£125,000 paid in KCC grants schemeCOUNTY HALL, 9 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. Representatives of some 81 organisations from all over the county attended a special function in the headquarters of Kildare County Council in Naas on Wednesdayt for the Councils annual presentation of grants which this year totalled £125,000.
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Sonya sees life different to mostLEIXLIP, 9 June 2000: by Michael Freeman. When Interiors, Exhibition and Furniture Design student Sonya Creevey walks down a street she sees it unlike most of the rest of us. She looks for aesthetics, form, colour, shape, balance and function. When she goes into a pub, she checks for features such as lighting, furniture, colour co-ordination and contrast. She also checks that the door handles work and that the bar person is pulling a pint properly. If there is an exhibition there or if there is a stage, she casts an observing eye on those too. It's all about producing good design. |
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Tourism tour of Kildare for tourist peopleKILDARE GENERAL, 9 June 2000: by Bertha Cooke, Kildare Failte. A special tour of the county for people involved in tourism in county Kildare was arranged by County Kildare Failte over the past two weeks. The first leg took in Lullymore Heritage Park and Peatland World where local musicians added a traditional flavour to the tour. For a gourmet flavour they went to Tyrell's Restaurant for lunch and we are told walked it off in the adjoining Ballindoolin House and in the Gardens. More Great Houses of north Kildare followed. First the magnificently restored Castletown (above) - open again to visitors and now in the care of Duchas with the evening closing in the more peaceful environs of the "Christianity in Kildare" Exhibition now showing in the hallowed halls of Maynooth College. |
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Notes ... Notes ... Notes ...NAAS: Eleanor Burke from Hazelmere has kick-started a ladies football club in the town and has already lined up half a panel for the senior team (over the age of 16) and enough players for a junior team (from 10-12 years). She has affiliated with Naas AFC which will provide a pitch for practice as well as insurance cover. The girls will practise on Wednesday nights at the Caragh Road Grounds. KILDARE NORTH: Cllr Senan Griffin has welcomed the announcement that the towns of Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge will shortly have their own road sweeping machine. This machine will be used to sweep estates and roads leading into and out of these local towns. Cllr Griffin also stated that it is envisaged that the litter bins will be emptied on a regular basis. In welcoming this announcement, Cllr. Griffin, who advocated this service four years ago, stated: "This is a positive step in presenting a cleaner image for Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge". Cllr Griffin expressed the wish that the service be extended to include the town of Kilcock. MAYNOOTH: The realignment of Bond Bridge (above) was given the go-ahead on Friday when the Part X was adopted by local area councillors with some changes. Welcoming this stage of the realignment, Cllr Senan Griffin insisted that the link to the railway station be included in the finished design. Senior engineer Charlie O'Sullivan gave a commitment to re-examine the possibility of retaining the canal bridge facade in the new bridge. Cllr Griffin further stated that it was agreed to have a stone finish to all external works. The area meeting was informed that the consultants are now in the final stages of design. A contractor should be appointed in July and is expected to be on site in September. NAAS: Naas Local History Group is organising an outing to Northern Ireland for Saturday 17 June. The trip will include a visit to Hillsborough Castle, then on to Lisburn and the Lagan Valley. The cost is £15 and details are available from Larry Breen at 897445 or Brendan Cullen at 861159. MONASTEREVIN: The Monasterevin Newsletter Project will hold an Open Day in the Parish Centre on Wednesday 7th June. The Project, which is jointly sponsored by FAS and the Community Council, will be open to the public from 10am to 1pm and again from 6pm to 9pm. If you want to find out about the the choice of evening computer courses that are available or if you think you would like to go on a course full time, come in and inquire. NAAS: Clonmel Enterprises have applied to Kildare County Council to construct 16,280 SqM of manufacturing/warehousing units in five blocks, at Newhall. The application includes 3,980 SqM of related office space. The developers are also proposing a realignment of the M7 Northbound on-ramp to incorporate a new roundabout and site access, internal roads and service utilities. KILDARE GENERAL: A total of £15,000 grant-aid has been agreed by Kildare County Council under its Cultural Events Grant Scheme of which more than half went to the County Kildare Orchestra (£8,000). Others to benefit included Comhaltais Ceoltóirí Éireann (£3,000); Kildare County Board of Irish Figure Dancing (£1,000); the Patrician Pipe Band, Newbridge Community Band, Suncroft Pipe Band, Maynooth Brass and Reed Band, Ballymore Eustace Pipe Band and World Champions, the Narraghmore Pipe Band will each receive £500 in grant-aid. |
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Naas GAA has 'weak' legal case - council chairmanNAAS, 8 June 2000: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. The chairman of Naas UDC, Seamie Moore (right has told the towns GAA Club that he feels their legal position is weak in relation to promises made by Lehmex International on the clubs move to Oldtown Demesne as part of the negotiations in the formation of the 1999 Naas Development Plan.
