Well done to the Student Council of Scoil Mhuire Allenwood who organised traffic counts at the school entrance as part of their work to support the new Allenwood Safety Committee. Earlier this year, the 5th class students wrote to me asking about the possibility of building a footpath from Allenwood Cross to the GAA grounds….
Category: Allenwood
It’s great to see two public lanes in Allenwood South, Maher’s Well Road and River Road, getting resurfaced in this year’s roads programme using Government funding of €113,000. Cllr. Daragh Fitzpatrick and myself have submitted a list of public roads in our area to the council each year requesting resurfacing works, with a big focus…
The new footpath to Bluetown in Allenwood is officially done, following the moving of the telephone poles yesterday. A massive improvement in road safety for the people of Bluetown who are now able to reach the local services and the school in the village centre safely. This project was first looked at by Cllr. Daragh…
I have had the opportunity to use the newly refurbished meeting room in ACDAL Allenwood a couple of times recently, and I am very impressed. The large touchscreen monitor is great for presentations and sharing laptop screens and the room is spacious and comfy. I was also shown around the excellent hotdesking area and accompanying…
Very good news for Allenwood with an expansion for Scoil Mhuire National School formally approved by the Dept. of Education. Well done to Mr. O’Toole and his staff, and to Nicola Carey and the Board of Management for their work on the application. My thanks to Minister Heydon for coming out to meet with us…
Massive thanks to the staff of Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park for volunteering to clean up this load of household waste that was dumped in Bord na Móna owned Lodge Bog. Bord na Móna did not have the resources to do it, but the local community group LBDC Community Alert were able to get it…
I recently made my submission to Bord na Móna in relation to their plans to rehabilitate Lodge Bog, in Lullymore and Allenwood South. While a large area remains constrained from rehabilitation to accommodate plans for the Ballydermot Wind Farm, a significant area is to be rewetted. I have already received a positive response to my…
It was an absolute pleasure to meet with the Transition Year students of St. Farnan’s today. They are a wonderful class and a credit to the school and to their families. I spoke about my career, the value of apprenticeships, my work as a councillor, the democratic process and the importance of volunteering and giving…
It was a pleasure for Bernard Durkan TD and I to welcome MEP Maria Walsh to St. Farnan’s Post Primary School yesterday. St. Farnan’s is a member of the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme and Maria met the TY class for a good question and answers session about her work in the European Parliament. Thanks…
It was an honour this evening to invite Minister Heather Humphreys to officially open the first stretch of the Barrow Blueway at Ballyteague. The minister was very impressed by the lovely landscapes we have surrounding the Grand Canal in our area. The Department of Community and Rural Development have been very supportive of projects like…