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: Lullymore
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.
Lullymore Graveyard is maintained by the local community with support from the Doyle family, and always looks well. It is located on the site of an historic monastic settlement, which was known as Lilcach. An ideal location, as it was surrounded by the Bog of Allen on all sides. Some of the stone slabs from…
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…
A lovely rainbow ending in Ballyteague Forest with the Hill of Allen just behind. Taken during a walk in Lodge Bog today, which is being rewetted by Bord na Móna under the €108M PCAS scheme.
Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park celebrated their 30th year today with the opening of a new section of their bog boardwalk by Minister Thomas Byrne. I was delighted to attend alongside Minister Martin Heydon and there was great local community support, which the park has always had. Well done to Ray, Johnny and the team…
In 2021 I made a submission to the NTA requesting a new bus service from Allenwood to Rathangan which would serve the Bog of Allen Nature Centre and Lullymore Heritage and Discovery Park. We met with the NTA on Monday and it looks like this service could possibly be provided later this year or early…
We had a great day at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre last weekend for #biodiversityweek. Aisling loves pond-dipping so much that I have to drag her away from it. Thanks to Nuala, Tristram, Ruari and Sorcha for looking after us all so well with so much going on. They have more events on this…
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…
My company has a great scheme where they allow us to take some time off to volunteer with charities and other groups, to assist their efforts. Last year I used most of my volunteer time to help the Irish Peatland Conservation Council in Lullymore with their work on bog conservation. It’s great to get out…