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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Great night had last night at our Waterways benefit night fundraiser, in Boss Byrnes lounge. I was on quizmaster duty and we had a full house, over 25 tables entered and some great prizes, thanks to all our sponsors and supporters. We even had music at the interval, from Sallins latest trad sensations, Sult Na [...]
Moving swiftly on..
The Greens’ demands for their new deal are carried in the Irish Times today. Personally I hope both parties can broker a deal as I would like the current government to continue. The nightmare scenario as I see it (from an admittedly political perspective) is where the greens present impossible demands and the [...]
My proposing speech on public transport motion:
That this Ard-Fheis commits to the comprehensive provision of public transport, both rural and urban, as an efficient environmental alternative to private transport, and further calls on the Government to increase the level of public transport service provision so that it becomes the obvious first choice for commuters and [...]
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 [...]
Recent works by Kildare County Council to provide parking around Sallins village have had some unintended and imho detrimental effects for traffic flows and traffic safety around the village.
In particular the provision of extra parking spaces between the Railway Inn (Neds) and Bamburys bookmakers and down as far as the church all along that street have caused [...]
I ended up on KFM (local radio) this morning debating congestion charges with Noel Shannon. I was listening to the programme at home yesterday morning (a rare treat, I was working from home) and they had some reaction from listeners to the idea of congestion charges and other transport proposals which the Minister had announced [...]