To the Chairperson of the Carrigaline Municipal District of Cork County Council, Cllr Ben Dalton O’Sullivan and the Carrigaline District County Councillors.

From the parents & guardians of the children attending Scoil Barra Naofa, Monkstown National School, Co.Cork.

We, in this school, are requesting that the Grass Island in Monkstown Maritime Village is retained in its present position permanently.

The reason for this request is to protect our children, parents and guardians, from the traffic on the main road, R610. As the school is situated on a steep hill with no access for a school bus or coach, the children and teachers have to walk down to the main road and gather behind the Grass Island to catch a bus or coach, or to walk to the playground or the tennis courts in the village.

Why should the county councillors care?                                                    

Because the proposed plan to change the road layout has not been proven to be an improvement but will be a serious threat to Road Safety for parents and school children. The Grass Island has been and remains a safe solution for the traffic needs of the school and village. 

The implementation of the Active Travel Greenways Improvements cannot threaten the daily life of our school children or their parents.