Hit musical 'West Side Story' comes to Naas
NAAS & KILCULLEN, 24 January 2001: by Trish Whelan. New York comes to Naas next month with the spectacular staging of this year's Naas CBS musical 'West Side Story' involving a cast of over 70 pupils from five local schools. The show opens on a downtown street in New York where the Jets are out of sorts. The Sharks are on their patch. Riff, the leader of the Jets, decides to challenge Bernardo to a gang fight at the school dance. He tries to persuade his friend Tony, a former Jet, to help him. It's there that Tony meets Maria ... and the rest is history! The show takes place in Naas CBS from February 7-10. Tickets are available from Mattimoes and Naas CBS school, tel 045 - 866402. Minister 'slaps councillors in the face' over funding KILDARE GENERAL, 23 January 2001: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. What is effectively a slap in the collective face of Kildare's councillors by the minister for the environment has been greeted with 'amazement' by Labour councillor Catherine Murphy today. This follows the refusal of the minister to meet with a deputation from Kildare County Council in relation to the continued under-funding of the County. At the most recent raising of the issue at Kildare County Council, Cllr Paul Kelly said the council must 'examine our own consciences as to what extent was the case put by the County Council?' "Was it done in the most effective way? Why weren't we able to convince them Kildare deserves extra treatment? There is a certain amount of politics involved there and perhaps the Council can send a deputation to the Government to make the case."
Councillor calls for public's ideas on litter, waste management MAYNOOTH, 23 January 2001: by Bill Trapman. An appeal to the people of County Kildare for suggestions and proposals on litter prevention control, ideas on recycling, and re-use and water quality control has been made by Cllr Senan Griffin, following his recent appointment as chairman of the Strategic Environmental Committee for the county. Cllr Griffin spoke of the need to protect the water quality in the county and noted that the national position on water quality is that it is good, but is rapidly deteriorating. Some 33% of rivers were deemed polluted in 1997 and there has been a 50% increase in pollution over the past ten years, he said. Ten Years ago 77% of our rivers were unpolluted. This increase in pollution of our rivers is causing serious concern at both national and local level. Narrow escape for crane operator NAAS, 23 January 2001: by Brian Byrne. The driver of a mobile crane had a narrow escape from injury at the weekend when his vehicle collapsed as he was trying to lift a canal dredger at Jigginstown, Naas. The canal bank under one of the crane struts gave way during the operation, and the crane overturned onto the dredger. The operator was unhurt, but the incident caused traffic difficulties at the time and the following day when two other mobile cranes had to be brought in to lift the machine upright.
No planning permission applied for school yet NAAS, 23 January 2001: by Trish Whelan. No planning permission has yet been lodged for the proposed new 16-teacher primary school in Oldtown estate, according to UDC chairman Cllr Pat OReilly. Residents want development bond called in NAAS, 22 January 2001: by Trish Whelan. Residents of Arconagh estate in Naas want Naas UDC to call in the £90,000 development bond provided by John Connolly of Conan Homes Ltd if the estate is not completed by June 2001. The money would be used to finance the cost of the outstanding works. Town Commission holds meeting in Japanese school NEWBRIDGE, 22 January 2001: by Brian Byrne. The close relationship which has developed between the Japanese Sundai School near Newbridge and the local town was praised during a small reception prior to the most recent meeting of Newbridge Town Commission, which was held in the school Commission chair Cllr Fiona O'Loughlin made a presentation to the Director General and Acting Principal of the school, Mr Kanehide Seo, of a 5,000-year-old piece of bog oak, to mark the occasion. She said the school was carrying out very important work in the education not just of Japanese students, but in providing opportunities for local children to see something of Japanese history and culture. She particularly mentioned the input of the school's pupils during the recent fesitval in Newbridge, where they contributed an Irish Dancing routine to the street entertainment programme. Mr Seo said the staff and students at the school had, over the 12 years since it was built, found Irish people to be 'very good to foreigners'.
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ATHY: Athy is to be the first Garda Station in the Kildare/Carlow Division to get an increase in the number of gardai. Accroding to Chief Superintendent Sean Feely, this will take place in the next couple of months. The move has been welcomed by Deputy Jack Wall, who said in these changed circumstances he hopes that this will allow the station to be manned on a 24-hour basis. NAAS: Naas UDC is to seek to have traffic lights at the junction of North Main Street/Poplar Square/Sallins Road in Naas adjusted to allow more time for pedestrians to cross the road when the Green Man appears. NAAS: Greenaun development levies to the tune of £30,000 are to be resurrected and offered to Kildare County Council as part of its submission for government funding for improvements to the entrance to Ashgrove estate, estimated to cost £200,000. NAAS: Six cars were stolen from outside houses in Monread Estate on Wednesday of last week. On Thursday, another three cars were taken from the Sallins area; one was located the following day. LEIXLIP: Leixlip's new Library may be up and running within a year, according to latest news. The building, which will be on the Newtown House site where the current library service is located, has undergine the tender process and a buildir is expected to be on site in early Spring. Newtown House itself is to be handed over to a local community group. LEIXLIP: A new Bill which will ensure the control and supervision of individuals and firms providing security services by setting up a Private Security Authorityhas been welcomed by Fianna Fáil Councillor Paul Kelly. "This Bill represented progress on yet another commitment in the Governments legislative programme, and will help maintain and improve standards within the industry," he said. LEIXLIP: An NTL proposal to dig up Leixlips Main Street to lay communications cable has been described as 'madness' by Cllr John McGinley. "This arises because the Government will grant a Communications licence to anyone who wants one and the Council then have to give them permission to dig the streets," he said at a recent Leixlip Area Committee meeting. "If the Government set a realistic cost for the Licence there would not be so many people interested." NAAS: Concern would like to thank all who collected and contributed to their Christmas street collection which totalled £2,633. This did not include money from the sponsored fast. NAAS: Naas UDC hopes an allocation of £5,000 to fund a five-year plan for the Tidy Towns would be a template for future improvements in the town. Litter contributed to marks being lost in the Annual Tidy Towns Competition this year. NAAS: The Knights of Saint Columbanus wish to thank everyone who contributed to their collection on behalf of Sr Mary Jo Hannon and her mission in Lesotho. The total raised was £1,100 which has been forwarded to Sr Mary Jo in total. NAAS: Nas na Riogh Singers are looking for tenors and basses for the new season. If you are interested, please contact John at 045 877919.. LEIXLIP: Leixlip Area councillors are to meet with Kildare's county manager this month to see if there can be a faster way to progress negotiations with the ESB for land proposed for a town car park. Last month the councillors were told that CPO procedures had been initiated. |