I attended the AGM of the Kildare and District Football League tonight, where all recommended precautions for preventing the spread of COVID-19 were taken. This included social distancing, by setting the chairs apart from each other. Please take care with any planned events to maximise the protection of vulnerable members of your community in the…
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Well done to the members of Balyna Foroige, for hosting a very successful Kildare Foróige’s Got Talent in Johnstownbridge tonight. Tonight we saw some really amazing, confident young people perform to a packed hall. They’re a credit to their parents and their leaders.
At our full council meeting yesterday, I raised a motion to ask if the council has every power available to it to stop fly tippers from desecrating our countryside. I also asked that the council formally notify the Minister for the Environment of our concerns over the ineffectiveness of the €150 fine. With the support…
I was at the launch of the Kildare Community Biodiversity Project on behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns last night. Well done to County Kildare Heritage Office for organising this massive initiative. We will be writing to local schools and groups to invite them to the training in the coming weeks. Interested individuals are welcome to attend also. Please keep…
The constituencies for the next General Election were reviewed and will be updated for 2020. Kildare South is now extended right up to the north west of the county. In addition some areas of West Kildare return to the constituency along with some parts of Laois and Offaly. I have created an updated map of…
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…
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…
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…
A great job has been done at Downings Cross by the roads department in Kildare County Council. The junction is much safer as a result and the new road markings are very clear. Unfortunately the road closure for the works on Wednesday May 29th caused long delays in Prosperous and at Dag Welds. Although signs…
I am delighted to have been elected to represent the people of North West Kildare on Kildare County Council. Thank You to every single person that voted for me. I am looking forward to working hard for you for the next five years. Details of the count are below, or for more detail see Clane…