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 [...]
It’s rare enough that myself and the London Telegraph would be in agreement. One of the ‘yellow press’ my grandfather was so scornful of (long memories after they did for Parnell), the ‘Torygraph’ is sometimes synonymous with punch cartoons and ‘Oirish’ sterotyping.
We do agree on one thing however. The majesty of St Pancras railway station [...]
Met with Irish Rail last week as planned. Was a good meeting. Myles (our Irish Rail contact) has an amiable approach and is always willing to hear our side of the story. He’s met us half-way many times in the past and at this stage I feel we finally have the service looking good on [...]
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 [...]