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Tragedy 'could happen' at dangerous junction in Newbridge NEWBRIDGE, 8 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. Motorists who travel at Carroll’s Cross near Newbridge College are ‘playing Russian Roulette’ according to a local representative who says he’s getting an average of two calls a day from people concerned about the situation. Cmmr Pat Black (above) is to bring forward a motion at the next meeting of the Town Commission, asking that a mini-roundabout be installed at the corner, to try and slow down the greatly increased traffic from the Caragh direction meeting traffic coming out of the College Farm, College Orchard and Mount Carmel estates. More than 1,000 houses have been built in the area in the last few years, and drivers trying to get out onto the main road are taking their lives in their hands,” he says. “And it is extremely dangerous for traffic turning right from the Caragh direction, trying to head for Sarsfields on what is a very blind corner.” He congratulated Kildare County Council for putting up a much-needed main road direction indicator sign, but noted that it now increased some of the danger because it obscured the view of drivers coming from Newbridge and turning into the access road for the estates and the Sarsfields Club. “Something will have to be done quickly before there’s a real tragedy,” he warned, noting that so far the accidents there had, fortunately, been of a ‘fender-bender’ nature. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75. Check out the weather here

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Inaction on travellers raises hackles in St Gabriel's Place NAAS, 8 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. Residents of St Gabriel’s Place in Naas say they have ‘lost all semblance of respect’ for the elected members of Naas UDC, because of inaction over the arrival of a group of travellers on the Pairc Na nOg play area. The travellers set up on the site a week ago but as yet the residents claim there seems to have been no effort to move them. “These people are well-heeled and one Hi-Ace openly advertises ‘Nationwide Cobblelock Services’,” the local residents association note in a letter of complaint to the UDC. “They seem to be prepared to stay for an indefinite period. Their electricity generator drones on throughout the night and we have not had a decent night’s sleep since their arrival.” The association also says that ‘gardai are conspicuous by their absence’, and asks why has a court order not been served on the travellers, who now have eight mobile homes on the site. “When we spoke in the Council Chamber as part of a deputation we were given a categorical assurance that a court order would be served and that it was not the intention to change the status of the area to a halting site. In addition they promised to fence off the perimeter until such time as remedial works are carried out. Nothing in this regard has occurred - in fact, quite the opposite.” The residents suggest they are regarded as a ‘docile populace’ who will ‘have to put up while the council dithers’. Nobody was available at Naas this afternoon to comment on the situation.

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Row brewing over railway's closure of long-standing short cut NEWBRIDGE, 7 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. An access route to Newbridge Station which has been used ‘for generations’ is now facing imminent closure by Iarnroid Eireann. The route is a walk from Sex’s Bridge to the station, and was the main pedestrian access route to the station for commuters from the Barrettstown Road, Mount Carmel, College Orchard and College Farm areas of the town. Pictured coming off the path are regular users Zoe Fletcher of the Oaks, Nicola Geraghty of Oakfield, and Stephanie Lakes of the Maples. “I use it to visit my aunt,” says Stephanie, who will have to make a long detour if the access is closed. The blockage is part of the fencing programme by the company in its extension to the car park at the station as a result of demand from an increasing number of commuters. The pallisade fencing is so thorough that pedestrians have no option but to take a circuitous route via College Park and in many cases resort to cars. Irish Rail district manager Noel McKenna is responsible for the station and, according to his deputy, for this decision. Local people are calling on their public representatives to have access to the path retained. “It is being closed without any consultation,” says Brian Keyes of College Orchard. “We need an immediate campaign from local people if we’re not going to lose this facility - they can contact Noel McKenna on 01 7032710.”

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Great turnout for animals open day KILDARE, 7 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. There was a large turnout for the second Open Day organised by the Kildare Animal Foundation on Sunday. Crowds of parents and children camed and went all day from opening time of 11.30 through to late afternoon. “It has been very sucessful, and very important for our fundraising,” said Geraldine O’Hanlon, who set up the foundation to cater for the growing numbers of animals who are abused and discarded in the region. With the help of its ambulance service manager Paul Dempsey, the foundation dealt with almost 700 cases between December 1998 and July 1999. Animals and birds aided included dogs, cats, swans, cattle, horses and sheep, as well as a number of species of wildlife. The Open Day included pony rides, and sales of work, clothing and electric appliances, and there was a strong information aspect to the event and opportunity to join as a friend of the foundation. The day was supported by a large number of local sponsors. The foundation now has its own website at www.iol.ie/~kaf/

