Most of us in North West Kildare are lucky enough to live close to the Grand Canal. It is a free amenity that is already being used by many locals every day, and now it is being promoted as a tourist attraction to a wider audience. You don’t need to wait for the completion of…
Category: Ticknevin
Day 1 of home schooling and the homework is being done before it’s even 9:00! Please remember that the reason for closing the schools is to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Don’t arrange meetups or gatherings with children that are not absolutely necessary. Look after your health by going for walks in the fresh air…
I attended the AGM of the Kildare and District Football League tonight, where all recommended precautions for preventing the spread of COVID-19 were taken. This included social distancing, by setting the chairs apart from each other. Please take care with any planned events to maximise the protection of vulnerable members of your community in the…
Well done to the members of Balyna Foroige, for hosting a very successful Kildare Foróige’s Got Talent in Johnstownbridge tonight. Tonight we saw some really amazing, confident young people perform to a packed hall. They’re a credit to their parents and their leaders.
At our full council meeting yesterday, I raised a motion to ask if the council has every power available to it to stop fly tippers from desecrating our countryside. I also asked that the council formally notify the Minister for the Environment of our concerns over the ineffectiveness of the €150 fine. With the support…
I was at the launch of the Kildare Community Biodiversity Project on behalf of Allenwood Tidy Towns last night. Well done to County Kildare Heritage Office for organising this massive initiative. We will be writing to local schools and groups to invite them to the training in the coming weeks. Interested individuals are welcome to attend also. Please keep…
Kildare County Council have refused planning permission for the proposed Cushaling Wind Farm, near Ticknevin and Lullybeg. The planner’s report mentions issues with the proposed development being too close to a proposed large scale Irish Water project, the lack of suitable road infrastructure for the construction of the wind farm, and the fact that Offaly…
The constituencies for the next General Election were reviewed and will be updated for 2020. Kildare South is now extended right up to the north west of the county. In addition some areas of West Kildare return to the constituency along with some parts of Laois and Offaly. I have created an updated map of…
My daughter and I had a great time in Carbury at the weekend where a presentation was made to the local children that named the three sheep bike stands that were installed earlier this year by Carbury Village Residents Association. Santa Claus also arrived by horse and cart, and there was a beautiful choir performance with…
The rollout of the National Broadband Plan will include areas that are not currently covered by commercial operators, such as Eir. Please search using your Eircode on the map at https://b-wy.se/nbp, if your home does not have high speed broadband at the moment. If you are in an amber area, then your home will be covered…