A small little victory against the forces of indifference..

I recently found myself a little bit annoyed by the fact that I had pressed the button on Cork County Council's website that says: (and I quote) "Help us to help you.... Comments, complaints, compliments" written on the bottom left of the Home Page. Having pressed this button which opens up the feedback dialogue box, I wrote down some points about improving the planning process in Cork County. The result of doing this?: Nothing

I tried again about two months later, this time thinking: I better keep a copy of my email this time. This I did. Response this time? Same. About 6 months later, I decided to get in touch with the Ombudsman to complain about this. The Ombudsman forced the County Council to reply to my comments. At this time, they (CCC) still didn't know which link on their website wasn't working!.. So I told them. Poor CCC don't have the resources to check their own website.

Anyhow, I received a communication from the Ombudsman recently to say that Cork County Council have put a system in place to ensure that all emails to them are tracked.... Well done to them for such ingenuity!

So.. lets see if their email system is working by clicking here and give the poor old Cork Co. Co. a few bits of advice or a little word of encouragement...