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Landowners to be asked for canalside proposals NAAS, 6 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. The 90-metre 'development exclusion' corridors on either side of the canal which had been a controversial point in the formation of the Naas Development Plan brought further exchanges at the recent meeting of Naas UDC. In discussion on a proposal by chairman Seamie Moore that owners of land along the canal be approached to give proposals for the 'environmental development' of the corridors, Cllr Pat McCarthy said the corridors were 'totally inadequate'. He was supported by Cllr Mary Glennon, and for a time there was a rehearsal of the arguments which had preceded the adoption of the plan last April. Cllr McCarthy said he couldn't vote for the proposal as this would in some way say that he was 'supporting' the 90-metre corridors. Cllr Glennon said that it was not right that the landowners should be asked to give proposals. "Surely it is what the people of the town want is important?" she said, and was supported by Cllr Anthony Egan, who said the council 'should dictate' what was to be done with the property. Cllr Moore said the corridors were in private ownership and the council was not in a position to 'force' the owners to do anything. "I am only suggesting we make approaches," he said. The motion was carried by five votes to four.

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Bridge widening proposal for Celbridge CELBRIDGE, 6 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. Funding is to be sought for the widening of the Liffey Bridge in Celbridge, the cost of which has been estimated at £500,000. The bridge currently carries 14,000 vehicles a day and the widening is an objective of the town's development plan. Design costs for the project are expected to total £80,000. A difficulty would be traffic management during construction, and local councillor Deputy Emmet Stagg has suggested that the project should be left until after the planned motorway interchange is opened. "However, it is important that the council progress matters now in relation to design and funding," he said. Meanwhile, £25,000 is to be provided to acquire land for car parking in Celbridge, following a meeting between local area councillors and council officials. This initiative is designed to defuse the standoff between the council over the traffic lights to be installed on the bridge. In discussions on the matter at the September monthly meeting of the full council, officials made it clear that if the lights were not installed, the council would lose 'on the double' because the money allocated for the project would revert to the Department of the Environment and the contractor would still have to be paid. A suggestion that the lights be installed but not switched on until other elements of the traffic management plan for the town were in place was rebuffed by Deputy Stagg, who said that the work included narrowing the road at the lights site and without their full operation there would be 'chaos'. Cllr Catherine Walsh (left) asked for time for the councillors to bring the matter back to the local people opposed to the lights.

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Flood survey for Cleevaun NAAS, 6 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. Naas UDC is conducting a survey to see what work needs to be done by owners of houses in Cleevaun to prevent further flooding problems in the area. This follows a proposal by Cllr Seamie Moore adopted at last week's adjourned September meeting of the UDC. Town clerk Declan Kirrane recalled how the council had provided the services alongside the land, which was later sold as sites to private builders. A number of connections made from these services had been done 'incorrectly' and this resulted in the problem. "We previously identified the houses which were causing the problem, but we could not give financial help for rectification because it was a private situation," he said, adding that a new survey was being carried out at the moment. Cllr Willie Callaghan expressed concern on behalf of those householders who had fixed the connections to their own houses, but who were still suffering because others hadn't dealt with the problem.

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Flemings visit Naas to see how Irish local authority operates NAAS, 5 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. A delegation from the town of Jabbeke in Belgium paid a visit to Naas last weekend to see how a local authority similar to their own worked in Ireland. They comprised the Town Council of Jabekke, which is near Bruges, and the area’s Social Welfare Council. They were led by the mayor of Jabekke, Roland Verleye, and the deputy mayor Erik Ghebraert, (above with Naas UDC chairman Seamie Moore) as well as their equivalent to a town clerk, Gabriel Acke. Following a lunch in the Manor Inn there was an informal meeting with members of Naas UDC in the Town Hall, during which chairman Seamie Moore gave a brief history of Naas and town clerk Declan Kirrane outlined the responsibilities of the elected members and officials of the UDC. Cllr Pat O’Reilly, in his capacity as chairman of the Naas Twinning Committee, provided an insight into the relationship of Kildare’s county town with other towns in Europe. Jabbeke is part of the Flemish District of Belgium in the province of West Flanders. It has a local annual budget of 10m Euros, half of which is raised from local taxes, and from which which it manages all the normal local authority responsibilities, including policing and public safety. Local councils in Belgium have also recently been given responsibility for town planning. Following the meeting, the visitors were escorted on a brief tour of Naas by members and officials of the UDC.

