Town accuses HSE of greed over €10k demand for ‘unkempt’ site

The HSE has been labelled ‘greedy’ for allegedly demanding €10,000 from a voluntary tidy towns’ committee for a small unkempt site.

The 20-metre by 15-metre site is in Stradbally, Co Waterford, which is a multiple award-winning village in the national Tidy Towns’ competition.

The picturesque coastal village is 13km west of Dungarvan. According to county councillor Liam Brazil, the untidy foliage of overgrown trees and briars on the HSE site has cost the village valuable Tidy Town marks.