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Unread 16-05-2007, 13:26   #12
purplepanda
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Wexford 131,749
Wicklow 126,194
Kilkenny 87,558
Carlow 50,349
Waterford 45,748
Waterford County 62,213

Connacht 504,121

The latest census figures 2006 indicate that the SE region has the same population as Connaught & that Wexford itself has increased from 105,000- 132,000 since 1996. We are always hearing talk of unbalanced population growth in Dublin & the surrounding areas compared to the rest of Ireland which is now fast approaching saturation point. And we hear proposals for building new cites in the West of Ireland & opening long closed railway lines at a cost of many millions.

The South East region, if the infastructure & long term planning was put in place, could become a thriving expanding part of the country. Like recent years in Gorey & the north of Wexford, the rest of the region located near & around Waterford City & the surrounding counties could easily see a substantial rise in the population.

Closing down the railway would be a grave mistake in the long term, without at least trying to promote its use by the introduction of new routes & services in the meantime.
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