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News media have 'important' role in political process - Dukes KILDARE SOUTH, 5 October 1999: by Bill Trapman. The news media have a ‘clear and important’ role to play in the process of politics, Kildare South FG deputy Alan Dukes (left) said at the weekend. In an address to the John Keegan-James Fintan Lalor Weekend in Portlaoise he noted that the media provides a platform where politicians can be asked no only to give their opinions, but to justify them. A regular contributor himself to newspapers and broadcast organisations, Deputy Dukes suggested that both politicians and the community ‘are well served’ by the communications media in Ireland, even if he shares the view of colleagues that not enough coverage of the debates and activities of the Oireachtas are presented. “Rising above my natural prejudice, however, I can understand the space and time constraints faced by the print media and by the broadcast media, which feel obliged to give comprehensive coverage to ALL of the events that affect us. I believe also that our media provide a good variety of fora in which debate and analysis can take place.” But he warned that competition for space and air time can tend to reward hyperbole, to the detriment of rational analysis and debate, and that time and space constraints put a premium on a good ‘soundbite. “Soundbites are clever, pungent, to the point and sometimes memorable,” he said. “Our current Tanaiste (Mary Harney TD, pictured above right) once told me in the Dail (she was then in Opposition): "If it can't be said in a soundbite, it's not worth saying". Subsequently, during the course of the l997 General Election, one of her soundbites jumped up and bit her. There is surely a lesson there.”

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Kildare women to speak on business experiences KILDARE GENERAL, 5 October 1999: by Trish Whelan. An Enterprising Women's Evening and Showcase will be held by the Kildare branch of the Network Ireland women in business organisation in The Red House Inn, Newbridge on the evening of Tuesday 26th October 1999. During the evening a number of members will talk about their businesses and business experiences, and both members and non-members will be able to take a stand at event to promote/showcase their companies/businesses. Meanwhile, a number of Kildare branch members will be attending the Network Ireland's National Conference which takes place on 15-17 October in County Waterford. Further information on both events from Paula Hynes (left) at 045-877107.

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Proposal mooted for pedestrian lights in Celbridge CELBRIDGE, 5 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. A proposal to provide pedestrian-controlled lights on the Clane Road in Celbridge could provide safe crossing for residents and pupils of St Raphael’s, Oakleigh and Grattan Court. The suggestion has been tabled as a motion by Deputy Emmet Stagg for consideration by the Celbridge Area Committee of Kildare County Council. He estimates that the facility would cost £10,000. Deputy Stagg has also asked that the matter of providing a footpath from St Raphael’s to the Grotto be reexamined by the council, which has already said that this would cost £125,000 because of the necessity to remove an existing wall.

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999 service being 'abused' by drunks, pubs KILDARE GENERAL, 4 October 1999: by Bill Trapman. The vast majority of calls to 999 after midnight in County Kildare are from people who have injured themselves in pubs because they were drunk. That's a shock claim by a member of the EHB emergency unit (its base pictured above) who says that such callers - or the pubs who make the calls on their behalf - should be charged for such callouts. "Once it's a 999 call, we can't refuse to attend it," says the KNN informant who asked to remain anonymous for reasons of job security. "But there is major abuse of the 999 system at the moment and it is creating serious problems for the ambulance service in County Kildare, which is already overstretched." In fact, Kildare-based ambulance drivers are regularly instructed to use a 'protection' procedure to bring casualties directly to Dublin hospitals because Naas General Hospital doesn't have enough capacity to deal with the many emergency cases. This procedure is invoked when Naas casualty (pictured below) believes it is being 'overloaded', often because of the above-mentioned 'pub cases'. "We've been instructed to bring them to Tallaght, Beaumont, or Connelly Memorial because of the 110 or so beds in Naas, less than a dozen are available for casualty at any given time," KNN's source said. "In practice we bring cases that we believe need immediate attention to Naas first anyway, because from there they can be transferred to Dublin facilities after emergency treatment ... but it just shows the inadequacy of services in our Kildare and West Wicklow area, where we can have to deal with a total catchment area size of up to 300,000 people."

