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.
Category: Clogherinkoe
Minister Martin Heydon visited Clocha Rince National School with me recently, to see the great work that has been done by the Parents Association over the last few years. We also met with Principal Maeve McConaghy, who is leaving the school soon, and we wished her the best for the future. Maeve has completed a…
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…
Very good news today as people are now able to register to vote online at https://checktheregister.ie You just need your PPSN, Date of Birth and Eircode to register. The same online service can also be used to update your address or other details if you are already on the register. 16 and 17 year olds…
Preliminary Census 2022 results were published yesterday and show that the areas of Derrinturn, Allenwood, Robertstown and Coill Dubh, had the most growth in the Clane Local Electoral Area. This is very interesting as the settlement hierarchy in our county development plan, which defines the vision for how the county should grow and develop, aims…
The draft County Development Plan for Kildare (2023 – 2029) is now available for public viewing and submissions at https://draftkildarecdp2023-2029.ie/ before 4PM on 24th May. I have been very busy working on this plan over the last few months, and for the first time ever, our plan will include objectives to link up the Grand…
Thanks to all who came to the opening of my new office last weekend. Thanks to Minister Martin Heydon for doing me the honour of officially opening it. I will be running regular clinics in the evenings and on weekends here. If you need my assistance then please call, text or WhatsApp me, and I…
Over €1,000,000 in Sports Capital grant funding just announced for the Clane LEA. Well done to all successful groups that applied. Thanks to Minister Martin Heydon and Bernard Durkan TD for their support on these applications behind the scenes.