The draft turbine layout for the Ballydermot Wind Farm has been published on https://www.ballydermotwindfarm.ie/. Bord na Móna is proposing to install 50 turbines with a blade tip height of 220 metres, applying a minimum setback distance of 880 metres. They intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission next year. A second round…
Category: Killina
More focus on making the journey to school safer for the children of Killina and Ballybrack, with repairs to the road from Hamilton Bridge. Last year I requested LPT funding for the new speed feedback signs on the approach roads to the school. Each year, our brilliant council team on the ground keep the hedgerows…
Great community spirit in Carbury today, with people out cleaning their local ditches and hedgerows. I stayed within my own 5km by tidying the Grand Canal towpath between Killina and Kilpatrick. Thanks to John Daniels and everyone involved in organising this clean-up.
Some great news today as Allenwood Playground has been granted planning permission. Following the recent Part 8 process, planning was approved by councillors at the March meeting of the Clane Maynooth Municipal District this morning. The next stage will be the development process as we move a massive step closer to delivering this beautiful amenity…
The Environment department of Kildare County Council run the ‘Green Kilometre’ scheme every year, to encourage groups or individuals to look after a stretch of road near where they live. My Green Kilometre is the R414 road to Lullymore, and I am taking advantage of the lack of growth at the moment to get it…
Maria Walsh MEP met with us this morning, and I spoke to her about the full inclusion of Kildare in Just Transition funding and the match funding criteria for this scheme. I also asked Maria about how Irish law needs to comply with the EU Habitats Directive, particularly in relation to Annex V species, which…
This Bord na Móna Locomotive drawing milled peat is a rare sight in the bogs these days, and sadly coming to an end, but I fully support Bord na Móna’s new strategy to go from brown to green. Many of us have Bord na Móna to thank for why we live where we do today,…
Great initiative by Into Kildare. Absolutely amazing to see our most prominent landmark on the Hill of Allen lighting up across the surrounding countryside! My thanks to all involved for bringing this symbol of hope to the people of Kildare. Well done to Allenwood man Enda Grace of Dundara Television & Media who produced the…
I wish you all a very Happy and Safe Christmas and I hope 2021 is a better year for everyone. Thank you to the front line and essential workers that are working over the holiday break. Your dedication is appreciated. We look forward to a time when we can hold events as a community once…
With €108 million to be spent on bog restoration across Ireland, I am delighted to see Lodge Bog, Ticknevin Bog and the Timahoe Bogs included. Areas of Killina Bog are already rewetting too, with Sphagnum moss growing naturally there in places. https://www.leinsterleader.ie/…/five-kildare-bogs-to-be…