I was advised last week that accessibility works at Sallins and Naas train station are at an advanced stage of design and that Irish Rail have met with council officials in pre-planning sessions re the required works. I was told they expect to apply for planning permission in July and work will commence as soon as [...]
Yesterday’s opinion poll marked a new low point for Fianna Fáil and for the government, but the real low point has been the slow drip drip, of death by a thousand cuts and gradual erosion of party support over the past many months and even years.
I’ve long said it is not good enough to simply want [...]
It’s been a busy few weeks in the life of waste processing in the greater Naas area, and in particular on one stretch of road along Kerdiffstown and Monread, where not one but three current or proposed waste complexes have received permissions, injunctions or stays of execution over the recent while. I summarise below the [...]
Last Summer I spent a few weeks in Connemara. I fell in love with the region, its people, landscape and history. I particularly relished the folklore and the indomitable spirit of resistance and survival.
On right is a photo of the famine memorial at Delphi County Mayo. Hundreds perished here after being forced to trek overnight [...]
I recently made a submission to Irish Rail (IR) on the new timetable, on behalf of NASRUG and as part of a process of ongoing consultation with IR. The hope is this may be considered as part of the next issued timetable, which is due out in December, but an outside chance of coming onstream [...]
I have spoken about Killeenmore a few times on this blog recently and how I was disappointed to see them miss out on the first round of funding announced last month for flooding relief works in the local area.
Good news this week as I have kept onto our Dáil reps and the council officials and [...]
Funding has now been announced for flood relief works in Kildare and the government has made a multi-million available to local authorities for such works. Funding has been drawn down by Kildare County Council for the following projects:
Minor Flood Relief & Coastal Protection Programme 2010 - Kildare County Council
Butterstream, Clane Construction of flood relief structures €356,142
Ardclough Construction [...]
NASRUG met with IrishRail at the start of last week to discuss various issues on the rail service from Naas and Sallins station. Full minutes are below.
Meeting Report
NASRUG met with Irish Rail on Monday 25th March.
Present for NASRUG: James Lawless, John Cunniffe, Conor McGarry
Present for Irish Rail: Myles McHugh
1. Timetable
JL queried whether a new timetable [...]
According to wikipedia the phrase “curate’s egg” refers to something that is partly good and partly bad, but as a result is entirely spoiled. Modern usage has tended to change this to mean something having a mix of good and bad qualities. I am still veering between the two definitions in the context of this [...]
I was in N.U.I. Maynooth earlier this week, where I gave a guest lecture on social media. The lecture title was ’socialnomics’ and I focused on technology and particular the web was changing the world and how it could and should be used by organisations. I can share the slides with [...]