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Delay in response 'did not mean agreement' - KCCCELBRIDGE & COUNTY HALL, 8 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. Kildare County Council has denied any suggestion that their failure to respond to a phasing agreement communication from a Celbridge developer for 19 months meant the developer had an automatic right to proceed with his proposals. The Oldtown Mills homes will add 211 houses to the area, and means that 380 homes in a 466-home development will be completed before the relief road is completed. The council last week instigated compulsory purchase procedures for the acquisition of land required to complete the road. |
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Parking scheme is delayedLEIXLIP, 8 June 2000: by Bill Trapman. The introduction of pay parking in Leixlip has been deferred for at least a month beyond the previous 6 June deadline for its implementation. This situation is because 100 signs which were to be erected in relation to the scheme have not even been delivered yet and road markings which were to have been applied prior to D Day will not be in place until later in the week. |
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DANGER! ... men NOT at workNEWBRIDGE, 8 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. This is a dangerous roadworks situation which has been left like this for a week at Kilbelin, Newbridge. It appears that heavy rain caused temporary surfacing around a manhole cover to break up. Kildare County Council simply cordoned it off and stuck a Road Flooded sign down the road towards Athgarvan. If YOU know a particular one in your area, let us know. We'll make it famous, on a dedicated Kildare Internet service which had over 100,000 'hits' last month. |
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Celbridge developer warned council of possible 'substantial damages'CELBRIDGE, 7 June 2000: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. A developer who last week received agreement from Kildare County Council to the second phase of a housing development at Oldtown Mills in Celbridge had earlier warned the council it could face substantial damages if it took action against him for alleged non-compliance with planning permission conditions. The original permission was the subject of a Bord Pleanala appeal by Thornhill Residents Association, which failed and allowed the development subject to conditions which included that a phasing programme should be agreed in writing with the council before the development commenced, that the Celbridge Relief Road be constructed by the developer, and that occupation of the proposed houses should be agreed with the planning authority in relation to the availability and completion of the relief road. In an internal letter dated 21 January 2000 (above), the county engineer noted that the council had not directly responded to the compliance package submitted by the developer in 1998, where Mr Dunne had proposed to complete and occupy in the region of 150 to 200 houses per annum. Mr Lynch said the construction of 169 houses for phase 1 was in line with the conditions required under the Bord Pleanala decision. He said, however, that it is not clear that any subsequent phases were agreed, because of the lack of response [by KCC] to the compliance package letter of 16 June 1998. A month later, Eilish Murray of the KCC Maynooth office wrote to the Roads Section noting that a section of road being used by the developer appeared to be unauthorised and had led to a very dangerous traffic situation. Surprisingly, the county engineer was in agreement with my motion, he says. If I did receive the support of my colleagues, the outcome, I feel, would have been different.
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Man dies in landfill accidentKILCULLEN, 7 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. A 45-year-old man died last evening after an accident at a landfill site near Kilcullen. It is understood that the deceased, who was employed by Thomas Logan Ltd, earthmoving contractors, had been operating a roller machine. According to reports, a second machine was involved. Health and Safety officials are expected on the site, operated by KTK Landfill Ltd (above) today to conduct an investigation, which is normal in such tragic events. |
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Naas scouts win Regional ShieldNAAS, 7 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. The senior team from Naas Scout Unit were the winners of the Regional Shield Competition held recently in the GAA grounds in Monasterevan. It is the first time that a Naas Scout team has won this prestigious trophy. |
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CPO possibility for Oldtown 'GAA ground'?NAAS, 6 June 2000: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. The developers of Oldtown Demesne in Naas, Lehmex International Ltd, could face a Compulsory Purchase Order move from Naas UDC on 16.5 acres of land which had been promised to the towns GAA, if they do not agree to the club being relocated there. The club recently appealed to the UDC to help them have promises kept which were made by the developers during the preparation of the 1999 Naas Development Plan.
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Woodlands GC extension openedCOILL DUBH, 6 June 2000: by Michael Freeman. The extension of Woodlands Golf Club from a nine-hole to an 18-hole course last Saturday afternoon prompted the minister for finance, Charlie McCreevy TD (above with club officials and members) to recall when golf was an elite sport which people such as himself weren't allowed play. Speaking to the attendance of club president, captains, past captains, officials and staff and members of the local community, the minister said the growth of golf has been phenomenal since the early 70s and that Woodlands was the countys most improved course. Pictured below are the Savage family with golf professional Pat O'Connor (cousin of Christy O'Connor and brother of Peter O'Connor, tutor at Spawell, Dublin): John Joe Savage, Wexford; Pat O'Connor, Galway; Kieran Savage (vice-captain of Woodlands GC) and his wife Catherine; and Noreen Savage and husband Gerry of Mountmellick, Co Laois (Portarlington GC). |
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Meadowbrook Link agreed, but ...MAYNOOTH, 6 June 2000: by Bill Trapman. Three Leixlip Area councillors have accepted proposals for the go-ahead of the Meadowbrook link road in Maynooth, but the fourth, Cllr Catherine Murphy (right), declined to support them because she feels 'the whole picture is not being revealed'. At the Area Meeting last Friday, residents of Meadowbrook, Maynooth outlined their objections to the proposed new road, but in accepting the need for the link, the county engineer proposed that the new link would include measures to alleviate the fears of the residents. The full cost of the link is put at £1.3 million, of which £720,000 will be used to purchase land. Finance will be made up of development levies and a grant of £160,000 from the Department of the Environment. An alternative proposal made by the residents would have cost £2.54 million. It would also have caused a further deferral of the Bond Bridge realignment (see Notes below). "All in all, the counter-proposal would have set us back several years," Cllr John McGinley said at the weekend. "There would have been major hurdles to overcome and the serious liklihood of a CPO failure, given that the chosen route is planned since the mid-eighties." |
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Presentation night for festival grant recipientsCOUNTY HALL, 6 June 2000: by Trish Whelan A special presentation night for recipients under the Kildare County Council Festival Grants Scheme will take place in County Hall on June 7. |
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Motion to buy pool from KCC rejected by UDCNAAS, 6 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. Naas UDC has rejected a call by its chairman Cllr Seamie Moore (right) to enter into negotiations with Kildare County Council for the transfer of ownership and control of Naas Swimming Pool (above) and to purchase the nearby field at Fair Green. The pool is presently managed and operated by Kildare County Council which also owns the adjacent field, and will be closed from December 31 for major refurbishment. |
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