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.
Category: Prosperous
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…
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…
The constituencies for the next General Election were reviewed and will be updated for 2020. Kildare South is now extended right up to the north west of the county. In addition some areas of West Kildare return to the constituency along with some parts of Laois and Offaly. I have created an updated map of…
Our first ever Goal Mile in Allenwood was a great success on the morning of Stephen’s Day. We were very lucky to avoid any showers and had over 300 participants, with great representation from Allenwood, Ballyteague and surrounding areas. Well done to Celine Cronly, who organised the entire event at very short notice. Celine lined…
I asked for the trees in The Downings, Prosperous and Millrace Lawns, Broadford to be assessed a few months ago. Today, I sought updates on both works. In The Downings, some of the trees are growing at angles and some seem to be dangerously tall. In addition, they do seem to be causing damage to…
I had a great day out with Prosperous ICA to visit Dáil Éireann as guests of Martin Heydon TD and Bernard Durkan TD. Our tour guide was Kildare man, Martin, from Clane. My thanks to both deputies for their hospitality, including tea and coffee in the Dáil Bar. Thanks also to Coyne’s Concorde for transporting us safely to and from Kildare St….
The rollout of the National Broadband Plan will include areas that are not currently covered by commercial operators, such as Eir. Please search using your Eircode on the map at https://b-wy.se/nbp, if your home does not have high speed broadband at the moment. If you are in an amber area, then your home will be covered…
Well done to the Public Realm team in Kildare County Council on receiving a grant of €100,000 towards the project to improve the entrances on the three main approach roads to Prosperous. These entrances should help improve the identity of Prosperous and, at the same time, introduce traffic calming on the approach roads to the…
At the October full council meeting today, I proposed that the council make a bye-law to set the speed limit at all primary and secondary schools in the county to 30 kilometres per hour, at all times of the day. At Killina National School, the nearest school to the entrance of the Drehid Waste Management…