While any investment in secondary school infrastructure in South Kildare is to be welcomed, this is a bitter sweet announcement for the Curragh PPS. The school has educated generations of teenagers and soldiers in the Camp for almost 90 years and the 7km move to Kildare Town will greatly inconvenience a number of ...
Great to get further confirmation from the Department of Education and Skills today for three South Kildare school extension projects including St. Marks Special School Newbridge, Patrician Post Primary School Newbridge and Cross & Passion Kilcullen. St. Mark's Special School, Newbridge - 14 classrooms - ...
Great to see further progress on the new Coláiste Íosagáin school in Portarlington being confirmed. The project is certainly building up a head of steam now. It can’t come soon enough as a new school is desperately needed in our rapidly growing town. This is a critical piece of infrastructure for the entire area and ...
Delighted to welcome the funding announced today for Portarlington, Monasterevin & Kilcullen for the following outdoor adventure projects. Looking forward to seeing the positive difference the funding will make in our communities! Derryounce Lakes and Trails Development Plan and Technical Designs - ...
It's been another busy week in Leinster house and around the Kildare South constituency! Here's some of the things myself and the team have been up to - Asked the Taoiseach to put a recognition package in place for frontline healthcare workers and volunteers who have been working tirelessly throughout the ...
In the Dáil this morning, I asked the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney to provide some clarity to the situation pertaining to employment contracts for enlisted personnel who joined after 1994. It is the most urgent, pressing and important matter in the Defence Forces at the moment. It is an issue of huge concern ...
I’m delighted to welcome the news that Kildare County Council (KCC) has purchased the Liffey Lodge building in Newbridge, showing significant commitment to community development in the town. The former Patrician Monastery site is in a great central location in the town and presents a huge opportunity for KCC to ...
Volunteered at the ONE medical clinic in Dublin for Defence Forces Veterans. Met with Chief Super Scanlon to increase the number of gardai in Portarlington and to have the station open for longer. Attended the Foreign Affairs & Defence committee to highlight the current situation in Belarus & ...
It was to be at the Irish National Stud recently for the launch of the Thoroughbred Country Destination Experience Development Plan. It is a wonderful tourism initiative to draw both domestic and international tourists to the area. Well done to Cathal Beale and everyone else involved. As Ireland is internationally ...
I really welcome the news recently that the Umeras Windfarm Project has not been granted permission to develop a windfarm near Monasterevin. I am very much in favour of the principle of wind energy as a clean, green alternative to fossil fuels. However, issues around ownership structures, community consent and basic ...
