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teacher wrote:
Nobody is paying much attention to the residents at the moment but someone was physically threatened by a resident recently so I just want to be clear on the legal position.
Tanglerat wrote:hmmm......... took a bit longer than the 20 mins, but I made it. :D
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Anyhoo, was the person threatened for being on the beach, or for passing over private land to get to the beach? Could make a difference, that.
Tanglerat wrote:hmmm......... took a bit longer than the 20 mins, but I made it. :D
Unhelpful posts removed for mod review......
Anyhoo, was the person threatened for being on the beach, or for passing over private land to get to the beach? Could make a difference, that.
teacher wrote:Tanglerat wrote:hmmm......... took a bit longer than the 20 mins, but I made it. :D
Unhelpful posts removed for mod review......
Anyhoo, was the person threatened for being on the beach, or for passing over private land to get to the beach? Could make a difference, that.
I only heard about it from another angler but as far as I know the person was threatened for being on the beach. (Apparently the residents threw rocks at him.)
There's no need to pass over private land to gain access to the beach. In fact it's a longer walk if you do!
Tanglerat wrote:Report to guards then. What county did this happen in, if you can share?
JOHN LYNCH wrote:I agree with Antbear.
The word "foreshore" means the bed and shore, below the line of high water of ordinary or medium tides, of the sea and of every tidal river and tidal estuary and of every channel, creek and bay of the sea or of any such river or estuary. The land above this can be privately owned so if you have to cross above the median HW mark you may be trespassing.
There is a case going on at the moment in which a landowner has blocked off access to a number of productive fishing marks. Fencing has been erected and plenty of signage erected quoting the foreshore act . The person also confronts and films anyone that crosses onto the land in question.
It is a pity but that's the way the world is going.
Tanglerat wrote:Does anyone know anything about these people: http://www.keepirelandopen.org/index.htm
KIO followed this up with a letter to the newspaper commenting on this forlorn appeal to the farmers’ better nature’, a rare commodity indeed.
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