Martina and I from the Tidy Towns met with Minister Martin Heydon at Allenwood Playground to see the progress that has been made since construction started last September. The contractor estimates the playground will be complete by the end of March or early April. This project has been running since 2016, when we took on…
Category: Coill Dubh
The new extension at Allen Graveyard is complete and the area has been completely transformed. Myself and Cllr. Daragh Fitzpatrick have been stressing the need for this extension continuously over the past few years and we are delighted to see it done now. Thanks to the staff of the Environment Section in Kildare County Council…
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.
I have been advised today by Uisce Éireann that the replacement of the water main from Allen Reservoir to Kilmeague, and from Kilmeague to Littletown, has now been identified as a high priority scheme due to the significant number of outages on the line in recent months. The design phase is now underway and I…
Printed copies of the timetable for the 821 Local Link service are now available in Coill Dubh Post Office, Quick Pick Robertstown (Post Office), GALA Kilmeague and An Post Allenwood. They’re also available to download from my website at https://b-wy.se/821
Myself and Cllr. Brendan Weld had a good morning and a lovely breakfast at the recent charity breakfast held by Cooleragh & Staplestown Men Shed Club in aid of the local SVP branch. Thanks to the volunteers who organised everything and the lads that cooked the tasty food on the day, and thanks to Annmarie…
The Bord na Mona Recycling Drehid Community Grant Scheme supports lots of good projects in the local area. One of my favourite projects is a Lapwing Conservation project near Blackwood. Following a visit to a National Parks and Wildlife Service managed conservation area, BirdWatch Ireland Kildare Branch decided that the only way to protect the…
I had the honour of presenting the Community award to Chris McGinley Bagnall from Coill Dubh at the TY graduation in St. Farnan’s Post Primary School last night. The TY programme in St. Farnan’s must be one of the best in the country and it was great to meet so many of the students that…
I had the great pleasure of visiting TírMóna Athletics Club recently to meet their committee and see their excellent facilities and learn about their plans for upgrading their grounds. Based in Hodgestown, the club is open to children from all the surrounding areas. They train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7PM to 8PM. Please…
Well done to Dinny and the team for organising the very successful Sunday Funday in Coill Dubh at the weekend. €4,100 was raised for Relay For Life Kildare and the Irish Cancer Society. I was not expecting to be hauled into a tug-of-war in my good clothes though by Dag Kelly. Best of luck to…