Drainage works are underway today in Coill Dubh to alleviate two areas of flooding that I have been monitoring in recent months. The parents and children of Coill Dubh NS should be able to enter and leave the school safely for the new term when these works are complete. I was very happy to work…
Tag: Local Issues
On behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns, my thanks to local landowners, residents, bog owners and our neighbours AES Bord na Móna in Drehid, for gathering up and removing almost 22 tonnes of waste from the laneway to Blake’s Bog in Allenwood. Now that we have it clean, we are going to do our best to…
Two scramblers and a quad in Lodge Bog this afternoon left this burning peat behind them. If you insist on driving a hot engine on the dry bog on a hot day, then take extra care and refrain from doing doughnuts and other stunts that will heat up your engine even more. We had two…
Great community spirit in Carbury today, with people out cleaning their local ditches and hedgerows. I stayed within my own 5km by tidying the Grand Canal towpath between Killina and Kilpatrick. Thanks to John Daniels and everyone involved in organising this clean-up.
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’m very lucky to be able to use the Grand Canal and the Barrow Blueway for lunchtime walks. The fresh air does the world of good for your health, and walking helps to keep your fitness up. There is an increase of littering on the canal banks these days and I would ask that people…
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…
Permission to expand the Drehid Landfill has been refused by An Bord Pleanála for a number of reasons. A big concern amongst local residents was the impact of heavy haulage traffic on nearby schools and villages. The board did refuse on the basis that an expansion would “give rise to traffic congestion and would endanger…
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…