The 2008 downturn in the economy seems a long time ago. By 2014 Bray Council was re-located to Wicklow. The beautiful summers of 2013 and 2014 saw the country coming out of its worst economic down-turn, thanks mainly to inept government intervention, greedy developers and bad planning laws. The banks were the biggest culprits, responsible for ridiculous lending and corruption. A few years later, the Flood Improvement Scheme had finally been completed after many delays. The people of Little Bray felt secure from the angry waters that had invaded their homes for so long.
wicklow
Our Town
Once like a diamond on the coast
That people flocked to see,
Smart shops and buildings she could boast,
She showed them off with glee
But things were left to slip and slide,
They didn’t feel the breeze,
How could they not have seen the tide
Would bring her to her knees?
We love this town, we need it back,
We yearn for things to change,
We need the beauty, not the tack,
To make her shine again
We have to fight before she’s lost,
We have to make them see
She’ll loose her spirit – at what cost
To her, to you and me?
She’s like a princess in a dream,
Her skirt beneath the shore,
She cannot wait for miracles
Or she will be no more
Josephine Nolan
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