I attended the AGM of the Kildare and District Football League tonight, where all recommended precautions for preventing the spread of COVID-19 were taken. This included social distancing, by setting the chairs apart from each other. Please take care with any planned events to maximise the protection of vulnerable members of your community in the…
Well done to the members of Balyna Foroige, for hosting a very successful Kildare Foróige’s Got Talent in Johnstownbridge tonight. Tonight we saw some really amazing, confident young people perform to a packed hall. They’re a credit to their parents and their leaders.
At our full council meeting yesterday, I raised a motion to ask if the council has every power available to it to stop fly tippers from desecrating our countryside. I also asked that the council formally notify the Minister for the Environment of our concerns over the ineffectiveness of the €150 fine. With the support…
Another €150 fine on the way to Dublin, after I found an addressed envelope in the latest pile of household waste dumped in my area. This time in the lovely wooded area at Williamstown, Carbury. My thanks to the local woman who alerted me to it. I have raised a motion in relation to actions…
I welcome the addition of the section of the R403 passing St. Oliver Plunkett National School in Killina to the Garda Camera Locations for 2020. Following a meeting at the school recently, I requested that the Gardaí carry out speed checks on the R403 near the school entrance. GoSafe vans on the road would go…
An individual from Dublin was identified by a letter I found in household waste near the level crossing on the Lullymore Road in Allenwood South. They will receive a €150 fine which is not high enough in my opinion. Unfortunately GDPR means their identity must be protected, which doesn’t make sense to me as fly-tippers…
I was at the launch of the Kildare Community Biodiversity Project on behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns last night. Well done to County Kildare Heritage Office for organising this massive initiative. We will be writing to local schools and groups to invite them to the training in the coming weeks. Interested individuals are welcome to attend also. Please keep…
My thanks to the council for prioritising the repair of the street light near Willow Lawns, Kilmeague. It should help to make the area safer for residents. Thanks also to the residents who got in touch with me about it. Please contact me via 087-2328867 if there are important public lights not working where you…
I raised the issue of faded road markings at Clocha Rince National School, the open roof on the fire damaged house in Kilmeague, public lights in Allenwood village, and the latest on Allenwood Playground, at the council meeting last Friday. Listen to me discussing these items on KFM with Clem Ryan at https://soundcloud.com/kfmra…/kildare-today-11-02-20-hour-2… (43 minutes in)
Kildare County Council have refused planning permission for the proposed Cushaling Wind Farm, near Ticknevin and Lullybeg. The planner’s report mentions issues with the proposed development being too close to a proposed large scale Irish Water project, the lack of suitable road infrastructure for the construction of the wind farm, and the fact that Offaly…