Yesterday, I submitted my report on the proposed Grand Canal Greenway. I received a lot of great feedback through my online form, by email, over WhatsApp, on Facebook Messenger and by talking to people on the doorsteps. I believe I have captured all that feedback in my submission, which is available at the bottom of…
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I’ve started delivering a flyer this week to residents of Killina and Allenwood seeking their feedback on the proposed Grand Canal Greenway. I’ve had a couple of common topics come up already and I will write about them today.
I am proud to have been selected as a candidate in the Local Elections next May for the Clane Local Electoral Area. The selection convention was held in the Westgrove Hotel, Clane, last night. I was nominated by the new West Kildare branch that we formed in September this year, which I wrote about in https://brendanwyse.ie/2018/09/12/west-kildare-fine-gael/….
At the public meeting I hosted in order to get the Allenwood Playground project moving again, I presented some statistics regarding the availability of playgrounds to the communities of North West Kildare. These figures are available in the presentation at Allenwood Playground Public Meeting. Today, I am providing a map showing all existing playgrounds and those…
Today I attended the Kildare Newbridge Municipal District meeting for September in Kildare County Council. Allenwood Playground was on the agenda, along with some other local issues. The update for Allenwood playground mentioned the current design phase as I wrote about at Architect selected for Allenwood Playground. A proposed playground in Robertstown was also mentioned and…
Last Monday night, 10th September, the new West Kildare Branch of Fine Gael was launched in Glennons of Allenwood. The formation meeting was chaired by Martin Heydon T.D. Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party, and attended also by Cllr. Mark Stafford and Cllr. Brendan Weld. Deputy Heydon and Cllr. Stafford have been very supportive…
This morning I attended the Maynooth Area Municipal District meeting in Kildare County Council. I went with the aim of observing the level of rural interests represented at the meeting. The district contains the towns of Clane, Kilcock and Maynooth and a majority of the councillors live in Maynooth. The kind of issues that were…
Drehid Against Wind Turbines Action groups including Drehid Against Wind Turbines have begun to raise awareness of a renewed effort by Element Power to seek planning permission for a wind farm in North West Kildare. I have sought further information from Element Power but have not received anything back yet. They have notified some residents,…
Very happy to have chosen as PRO of the Year for the Kildare and District Football League at their awards night in the Keadeen Hotel last night. To be honest, the award should really go to everyone in the club that helps out with social media and match reports. I have helped by creating match…
My thanks to all those that attended the public meeting in Allenwood GAA Hall yesterday evening. It was great to have the support of Martin Heydon T.D., Cllr. Mark Stafford, Cllr. Murty Aspell and the Chairperson of ACDAL Richard Pearle. I’ve linked the presentation I gave here: Allenwood Playground Presentation At the meeting we took names…