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 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 [...]
I attended a meeting last Wednesday night, organised by the residents of Killeenmór to discuss the recent and recurring flooding issues. The meeting was also attended by Cllr. Liam Doyle, Cllr. Brendan Weld and Michael Fitzpatrick (who had to vote in the Dáil) was ably represented by his aide Johnny Callaghan.
The map above shows some [...]
Last night (8th Jan, 2010), RTE Prime Time screened a program on the floods in Sallins, amongst other places.
I spoke to the program makers, on camera, for about thirty minutes, however I did not feature in the eventual program. I did show them around the local landscape and bring them to the site of the [...]
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 [...]
It’s two weeks now since the Waterways was flooded and there’s a lot of water under the bridge (culvert) since.
A delegation comprised of residents reps and the area councillors has been in talks with the county council about solving the problem longer term. As mentioned in previous post this will involve an upgrade of the [...]
I did a bit of research the last few days. I’ve had a lot of conversations with engineers, with residents in around the waterways and even walked (with the landowners) across farmland in the Kerdiffstown area bordering the Waterways development. Consensus is now building as to what went wrong and it doesn’t appear that it [...]
Quick update, the water is now gone from the Waterways development. A volunteer team led by local engineer Brendan McCauley dug a trench out across the Kerdiffstown road. The problem was that a stream running behind the Waterways site has historically served as a feeder for the canal and an offrun for surface water from [...]
I have added a general policy page here. This page contains a number of specific local measures I would hope to introduce for Sallins if elected:
Secure a playground within the village perimeter
Provide lights or a roundabout at Oldbridge/Osberstown exit
Provide 4 way signal controlled junction at Railway Inn / Osberstown Court
Promote a secondary school option for [...]
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 [...]