Archive for August, 2008

Permission granted for Kill Primary School

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Some good news came in last week for parents and pupils of Kill National School and surrounds, with the news that permission had been granted for a new 960 pupil facility to proceed at Kill Hill. The site had alreay been aquired and the planning application was submitted in June so it the process has [...]

Last Orders for Local Area Plan

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

The consultation period for Sallins local area plan closed today. A number of representations I’d made to the council over the previous period were contained in the eventual draft so I was already quite pleased with the shape of the plan when it issued for consultation. Nonetheless I made a final submission today reiterating some [...]

Global Warning

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Back on the old sod the other thing that struck me after all this focus on Brown was the similarities to our own Taoiseach back home. The takeover process was almost identical of course, but the difficulties they now face are also the same beast. And in both cases, largely out of their control. The [...]

Four by-elections and a funeral

Monday, August 4th, 2008

I’ve been reflecting a lot on British politics over the past week or two, principally as english papers were far easier come by on my hols than any others. The Guardian is always excellent, particularly if time is available to read it properly.
So it got me thinking about a few things. Firstly Gordon Brown and [...]