A message from the mayor of CelbridgeCELBRIDGE, 17 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. Allow me bring you up to date on forthcoming events in Celbridge/Straffen for Christmas 2000. The highlight of our year once again is the Annual Black & White Ball. This takes place on November 24th at Setanta House Hotel This function is run annually for Care for Aged of our Parish and I can assure you, the proceeds will be put to good cause. Kate P Walsh, Mayor of Celbridge. |
Graduation ceremony for Kildare's women entrepreneursNAAS, 17 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. 15 Kildare women entrepreneurs graduated from the National College of Ireland this morning at the college graduation ceremony in the RDS in Dublin. The conferral by the President of the College, Professor Joyce OConnor, saw each graduate conferred with a certificate in small business management. |
WWI memorial plaque replaced on Scout DenNAAS, 17 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. A plaque commemorating two Kildare men who died in the First World War was replaced in its original location in the refurbished Naas Scout Den on the 82nd anniversary of Armistice Day, Saturday, 11November, at 11.11am. The hall was built by the British Legion in 1926 and a plaque was erected to the memory of Major AS Weldon from Kilmaroncy House near Athy. He joined the North Staffordshire Regiment and was killed on 25 March 1917. Lieutenant OM Crowshaw was born in Hill House on the Tipper Road in Naas, just a few hundred yards from the present hall. He was a member of the 19th Hussar Regiment and was killed in action on 17 September 1917. Pictured above are some of the team of scout leaders, involved in a clean up of the Workhouse Cemetery. |
Funding provided for 140 more social housesKILDARE GENERAL, 16 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. Government funding has been provided for 140 additional social housing units for the Kildare area for the period 2001-2003. The houses would be split between Kildare County Council (110 units), Athy UDC (10), Naas UDC (20). |
Plans to recycle business waste in NaasNAAS, 16 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. A recycling company, RecycleNet, is working with Naas Chamber of commerce and Industry to assess the potential for the recovery and recycling of materials from the waste generated at trade premises in the town. |
Leixlip's war dead rememberedLEIXLIP, 14 November 2000: by Brian Byrne. Leixlip Town Commission held a special Millennium event for Remembrance Sunday. Commission chairperson Cllr Catherine Murphy (right) unveiled a plaque with the names of local people who died in the two World Wars and with the name of a member of the Defence Forces who died in the Belgian Congo in 1960. |
Tuckmill annual exhibition brings large crowdNAAS, 14 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. Art lovers packed the exhibition room in Lawlors Hotel on Friday night for the official opening of Tuckmill Gallerys annual exhibition of fine art in Naas. She told how some 19 years ago, Martina had had the foresight and good fortune to realise the need for such an art exhibition in Naas and has since given groups of artists an even more wonderful chance to show their pieces of work both at her exhibitions and in her Gallery. Paintings of Naas shopfronts by Sean Curran proved extremely popular. These included Fletchers, Lawlors and Gogartys.
Below left - Renowned artist June Brilly (Prosperous) with her painting entitled Coloured Horses. Below - Local businessman Hugh Magee from Blessington, with his wife Helen. |
KCC told by councillors: 'hands off Devoy'NAAS, 13 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. A number of Naas UDC councillors are adamant that Kildare County Council will not get away with plans to go halves with the UDC on the £7m cost of buying Devoy Barracks which would allow them to claim 50% of the houses for people from outside the town. The UDC couldnt have afforded the full £7 million purchase price, he said, agreeing with the suggestion that they were laying off half of the financial gamble by splitting the cost. ED: For background on this, see KNN's story last week revealing the implications of the 'deal'. |
Devoy: why split the cost and lose houses?NAAS, 13 November, 2000: OPINION by John Kavanagh. I have a difficulty in understanding why Naas UDC seems to say that it has to split the Devoy Barracks development and give half of it over to ED: Please note that views expressed under 'OPINION' on KNN are those of the writer concerned, and do not necessarily reflect the views of KNN or its proprietors. This facility is provided in the interests of free speech and public information and may be availed of either to make a point or respond to one. |
Wants 'fair deal' for former workersKILCOCK, 13 November 2000: by Brian Byrne. A call for fair treatment of former Kavanaghs Mill workers by creditors of the company has been made by Deputy Emmet Stagg. Around 40 workers still in employment when the provisional liquidator was appointed are only entitled to receive statutory redundancy as things stand at the moment. |
Fundraiser for Caragh Road clubNAAS, 13 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. Some 270 people attended a fundraising dinner in the marquee at Millennium Park on Friday night in aid of the Caragh Road Sports Centre. The huge marquee was earlier used for the official launch of Phase One of the Millennium Park business campus. |
Millennium Park launched by ministerNAAS, 10 November 2000: by Trish Whelan. More than 300 people attended the official launch of Phase One of the Millennium Park business campus at Osberstown, Naas, yesterday. When completed, the 200-acre business park will comprise more than 2.5m square feet of third-generation office accommodation with a capital value of IR£350m, offering thousands of jobs to the local community. Mr Conlan said the Park offers an unparalleled chance for companies and their workforces to enjoy a truly unique business location and the development will bring huge opportunities to the catchment area. It will also provide a huge rates base for Naas Urban District Council. Mr Conlan added that management is proud to have played a part in establishing a site for two new schools. Above: an architect's model of the completed park.
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