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 [...]
Latest thing I’ve been working on is the provision of recycling bins in Sallins. It’s something that’s always irritated me to be honest, that there were no local facilities, and it’s been into Naas or down to Clane with me and my bottles for the past several years.
The Naas facilities are close enough by but [...]
As with most political animals I keep an avid eye on the weekly outpourings of the local media.. now generally I keep a positive tone but I’ve noted two stories this week that just struck me as disingenuous at best, hypocritical at worst…
First up is our own Kildare North Labour Deputy Emmet Stagg.. Now Emmet [...]
The boundary commission have now closed for submissions and will move on to make their report. I made a submission relating to the Naas area. In my submission I have sought to frame the Naas area, in so far as possible, within the one Dáil constituency which is in keeping with the review terms of [...]
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 [...]
Naas Town Council met last week to consider the proposal of expanding to 12 members from the current 9.
The glut of submissions received on this August issue included me and er, one other. Labour party, Naas Branch made a submission along the lines of population increase while my submission argued the precedent by highlighting the [...]
The Minister for Environment and Local Government, John Gormley TD, last week announced the details of a commission to study existing boundaries and sizes for local area wards and report back by 20th June. The move was widely expected in political circles as there has been substantial population movement since the last review (1998) with [...]
Over the holidays I took the opportunity for a much needed breather and spent some quality time just relaxing at home with family. On one of the days I did something I’d meant to do for a while and made a trip to the Hill of Allen to see for myself what was left of [...]