I’m very lucky to have Lodge Bog as my back garden. One good thing about the pandemic is that it has allowed me to explore the area a lot. My favourite spots are the areas which have been rewetted by Bord na Móna, and the intact raised bog which is owned by the Irish Peatland…
Category: Allenwood
Minister Heydon has announced €810,394 of Just Transition funding for ACDAL Allenwood. It is well deserved as ACDAL is growing in strength, providing more and more jobs for the community, as well as spaces for local groups like the Men’s Shed, Scouting Group, Na Fianna Ladies GAA and the site for the future playground. It…
Allenwood Playground is back on track again with the opening of the new Part 8 consultation period today. The playground site is kindly being provided by ACDAL Allenwood for use by the entire community. As secretary of Allenwood Tidy Towns, we led the process to find a suitable site, and last year secured a Drehid…
I have been informed by Minister Martin Heydon TD that Allenwood Community Development Association (ACDAL Allenwood) has been awarded a grant of €75,359 in the supports for Enterprise Centres announced today by the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar T.D. ACDAL has led the way in providing remote working facilities for our rural area. This funding will allow…
Permission to expand the Drehid Landfill has been refused by An Bord Pleanála for a number of reasons. A big concern amongst local residents was the impact of heavy haulage traffic on nearby schools and villages. The board did refuse on the basis that an expansion would “give rise to traffic congestion and would endanger…
The R414 to Lullymore is in a good state now to serve the hundreds of buses visiting Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park when we return to school tour season next year. The resurfacing works, budgeted at €306,250, were partly funded by the July Stimulus package thanks to the council’s Clane Maynooth Roads & Transportation team….
Allenwood and Derrinturn were identified as ‘Priority One’ in terms of needing Open Space, as part of the last Kildare County Open Space Strategy in 2011. Despite this, a decade has passed and both villages still lack adequate open space and neither have a playground. I raised the issue in my submission for the next…
I’ve been keeping track of COVID-19 cases in our area using the Government’s Data Hub. See https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/. I pay more attention to these local numbers more than the national figures at this point. I’m also finding that a daily walk and getting some fresh air is really helping my mental health. Try to get outside…
If you have just turned 18, or will be 18 on February 15th 2021, then you can register now to vote in future elections. To check if you are already registered go to http://www.checktheregister.ie/ To register, just print out the form at https://b-wy.se/voting-form and complete it. If you don’t have access to a printer then…
Bord na Móna Powergen today announced commencement of the pre-planning stage for a proposed wind farm development in the large peatland area close to Lullymore, Ballyteague, Allenwood, Killina, Ticknevin and Ballyhagan. My own home is less than 350 metres from the boundary of the development, so I will be using my local knowledge of the…