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Wheelie bin hardship situation not a serious as perceived? NAAS, 4 October 1999: by Brian Byrne. A perceived problem of pensioners and widows not being able to afford the cost of the wheelie bin refuse service didn't really stand up, Naas councillors were told at last week's adjourned September meeting of the UDC. The issue had been raised by Cllr Mary Glennon, who asked that 'all avenues be explored' to alleviate hardship 'anticipated' by the end of the waiver system which had been included in the negotiations for the privatisation of the service. Town clerk Declan Kirranne said that there were 400 people in receipt of waivers when the scheme was handed over to a private operator in 1997. But now that the two-year waiver period had ended, there 'hadn't been a dozen calls' to the Town Hall from people concerned about having to pay in future. But Cllr Glennon said it was a 'sad and sorry situation' for several people, many of whom wouldn't fill a wheelie bin in a week. She suggested a paid-for bag system that could be provided to those in need. Cllr Pat McCarthy suggested that the whole matter of the privatisation might be 'looked at again' but Declan Kirrane said it had been 'the best decision ever made' by the council of the time. Town manager Terry O Niadh pointed out that there 'was no basis in law' by which the council could subsidise a private service, but he asked that councillors give details to him of hardship cases and he and the town clerk would bring them to the attention of the service provider. Declan Kirrane said there was only one thing sure about the refuse situation and that was that costs were going to continue to rise, and the consumer would have to pay. "The principle of 'polluter pays' has now been well established," he said, and added that he 'didn't accept' that there were people who couldn't afford 50p a week for refuse disposal. The matter prompted further discussion on the imminent requirement that refuse will have to be separated for recycling, and that this would also lead to further increased costs.

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Sewage in the streets as planning problems come home to roost CLANE, 4 October 1999: Dear Editor, Following the heavy rainfall at the end of last month, serious flooding occurred in the Clane housing estates of Liffey Lawns and Loughbollard on Monday evening 29th September. In the former estate water came up to floor board level in approximately 6 houses, while in Loughbollard, and also on the Ballinagappa Road, the drains were unable to cope, and sewage manhole covers became detached. Raw sewage came up to street level at both locations. Young children, unaware of the health hazard created, were splashing about in the floodwater. The Fire Brigade was eventually summoned to pump the effluent away and did so into a drain feeding directly into the River Liffey. The rainfall was not exceptional and yet the flood was perhaps the worst experienced in Loughbollard for approximately 15 years. Why is this so? The answer of course is partly rooted in the overloading of drainage and waste water facilities by injudicious building schemes in Clane over recent years. On several occasions, planning files attached to proposed applications for new housing estates in the Clane area have contained recommendations for refusal by sanitary engineers because of limited capacity in the sewage system. Despite this several new estates have been built and connnected onto the Loughbollard line which then feeds into a larger drainage pipe along the Ballinagappa road. Though against normal regulations, Loughbollard’s surface drainage also appears also routed through the waste water network, further adding to waste water discharge. Residents of at least one Kildare town now have raw sewage running in their streets because some of their councillors in the past supported grandiose but inappropriate rezoning schemes. Kildare Planning Alliance calls on Kildare County Council to conduct as a matter of priority an audit of present and planned waste water loading on the sewage facilities throughout the county. Pending this, it calls on the Council to issue warning notices to each household in the affected parts of the county informing them that in times of heavy rainfall a health hazard exists as a result of the Council’s inability to plan properly for sewage disposal. John Sweeney.

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Snake eyes in Byron Bay BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA, 4 October 1999: SPECIAL FEATURE SERIES by Susan Cunningham. All my life I have been told to stand tall. Walk with your head up, be proud of who you are. We all know the old story. So you can well imagine my surprise when the nice assistant at reception in The Arts Factory Hostel in Byron Bay, north NSW, told us to walk with our heads down. His reasoning was simple. Snakes. Yes, snakes. Big ones, little ones, harmless ones, venomous ones. It is not a myth. They are out there and one was in the grounds of our hostel. The Arts Factory is a hostel with a difference in a town where the words ‘chill out’ are first on everybody's lips. The accommodation ranges from your average bunk dorms to a tepee right as far as wagons on a lake. Our unusual guest was passing his time under one of the wagons. He was, we were told, a red belly black snake. Venomous, but not likely to attack. If we should be bitten, he told us to grab the snake by the tail and throw it as far away from the hotel as possible. They would then call us a cab to the local hospital. Relief we thought. No. This person didn't seem to realise that we came from a country where you would have to really taunt an animal to be attacked. The word snake rarely crops up in a conversation. In any case we spent nearly two weeks in the weirdly wonderfull town of Byron Bay. This was our last stop before heading into the Sunshine State of Queensland. This is where we are going to spend the greater part of our trip. This is where the rain forest meets the Great Barrier Reef. This is where they serve beer in small measures called pots because any larger quantity would just get too hot in the sun. This is also where the houses have no foundations - instead they stand on stilts and look as if a strong wind would blow them over. Apparently this is because most of the land is composed of sand. It is a state I know we are going to enjoy.

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