Well done to Allenwood Tidy Towns, One Voice-Allenwood Contemporary Choir and the Allenwood Foróige Group, on another successful Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony last night. Thanks to Laszlo and Texaco Spar Allenwood for their support for the Tidy Towns, not just at Christmas time, but all year round and to Allenwood Christmas Trees Co.Kildare for kindly donating the beautiful tree every year. Thanks…
Tag: Local Issues
Back in April, I wrote about an investigation I was starting into the symptoms of Infrasound that some residents of Ballyteague and surrounding areas were experiencing. I carried out a survey to learn more about the areas affected and the problems it was causing. I am now issuing a report on that investigation so far,…
The community focus on this fly-tipping black spot at the northern entrance to Ballyteague Forest over the last year has been tremendous. Following my request, Allenwood Tidy Towns have kindly sponsored the new CCTV camera allowing the approach roads to be monitored. Thanks to the local landowner who recently installed the barrier on the northern bog lane….
I reported four faulty lights in Ard Carraig, Clogherinkoe, a few weeks back. There are a lot of young families in this estate and the area is much safer now in the dark evenings with the new LED lights. This was brought to my attention by a member of the Balyna Fine Gael branch. If…
River Road, Allenwood South, was once again submerged this week as the adjacent stream overflowed. Temporary lakes have formed in the nearby fields and gardens, again. At the September meeting of Kildare County Council I was told that this stream is not in a drainage district and therefore is not the responsibility of the council….
The deep hollow before the speed ramp near Allen School has now been repaired. I reported it after a woman had her tyre punctured when she was forced into the hollow after meeting an oncoming large vehicle. This was brought to my attention at a meeting of the West Kildare branch of Fine Gael. At…
Delighted to see some work finally being done again in Woodlawn, Allenwood. I have been working with Woodlawn residents Allenwood and Cllr. Daragh Fitzpatrick to keep the pressure on to have the back of the estate cleaned up and properly finished off. Hopefully that happens now to everyone’s satisfaction. I have updated the full project timeline at…
In February, I had the opportunity to update An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D., about our local West Kildare Fine Gael branch. The branch is the Fine Gael party organisation on the ground, and in our local branch we discuss local issues and what we can do to fix them. The branch also serves as a link to our…
A lot of Residents Associations are getting in touch with me over problems with their estates. Developers are dragging their heels and failing to finish off estates, once their profits have been made. It’s not fair on the people paying their mortgages and rent, to have to fight them alone. The bond system is meant…
Some residents in Anne St., Prosperous were asking me to investigate why some of the open spaces in the estate were no longer being maintained. I discovered that the council were under the impression that the residents association were looking after this, but they were not. I asked Kildare County Council to maintain the open…