We had our council meeting on the 52M barge in Robertstown last week and we took a trip down to Lowtown and back afterwards with John McNamee at the tiller. Thanks to Mayor of Kildare, Daragh Fitzpatrick for organising and to Peter Dunne and the barge team for all their work behind the scenes preparing…
Category: Robertstown
I had the great pleasure of visiting TírMóna Athletics Club recently to meet their committee and see their excellent facilities and learn about their plans for upgrading their grounds. Based in Hodgestown, the club is open to children from all the surrounding areas. They train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7PM to 8PM. Please…
I had a great time meeting with the TY students of St. Farnan’s today to tell them about the work of a councillor and how they can help their local communities become better places. They are a great group of young people, and their teacher, Ms. Flanagan, runs a brilliant TY programme for them. I…
Thanks to County Kildare Leader Partnership CLG., and North West Kildare Womens Group for organising a great community event in Coill Dubh last week. It was the largest crowd I have seen in Coill Dubh Community Centre for a long time and well done to Thomas and the residents group for making it available. Fair…
I have had a number of people looking for the latest timetables for the 120 bus from Edenderry (updated 19th February 2023) and the 821 Local Link service between Naas and Newbridge (updated November 2022). For your convenience, I have placed the latest timetables for both services for easy download to your phone on my…
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…
A reminder that the 821 bus service is now serving Naas and Newbridge and the villages of Allen, Kilmeague, Robertstown, Allenwood, Coill Dubh, Prosperous and Caragh. The adult fare is just €1.10 if you use a Leap Card for any trip (€1.50 if paying cash) and the service is running very regularly. Under 5’s travel…
Massive congratulations to Robertstown Community Amenities Association on the awarding of €500,000 towards their eco-park project beside the Grand Canal Greenway in the village. Minister Martin Heydon and I met with Minister Heather Humphreys on the Grand Canal in March and we stressed the importance of providing canal side amenities to enhance the greenways and…
There have been a number of near misses at Brockagh Cross in the last few years and some of the people that have been in touch with me were very lucky to avoid serious injury. They were mostly caused by drivers coming from the Coill Dubh or Robertstown directions and going straight through the cross…
Thanks to the team at Waterways Ireland for their great work on the canal bank from Derrymullen to Lowtown. The final layer of material has finished the bank off well and it is now buggy friendly again. A reminder that our annual Goal Mile Allenwood will be taking place from the village up along the…