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…
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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…
Funding has been granted to support remote working in our community under the Connected Hubs Scheme. Minister Martin Heydon tells me that ACDAL Allenwood have been awarded a grant of €30,286 to enhance their facilities, which include 16 remote working spaces, own door offices and a conference room. Learn more and book these remote working…
I am delighted and honoured to have been elected as Cathaoirleach of the Clane Maynooth Municipal District at our AGM today. From the hinterlands of the Bog of Allen to the thriving town of Maynooth, myself and the other councillors along with our excellent council MD team, will do our best to continue the good…
I was delighted to speak last week with Minister Malcolm Noonan T.D. at the 20th Lock in Ballyteague. I explained to him the great value that the Barrow Blueway on the Grand Canal has brought to Lowtown, Ballyteague and the surrounding areas. We also met the Waterways Ireland and Kildare County Council teams involved in…
The draft turbine layout for the Ballydermot Wind Farm has been published on https://www.ballydermotwindfarm.ie/. Bord na Móna is proposing to install 50 turbines with a blade tip height of 220 metres, applying a minimum setback distance of 880 metres. They intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission next year. A second round…
Beautiful Ballyteague Forest was the latest target of illegal dumping this week. Evidence was found by myself and the Community Warden today. A family in Bray, Co. Wicklow, will be fined and possibly brought before a judge now to explain why their household waste ended up in a lovely local amenity in Co. Kildare. I…
Some great news today as Allenwood Playground has been granted planning permission. Following the recent Part 8 process, planning was approved by councillors at the March meeting of the Clane Maynooth Municipal District this morning. The next stage will be the development process as we move a massive step closer to delivering this beautiful amenity…
The Environment department of Kildare County Council run the ‘Green Kilometre’ scheme every year, to encourage groups or individuals to look after a stretch of road near where they live. My Green Kilometre is the R414 road to Lullymore, and I am taking advantage of the lack of growth at the moment to get it…
Maria Walsh MEP met with us this morning, and I spoke to her about the full inclusion of Kildare in Just Transition funding and the match funding criteria for this scheme. I also asked Maria about how Irish law needs to comply with the EU Habitats Directive, particularly in relation to Annex V species, which…