigley’s Marina, Killinure, Lough Ree
  • CarrickCraft, Banagher
  • Silver Line, Banagher
  • Emerald Star, Portumna.

The excitement is too much for me. I think I’ll lie down for a bit.

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The fuel on the hill …

Posted on Thursday 28 March 2013 | Leave a comment

… may be plentiful but, according to today’s file, it seems there are still only seven licensed traders in marked fuel on the Shannon.

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Stands the church clock at ten to three?

Posted on Monday 25 March 2013 | Leave a comment

No, but the number of licensed sellers of green diesel along the Shannon stands at seven.

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The Limerick Navigation: lock sizes

Posted on Wednesday 20 March 2013 | Leave a comment

Here is a table showing the sizes of the locks on the (now abandoned) Limerick Navigation.

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Buying diesel

Posted on Tuesday 19 March 2013 | Leave a comment

The Revenue Commissioners’ latest list of holders of marked fuel trader’s licences doesn’t seem to have any new names on it. So, as far as I can see, there are no licensed sellers on the Grand Canal, the Royal Canal, the Barrow, the Shannon–Erne Waterway or that part of the Erne in the republic. There are seven licensed sellers on the Shannon, with none north of Carrick-on-Shannon or south of Portumna. The seven licensed sellers are (north to south):

  • CarrickCraft, Carrick-on-Shannon
  • Emerald Star, Carrick-on-Shannon
  • Rooskey Craft & Tackle, Rooskey Quay
  • Hanley’s Marina, Ballyleague (opposite Lanesborough)
  • Quigley’s Marina, Killinure, Lough Ree
  • CarrickCraft, Banagher
  • Emerald Star, Portumna.

If I’ve left anybody out, please let me know and I’ll correct my error.

Note that the requirement for a licence includes anyone delivering green diesel, or keeping it for delivery, so that purporting not to charge for the diesel makes no difference.

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Quoth the raving …

Posted on Monday 11 March 2013 | Leave a comment

… never! More? No, not if you mean Shannon-based fuel suppliers: I can’t find any more on the latest list.

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