The rollout of the National Broadband Plan will include areas that are not currently covered by commercial operators, such as Eir. Please search using your Eircode on the map at https://b-wy.se/nbp, if your home does not have high speed broadband at the moment. If you are in an amber area, then your home will be covered…
Category: Carbury
At the October full council meeting today, I proposed that the council make a bye-law to set the speed limit at all primary and secondary schools in the county to 30 kilometres per hour, at all times of the day. At Killina National School, the nearest school to the entrance of the Drehid Waste Management…
Incredible job by the Northern Roads Section of Kildare County Council to tidy up the hedgerows on this beautiful laneway in Kilkeaskin, Carbury. Some residents were in touch with me about the restricted road width due to the overgrown hedgerows and I am very grateful to the team in Maynooth, who responded to my request to have…
In February, I had the opportunity to update An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D., about our local West Kildare Fine Gael branch. The branch is the Fine Gael party organisation on the ground, and in our local branch we discuss local issues and what we can do to fix them. The branch also serves as a link to our…
Updated Mobile Library Timetables are now available for Allenwood, Coill Dubh, Derrinturn, Johnstownbridge, Killina, Kilshanroe, Prosperous, Robertstown, Staplestown and Ticknevin at https://b-wy.se/mobile-library These timetables are valid from this September to next May. The library stop locations are included on each timetable.
A lot of Residents Associations are getting in touch with me over problems with their estates. Developers are dragging their heels and failing to finish off estates, once their profits have been made. It’s not fair on the people paying their mortgages and rent, to have to fight them alone. The bond system is meant…
In 2018, I did an assessment of the playgrounds in North West Kildare which showed that there is a lack of these valuable amenities in this rural corner of the county. I welcome the publication of the new Kildare Play Strategy 2018-2028 which aims to address that concern by proposing five new playgrounds in Johnstownbridge,…
I stopped by with my family at the Carbury Residents Association Annual Village BBQ on my way home from the Leinster Final win by the Kildare Minors. Well done to all involved on organising a great party for all ages. There was lovely food and entertainment and the organisers had planned for any potential rain showers. I’m…
Last month I attended a meeting by Broadford Area Residents Association where I learnt about plans to fill the old quarry pit at Ballinderry with waste. Today, I made a submission to the EPA in relation to this application. The lakes in the pit are now home to wild birds and, in my opinion, it would be…
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…