Funding has been granted to support remote working in our community under the Connected Hubs Scheme. Minister Martin Heydon tells me that ACDAL Allenwood have been awarded a grant of €30,286 to enhance their facilities, which include 16 remote working spaces, own door offices and a conference room. Learn more and book these remote working…
Category: Robertstown
I am delighted and honoured to have been elected as Cathaoirleach of the Clane Maynooth Municipal District at our AGM today. From the hinterlands of the Bog of Allen to the thriving town of Maynooth, myself and the other councillors along with our excellent council MD team, will do our best to continue the good…
I was delighted to speak last week with Minister Malcolm Noonan T.D. at the 20th Lock in Ballyteague. I explained to him the great value that the Barrow Blueway on the Grand Canal has brought to Lowtown, Ballyteague and the surrounding areas. We also met the Waterways Ireland and Kildare County Council teams involved in…
More focus on making the journey to school safer for the children of Killina and Ballybrack, with repairs to the road from Hamilton Bridge. Last year I requested LPT funding for the new speed feedback signs on the approach roads to the school. Each year, our brilliant council team on the ground keep the hedgerows…
The Environment department of Kildare County Council run the ‘Green Kilometre’ scheme every year, to encourage groups or individuals to look after a stretch of road near where they live. My Green Kilometre is the R414 road to Lullymore, and I am taking advantage of the lack of growth at the moment to get it…
Maria Walsh MEP met with us this morning, and I spoke to her about the full inclusion of Kildare in Just Transition funding and the match funding criteria for this scheme. I also asked Maria about how Irish law needs to comply with the EU Habitats Directive, particularly in relation to Annex V species, which…
I enjoyed my meeting with the Transition Year students of St. Farnan’s, Prosperous, today. It was a good opportunity to tell them about the importance of using your voice and local knowledge whenever you can, to help improve the area you live in. One way to do that is by submitting ideas for consideration into…
Great initiative by Into Kildare. Absolutely amazing to see our most prominent landmark on the Hill of Allen lighting up across the surrounding countryside! My thanks to all involved for bringing this symbol of hope to the people of Kildare. Well done to Allenwood man Enda Grace of Dundara Television & Media who produced the…
I was on the new Barrow Blueway in Ballyteague this afternoon. It was great to see the new walkway being used by plenty of local families. I also saw some horses on the path. Unfortunately horses are not permitted on the canal towpaths, and have already caused some damage to the brand new compacted dust…
Allenwood and Derrinturn were identified as ‘Priority One’ in terms of needing Open Space, as part of the last Kildare County Open Space Strategy in 2011. Despite this, a decade has passed and both villages still lack adequate open space and neither have a playground. I raised the issue in my submission for the next…