Construction is now complete on the new playground in Allenwood. I love the entrance sign “as Gaeilge”! There is still some work to be done on the car parking areas and access pathways to the playground, but there are no major blockers at the moment. The required paperwork will need to be signed off and…
Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to clean up their areas today and feel free to continue the good work tomorrow. We won’t give up the battle against those with no respect for our countryside. Thanks to Kildare County Council and Bord na Móna Drehid for their support.
Well done to the residents of Hawthorn Manor, Coill Dubh, which was taken in charge by Kildare County Council at our monthly meeting this morning. The residents association have worked really well to get the estate completed by the developer to the standard required in a very short time frame.
More road safety improvements this week. This roadside at the entrance to Cluain Dara in Derrinturn, is right beside the footpath. These new bollards will keep vehicles away from the pedestrians here, making it much safer. Thanks to the council roads team for their work, and to the resident who pointed it out to me….
The Carbury area has another new defibrillator now, thanks to Ticknevin Community Group and Principal Nora Lynch of St. Brigid’s NS. Eric Ryan of Balyna Community First Responders was on hand again to provide his excellent training to a large group. A reminder that Community First Responder volunteers are needed for the Ticknevin / Killina area, but would be…
The spring cleans continue with a great turnout in Johnstownbridge last weekend. Organised by JARA Tidy Townlands and supported by Kildare County Council who provided some trees which we planted near the Johnstown Bridge. Thanks to the members of Balyna Foróige who also helped.
Well done to Broadford Area Residents Association on another successful spring clean on the Knockirr Road through Carbury Bog today. Thanks to Paddy for organising everything and fair play to all who helped today and yesterday by litter picking in their own areas.
A small but important job completed this week. This service cover on the Slí na Sláinte in Derrinturn was dangerously loose and was reported to me by a resident. Thanks to that resident for bringing it to my attention before someone was hurt. It is also on the route from Grace’s Park and Dreenane Park…
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…
We have been busy in Ticknevin recently. Minister Martin Heydon paid a visit to the school at the end of last year and I met with residents this week to go through work needed on roads and new and existing signage. We have already made some progress on these issues thanks to the good work…