I met recently with a number of people in West Kildare who are experiencing the symptoms of Infrasound exposure. We are attempting to find the source of this Infrasound by conducting a survey. The survey will also allow us to find people affected by the problem, so that we might be able to find ways…
Tag: Local Issues
Last month I attended a meeting by Broadford Area Residents Association where I learnt about plans to fill the old quarry pit at Ballinderry with waste. Today, I made a submission to the EPA in relation to this application. The lakes in the pit are now home to wild birds and, in my opinion, it would be…
As a member of Allenwood Tidy Towns, I am always on the lookout for interesting projects that we can accomplish as a group. When Killina man, John Sullivan, pointed out to me that the lifting bridge on the Grand Canal was rusting away, I saw that as a perfect restoration project. We contacted Waterways Ireland,…
I was asked to write a little about myself for the local papers recently, just to let people know my priorities coming up to the local elections. My main reason for getting involved with the community, which is now also my main reason that I am running in the local elections, is that I am…
A great response this weekend to our call to action from Allenwood Tidy Towns and Ballyteague Community Text Alert to clean up the northern road by Ballyteague Forest. This was done as part of the An Taisce National Spring Clean and Kildare County Council’s Lilywhite Cleanup Day. Situated midway between Nursery Road in Allenwood South…
I am proud to have been selected as a candidate in the Local Elections next May for the Clane Local Electoral Area. The selection convention was held in the Westgrove Hotel, Clane, last night. I was nominated by the new West Kildare branch that we formed in September this year, which I wrote about in https://brendanwyse.ie/2018/09/12/west-kildare-fine-gael/….
I was recently informed of a possible issue with the current capacity of the Allenwood Waste Water Treatment Plant. Following investigation, I have now discovered that the housing developments in progress in Allenwood will overload the plant. Cllr. Mark Stafford raised the issue on my behalf with both Kildare County Council and Irish Water recently….
Allenwood Tidy Towns has been working with Kildare County Council in recent months, to act on the disgraceful dumping of household rubbish at the derelict house across from Cushalla. The owner of the site has been contacted by the council with regard to their responsibilities to the site. Some of the rubbish had labels with…
At the public meeting I hosted in order to get the Allenwood Playground project moving again, I presented some statistics regarding the availability of playgrounds to the communities of North West Kildare. These figures are available in the presentation at Allenwood Playground Public Meeting. Today, I am providing a map showing all existing playgrounds and those…
Today I attended the Kildare Newbridge Municipal District meeting for September in Kildare County Council. Allenwood Playground was on the agenda, along with some other local issues. The update for Allenwood playground mentioned the current design phase as I wrote about at Architect selected for Allenwood Playground. A proposed playground in Robertstown was also mentioned and…