At our full council meeting yesterday, I raised a motion to ask if the council has every power available to it to stop fly tippers from desecrating our countryside. I also asked that the council formally notify the Minister for the Environment of our concerns over the ineffectiveness of the €150 fine. With the support…
Category: Allen
I was at the launch of the Kildare Community Biodiversity Project on behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns last night. Well done to County Kildare Heritage Office for organising this massive initiative. We will be writing to local schools and groups to invite them to the training in the coming weeks. Interested individuals are welcome to attend also. Please keep…
My thanks to the council for prioritising the repair of the street light near Willow Lawns, Kilmeague. It should help to make the area safer for residents. Thanks also to the residents who got in touch with me about it. Please contact me via 087-2328867 if there are important public lights not working where you…
The constituencies for the next General Election were reviewed and will be updated for 2020. Kildare South is now extended right up to the north west of the county. In addition some areas of West Kildare return to the constituency along with some parts of Laois and Offaly. I have created an updated map of…
Our first ever Goal Mile in Allenwood was a great success on the morning of Stephen’s Day. We were very lucky to avoid any showers and had over 300 participants, with great representation from Allenwood, Ballyteague and surrounding areas. Well done to Celine Cronly, who organised the entire event at very short notice. Celine lined…
The rollout of the National Broadband Plan will include areas that are not currently covered by commercial operators, such as Eir. Please search using your Eircode on the map at https://b-wy.se/nbp, if your home does not have high speed broadband at the moment. If you are in an amber area, then your home will be covered…
At the October full council meeting today, I proposed that the council make a bye-law to set the speed limit at all primary and secondary schools in the county to 30 kilometres per hour, at all times of the day. At Killina National School, the nearest school to the entrance of the Drehid Waste Management…
My family and I really enjoyed the Annual Old Mass Walk from Drumsru to Allen today. Local historian, Michael Jacob, guided us and provided us with some snippets of information regarding the local landmarks, flora and fauna along the way. We also saw the old Iron Bridges that cross the River Slate and its tributary…
The deep hollow before the speed ramp near Allen School has now been repaired. I reported it after a woman had her tyre punctured when she was forced into the hollow after meeting an oncoming large vehicle. This was brought to my attention at a meeting of the West Kildare branch of Fine Gael. At…
A lot of Residents Associations are getting in touch with me over problems with their estates. Developers are dragging their heels and failing to finish off estates, once their profits have been made. It’s not fair on the people paying their mortgages and rent, to have to fight them alone. The bond system is meant…