An Roimh Aire, Teachtaí Dála , Comhairleoirí agus Cairde
Minister, Deputies, fellow candidates and friends…
It is a great honour to address you here tonight as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Kildare County council.
The first step of my journey occurred last June when I was nominated by my home cumann of Sallins. I am very grateful for [...]
Grants schemes are available to many different local groups and organisations, ranging from residents committees to social supports, from environmental initatives to local festivals. The deadline for 2009 applications is 18th March and I would encourage anyone involved to start applying now. I produce below full information courtesy of Kildare and Naas Town councils:
Groups in [...]
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 [...]
Almost twelve months ago I set myself a goal of securing recycling banks for Sallins. I’d been irked for years that we had none so I decided to go and do something about it myself…
Testing the installation with a bottle of Duff!
I always believe in making things happen, that nothing is impossible and that a little [...]
I’ve spoken before about the pressing case for a new school at Kill, and progress had gone particularly well recently with permission granted, site procured, tenders issued etc during the Summer. Well the final piece of the puzzle came last weekend when the Minister included it amongst seven schools in Kildare to get funding and [...]
Another thing I ended up looking into over the Summer was the issue of graffitti at several locations around Morrell road and around Oldtown. It was pretty prominent in a number of places and not quite in keeping with the landscaping scheme to say the least so I got onto Naas Town Council to see [...]
There seems to have been work going on along the Sallins road all Summer. Starting in around the GAA complex and moving back and forth past Oldtown/Morrell up to the Monread roundabout and back.
It was inconvenient when the road was regularly blocked in either direction but you could live with that if the end [...]
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 [...]
As part of a NASRUG delegation I am meeting with Irish Rail tomorrow evening to discuss recent developments affecting Naas & Sallins commuters. The agenda at present is:
1. Punctuality
2. Car Park situation (fare structure below ground)
3. Feeder Bus
4. Kildare direction services
5. Station Upgrade – more details
6. Security on late trains
Though never great, punctuality has been [...]