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Tuesday November 21, 2006 15:04 by Mags - Westmeath Cowpark Users Group
Council plans to sell off public land Recent developments in County Westmeath show the impact of 'Celtic Tiger' greed on the local authorities of the county, who have decided to sell off publicly owned land and evict small landless farmers from their traditional grazing. For over 50 years Westmeath Co Council has administered a system of communal land renting on 'Cowparks'. There are 20 cowparks in the county, averaging 35 acres each. The Council rents this land to local landless labourers for the grazing of a few cows and calves. The land is mostly poor and is grazed by livestock belonging to 3 or 4 local families. This system was, and is, very important in providing a few hundred extra euros for low income families. The land itself was actually owned by the Land Commission, left over from the division of the large landlord estates. A few years back the lands were given in trust to the local authorities, free of charge, on the abolition of the Land Commission. |
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