Something that’s come up a lot lately on the rail side, is the Naas – Sallins feeder bus. The service was put in place when the Kildare line rail stations were being reopened some years back, as an incentive to encourage people onto the trains. However outside of the regular users, there remains some confusion [...]
Well I’ve secured one nomination this year at least – I’m on the ‘Long List’ for ‘Best Political Blog’ at the Irish Blog Awards! Next challenge is to make the shortlist in about a fortnight, then fame and fortune await the winner who will be announced at the ceremony on March 1st.
Last time I [...]
As part of a NASRUG delegation I am meeting with Irish Rail tomorrow evening to discuss recent developments affecting Naas & Sallins commuters. The agenda at present is:
1. Punctuality
2. Car Park situation (fare structure below ground)
3. Feeder Bus
4. Kildare direction services
5. Station Upgrade – more details
6. Security on late trains
Though never great, punctuality has been [...]
Credit to Eamon Gilmore, he’s taking a back to basics, no frills approach to reform of the Labour party. Recognising the party’s traditional difficulty in translating sympathy or support into actual votes, he has called upon the organisation to get more hands on and show a bit more muster on the ground where it matters.
Realising [...]
The latest installment in this sorry saga unfolded this week when the rate of car parking in Sallins new undergound car park effectively doubled to €2 a day rather than €5 a week as before. After many jigs and reels and many phone conversations I have extracted some information (I won’t say logic) as to [...]
Was in a few conversations the last few days about Dublin’s planned transport infrastructure. Came up a number of times that Dublin needs a ‘Circle line’ the equivalent of the London tube line which executes an inner orbit around the city intersecting with radial routes. We absolutely do need this but the good news is [...]
Stop Press – I’ve been nominated for the ‘Irish Blog Awards‘ !
The Oscars of the Irish Internet Industry, it is quite an honour to be nominated while my blog is still in infancy (3 months old:)
I received a citation from FirstPartners, a pillar of the blogging community, where I was noted as a minority voice [...]
Naas Town Council met last week to consider the proposal of expanding to 12 members from the current 9.
The glut of submissions received on this August issue included me and er, one other. Labour party, Naas Branch made a submission along the lines of population increase while my submission argued the precedent by highlighting the [...]
Whew. Been offline the past few days but back in business now. Ended up spending Sunday thru Tuesday in Tallaght hospital just after initating the port of my blog from shared to local hosting (though the events were unrelated!) The hospital trip ended with a return to health, I was parent not patient, and all [...]
The Minister for Environment and Local Government, John Gormley TD, last week announced the details of a commission to study existing boundaries and sizes for local area wards and report back by 20th June. The move was widely expected in political circles as there has been substantial population movement since the last review (1998) with [...]