Kildare Climate and Energy Week

This week is Kildare Climate and Energy Week and there are some good events taking place in-person and online over the next few days. There are a couple of talks featuring peatlands which I am interested in myself, but there is something for everyone. Check out the full list of events and register at https://kildare.ie/…/Clima…/KildareClimateandEnergyWeek/

Register to Vote

If you are living in Ireland and over 18, or will be 18 on February 15th 2022, then you can register to vote now by FREEPOST, without needing a Garda witness. Simply print out and fill in the form at https://b-wy.se/voting-form and send it to: Kildare County Council Áras Chill Dara Devoy Park FREEPOST Naas…

Littering at Allenwood Cross

The disgraceful and disrespectful littering around the picnic benches at Allenwood Cross has to stop. There are two bins kindly provided by Texaco Spar Allenwood just beside the area. It is inexcusable that this is happening when bins are available. A minority are abusing the benches provided for the community by Allenwood Tidy Towns and paid for by money…

Submission on Draft Turbine Layout for Ballydermot Wind Farm

The draft proposal for the Ballydermot Wind Farm is still available to view and provide feedback on at https://www.ballydermotwindfarm.ie/ This week I made a submission in writing on the draft proposal to the project team. You can view it at https://brendanwyse.ie/ballydermot-submission-september…/ I would ask residents of Lullymore, Allenwood South, Killina and Ticknevin areas to have…

Speed Limit Review

Kildare County Council are currently carrying out a review of the speed limits in the entire county. A draft copy of the proposed changes is now open for public consultation. It is intended to increase the speed limit in many rural areas and I raised concerns about this in January, some of which have been…

22 Tonne Clean-up in Allenwood

On behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns, my thanks to local landowners, residents, bog owners and our neighbours AES Bord na Móna in Drehid, for gathering up and removing almost 22 tonnes of waste from the laneway to Blake’s Bog in Allenwood. Now that we have it clean, we are going to do our best to…