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CLARE County Councillors are looking for action on illegal encampments, which they say are causing enormous distress to residents in various parts of the county. One motion at the Council’s February meeting, from Councillor Paul Murphy sought the establishment of a multi agency taskforce to deal with the issue, while another, signed by a number of members, called on the Government “to enforce the laws of the land that exist in relation to tackling the unauthorised occupation of public lands all over Ireland.” The meeting heard that the occupants of these illegal encampments have caused a serious nuisance in several areas. “There’s an encampment in Ennis where there’s a generator that’s running morning, noon and night, that’s in a residential setting and it’s impacting on people’s wellbeing. Most of the encampments are out of town and to a certain degree they’re away from residents and impacting directly on people, but that case is very, very detrimental to people’s wellbeing at …

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