At a recent council meeting I proposed that 40% of the commercial rates from landfill sites, like the one at Drehid, would be allocated towards road safety and improvement projects. The council deemed it to be an unworkable solution and so the fight to improve safety at Killina National School, the Skew Bridge, Allenwood Cross…
Category: Ballyteague
Local company, ACDAL, situated in the Michael Fitzpatrick Enterprise Park in Allenwood, have now made hot desks available for remote workers. You can find the contact details on their website at http://www.acdal.ie Remote working is the future for a lot of office workers. Instead of spending a fortune on diesel going into Dublin every day,…
Minister Martin Heydon has informed me that Kildare County Council have been awarded €25,000 towards the building of a Cycle Cafe at Lowtown. It makes perfect sense to build up the facilities at Lowtown, as it is the starting point for the Barrow Blueway, and also a stopping point on the Grand Canal Greenway. It’s…
I celebrated International Bog Day today by assisting the Irish Peatland Conservation Council on their Lullymore West Bog butterfly conservation area. We were clearing scrub from the area to make it more habitable for the butterflies. The area is home to many species of butterfly, including the endangered Marsh Fritillary, which I have spotted myself…
I am pleased to see that the Parks Section of Kildare County Council hope to advertise the revised Part 8 Planning Application for Allenwood Playground by the end of October 2020. There has been an understandable delay after having to relocate the playground following issues with the original site. A process of consultation took place…
A proud day for my good colleague, Martin Heydon TD, named as Minister for State at the Dept. of Agriculture. It is well deserved as I can testify to his hard work and great interest in all matters impacting all areas of our county. It’s been a long time since Kildare had a government minister and I…
We are delighted to see the playgrounds open again. Over 3 months since we’ve been to one and not a queue in sight! Please bear in mind that hand sanitisation and social distancing needs to continue. Well done Timahoe Community Council (Kildare) on keeping the Community Park in such good condition over the last few months.
Our local schools have done a great job since day one of the COVID-19 restrictions. Teachers have been using technology to great effect and it’s amazing to see how young children have adapted to learning remotely. My thanks to teachers and staff for their quick response to ensure that the impact on our children’s education…
I voted today to support a variation of the County Development Plan that sets the projected population growth in our villages and rural areas to lower, but more realistic, levels. We don’t have the infrastructure we need in our villages, yet we see more and more houses being built. Developers are promising land for schools,…
Contracts have been awarded for repair works on the road from Ballyteague Stables to Ballyteague GAA and an 850 metre section of the Pluckerstown / Feighcullen Road in Ballyteague South. It is planned that a start would be made on one of these, if not both in the next few weeks. Again, these roads were…