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…
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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…
The LBDC Community Alert Art competition returned this year and the theme was in appreciation of the local Community First Responder group which was set up earlier in the year. The quality of entries was great and there was a big turnout for the awards ceremony which was hosted by Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park….
Very good news today as people are now able to register to vote online at https://checktheregister.ie You just need your PPSN, Date of Birth and Eircode to register. The same online service can also be used to update your address or other details if you are already on the register. 16 and 17 year olds…
Bord na Móna have today published the latest revision of their plans for the Ballydermot Wind Farm. This latest revision reduces the height of 20 turbines from 220 metres to 200 metres. 3 turbines have been removed from the previous layout and some have been repositioned, leaving 47 in total. An amenity plan which includes…
Preliminary Census 2022 results were published yesterday and show that the areas of Derrinturn, Allenwood, Robertstown and Coill Dubh, had the most growth in the Clane Local Electoral Area. This is very interesting as the settlement hierarchy in our county development plan, which defines the vision for how the county should grow and develop, aims…
Massive thanks to the staff of Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park for volunteering to clean up this load of household waste that was dumped in Bord na Móna owned Lodge Bog. Bord na Móna did not have the resources to do it, but the local community group LBDC Community Alert were able to get it…