Parents 'must educate themselves' about e-businessLEIXLIP, 5 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. Parents owe it to their children to educate themselves about the 'brave new world' of e-business and high technology, according to the public affairs manager of Leixlip's Hewlett-Packard high technology campus. Una Halligan says this is particularly important against a scenario where the career guidance services are 'vastly under-resourced' and where 'little has progressed' in the last 20 years.
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GAA club's development draw for launchKILCULLEN, 5 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. Kilcullen GAA Club is launching a draw tonight aimed at raising £40,000 towards the cost of its current development programme, which totals £419,000. |
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Notes ... Notes ... Notes ...CELBRIDGE: Kildare County Council is to relocate a controversial wall at St Wolstans inside the footpath. The decision will also ensure that there is a public footpath from Celbridge to Killenlea. Further talks have yet to take place between the Department of Education and Kildare County Council but Cllr Geraldine Conway expressed the hope that this will pose no difficulty for the relocation of this wall. CELBRIDGE: Funding is to be provided for the provision of an Adult School Warden at Scoil na Mainistreach, Oldtown Road, Celbridge. Over 584 children attend the school. The post will be advertised this month. DONADEA: The minister for the marine and natural resources is to be asked to transfer the ownership of Donadea Forest Park to either Kildare County Council or Duchas. This follows the circulation of a report on the future of Coillte, which currently owns the woods, in which consultants have recommended that the forestry company remain in public ownership for five years. Deputy Emmet Stagg said this suggestion indicates that public access to the park is now secure for some time. He wants the minister to further consider the issue of public access to forsts now that the report has been produced. CELBRIDGE: Remedial works on footpaths, kerbs and roads in both the Grove Estate and Crodaun Forest Estate will begin soon, according to the development control officer in Kildare County Council. The works will be carried out by a private contractor on behalf of the council, which has already agreed to take in charge the Grove, and will begin the process for Crodaun Forest in the autumn. LEIXLIP: More sophisticated equipment to try and identify the source of very high sulphur dioxide levels in Leixlip is to be installed in the area, following consultations between the Eastern Health Board, the EPA and Dublin Corporation. |
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Protest march over asylum-seekersKILDARE, 4 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. Children carrying placards expressing concerns about health, education and security in relation to locating more asylum seekers in Kildare led a protest parade through the town last evening, in advance of a public information meeting organised by the Department of Justice.
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Pool field car park proposal unsupportedNAAS, 4 May 2000: by Trish Whelan. A proposal that the Swimming Pool Field in Naas should be developed into a public car park received no support at a recent meeting of Naas UDC. Proposing the motion, Cllr Pat OReilly (left) said the town needs more car parking spaces, particularly during the development of the proposed multi-storey car park in Corbans Lane car park. The field belongs to Kildare County Council. |
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Removal of Tote facilities decriedPUNCHESTOWN, 4 May 2000: Dear Editor, |
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Estates names planning conundrumLEIXLIP & COUNTY HALL, 4 May 2000: by Trish Whelan. The problem of names of new housing estates like Cyber Plains in Leixlip was a bone of contention at a recent meeting of Kildare County Council when a recommendation was made by Kildare Area councillors that names for new housing estates should go before Area Committees before planning permission is granted. |
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Schools site completely revampedLEIXLIP, 3 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. The ScoilNet official educational website, devised in conjunction with Intel Ireland of Leixlip, has been completely redesigned. For the first time ever, Leaving Cert students will be able to change their CAO course choices right up to the final cutoff date of July 1st, as part of the major revamp, which includes a new online Examinations Centre that will eventually hold all the past papers in every subject.
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Canal crocodile anger, superloo and verbal diarrhoeaNAAS, 3 May 2000: Dear Editor, While Kildare Coounty Council was actively promoting the National Spring Clean what were Naas UDC councillors doing? Look at the state of the harbour for an answer. (I think no end of praise should be piled on the efforts of the two Kildare County Council litter wardens. One of them I have heard a little bit more of recently. This man is an example to public servants everywhere. He seems to be constantly striving to do his job as best he can (Newbridge bypass for example). John Kavanagh, Kingsfurze. ED'S NOTE: Pictured is some of the debris recently to be seen in Naas Harbour. KNN understands that it WAS cleared during the National Spring Clean. |
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Department 'sitting on its hands' over schoolMAYNOOTH, 3 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. The Department of Education is 'sitting on its hands' over a much-needed extension to Maynooth Post Primary School, according to local representative Deputy Emmet Stagg. The present school, built to cater for 630 pupils, now has 712 students and has a longterm needs projection of 900. A request for additional accommodation made to the Department of Education last August has not elicited a response. "The Department must arrive at a decision in the near future to allow the necessary planning and architectural processes to be dealt with," he said. |
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Group from Newbridge twin town enjoyed BealtaineNEWBRIDGE, 2 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. A group of representatives from Bad Lippspringe in Germany spend the Bank Holiday weekend in their twin town of Newbridge and took part in the highly successful Bealtaine Festival activities, including the historical walk on the Curragh, a visit to the Army Museum, and the Pig Lunch event in Georges St.
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Seeks cycle path link Naas-SallinsNAAS, 2 May 2000: by Trish Whelan. Naas UDC is to ask Kildare County Council to look into providing a cycle path linking the town with Sallins for people cycling to catch the train to go to work. Cllr Pat McCarthy said many people now cycle to Sallins Station and a cycle lane would be of benefit to them. |
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Millennium fountain gift switched onNEWBRIDGE, 2 May 2000: by Brian Byrne. A new fountain for the Strand park in Newbridge was switched on at the weekend, a Millennium gift from local businessman Oliver Murphy and his wife Frances (above) to the town. The fountain was started up by the chairman of the town commission, Cllr John ONeill. |
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