On 23rd May 2024, 1st class pupils from Scoil Mhuire, Allenwood, were the first children to enter the newly opened Allenwood Playground. At a cost of around €650,000 it is the biggest amenity investment in this area ever. Thanks to all involved and everyone that supported the project over its lifetime. It is located on…
Category: Broadford
Members of Balyna Foróige had a big stall at the Balyna Parish Spring Craft Fair yesterday. The group made some nice items which they then sold on the day. It is great to see young people getting involved in their community events. Well done to all of them and their Foróige leaders.
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to clean up their areas today and feel free to continue the good work tomorrow. We won’t give up the battle against those with no respect for our countryside. Thanks to Kildare County Council and Bord na Móna Drehid for their support.
Well done to Broadford Area Residents Association on another successful spring clean on the Knockirr Road through Carbury Bog today. Thanks to Paddy for organising everything and fair play to all who helped today and yesterday by litter picking in their own areas.
New CCTV cameras and signage have now been installed on the Knockirr Road through Carbury Bog. This follows a request to me from Paddy Maguire of Broadford Area Residents Association after the massive cleanup earlier this year in conjunction with Carbury Village Residents Association. Thanks to the Environment Section and local Roads team of Kildare…
Very happy to announce that I have been selected as candidate by Fine Gael for the Local Elections next June, alongside my fellow candidate, William Durkan. We are both looking forward to working together for West Kildare in the coming months. Thanks to Damien English TD for chairing the meeting.
Carbury Bog is the only Natural Heritage Area in the north-west of the county and the road through it seems to get littered a lot, sadly. Thanks to the local Tidy Towns groups on either side of the bog for coming together to get it cleaned up this weekend. I am going to see about…
The Drehid Community Grant Scheme 2023 will open for applications from January 23rd to March 16th. Guidelines for the scheme and the link to make submissions are available at https://b-wy.se/drehid A reminder that Resident Associations and Parent Associations are able to apply for certain types of projects that would benefit their local community. Applications by…
A new Women’s Shed for the community of Balyna and surrounding areas was formed recently and they held their first event in Cadamstown Hall last week with support from Local Property Tax community funding. The formation of the group was facilitated by the excellent team in the BREDA Centre in Johnstownbridge, and Doreen Daly and…
I was happy to assist the BREDA Community Resource Centre in Johnstownbridge recently with the upgrade of their computer systems. Kildare County Council were kindly able to provide some out of warranty PCs that were more powerful than the ones being used in the centre. The BREDA centre also initiated the setting up of a…