Archive for January, 2009

Johnstown Updates

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

I’ve spent a bit of time in Johnstown over the past while, meeting and talking with residents and I’ve itemised below a few of the things I’ve been working on.

Flooding
The village has suffered chronic flooding in recent years and the last few Summers haven’t helped. I looked into this last year and a meeting ocurred between [...]

Final throw of the dice on Pier/Wharf green space

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

The Sallins Local Area Plan is due to be adopted on 26th January (next Monday) and as far as most of us were concerned, it was a done deal. The draft plan was issued last June, submissions were invited over the Summer, amendments were made accordingly, and a final round of submissions (on the amendments) [...]

Synchronised swimming at new Naas pool

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

The new swimming pool for Naas is due to open shortly, and should be just part of a brand new sports complex being developed along the Caragh road. The indoor courts and all weather soccer pitches are already open (although a little rough and ready last time I was up there – though my ball [...]