It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on Allenwood Playground but a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. In this video I explain why it was delayed and where it’s at, as of today. The new site has been approved by Kildare County Council and the original plans for…
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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…
Following the final coating last week, I am now marking the project status for the L-50261-1 road in Killina Lower as complete. My thanks to the residents of the road and the Kildare County Council roads section of Maynooth area for their assistance with this. I hope that the vehicles using the road now keep the speed…
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.
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,…
This is a major milestone for me personally. This is the biggest project I have taken on to date, to prove to Kildare County Council that this road in Killina is in its charge. Having done so, I am pleased with the council’s decision to repair the road from start to finish. It requires a…
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…
As a member of Allenwood Tidy Towns, I am always on the lookout for interesting projects that we can accomplish as a group. When Killina man, John Sullivan, pointed out to me that the lifting bridge on the Grand Canal was rusting away, I saw that as a perfect restoration project. We contacted Waterways Ireland,…