Yesterday I attended my first council meeting, which was the full council AGM. My best wishes to the new mayor, Cllr Suzanne Doyle and the deputy mayor, Cllr. Seamie Moore -Local Community Representative. I was elected as one of the two council representatives on the Drehid Community Liaison Committee, alongside Cllr. Daragh Fitzpatrick. This committee is very important to…
Category: Ballyteague
The promotional video for this year’s All Ireland Turf Footing competition in Ballyteague GFC was excellent. It includes some great footage of the 1934 Turf Cutting competition which was officially opened by Éamon de Valera and took place in Allenwood South. The event was my first official engagement as an elected representative and there was…
I am delighted to have been elected to represent the people of North West Kildare on Kildare County Council. Thank You to every single person that voted for me. I am looking forward to working hard for you for the next five years. Details of the count are below, or for more detail see Clane…
I was asked to write a little about myself for the local papers recently, just to let people know my priorities coming up to the local elections. My main reason for getting involved with the community, which is now also my main reason that I am running in the local elections, is that I am…
A local man brought to my attention a large amount of fly-tipping in the bog between Allenwood South and Ballyteague North. Disappointingly, it took place very close to the target area for our recent community cleanup event. I met the Community Warden from Kildare County Council out at the location today, and the warden has…
At the recent Fine Gael National Spring Conference in Wexford, I asked a panel of government ministers what we can do as a party to address the issue of private roads, for once and for all.
A great response this weekend to our call to action from Allenwood Tidy Towns and Ballyteague Community Text Alert to clean up the northern road by Ballyteague Forest. This was done as part of the An Taisce National Spring Clean and Kildare County Council’s Lilywhite Cleanup Day. Situated midway between Nursery Road in Allenwood South…
Yesterday was the deadline for the receipt of public submissions in relation to the Planning Application for Allenwood Playground. I wrote and submitted a report on behalf of our playground group. The primary request from the Allenwood Tidy Towns Playground group was that the playground be designed with inclusiveness in mind. We asked that the…
The dangerous situation regarding pedestrian crossing points at Allenwood Cross is regularly brought up at our Tidy Towns and Scoil Mhuire Parents Association meetings. In March 2017, my colleague Cllr. Mark Stafford raised the issue at a council meeting and it was agreed to install cameras to monitor the junction and assess what needs to be…
I have been leading the Allenwood Playground project for a couple of years now. Today, a significant milestone was announced. Kildare County Council announced that the Part 8 planning process for Allenwood Community Playground has commenced. Allenwood Tidy Towns have been working with the council and a group of interested members of the community to…