• Wicklow Rail Fares reduced but service still poor

    Changes to the Rail Fares have reduced the cost to Wicklow Town commuters which is welcome. However the rail service is the worst in the Greater Dublin Area with only 2 trains at rush hour.  I produced a Plan 6 years ago to provide 3 longer trains at rush hour from Gorey as well as […]

  • Mitchell welcomes Council purchase of Enterprise Centre in Greystones

    The Council has purchased a building built for an Enterprise Centre in Hawkins Wood. It will now get it fitted out and open it later in 2024 with an emphasis on start up businesses. ‘I welcome this as Greystones has the least local employment of any town in Wicklow, we can’t all commute in the […]

  • Greystones DART cancellations to be reduced but Sunday service reduced

    The new train timetable, from the 10th December,  which has been promoted as having more trains has a 1.5 and a 2 hour gap between northbound DARTs on Sundays in the afternoon/evening. Visitors and residents expect a more frequent service. We should be trying to get people out of their cars by providing a good […]

  • Greystones DART cancellations to be reduced

    Irish Rail has eventually replied to me to say they will change the instructions to the DART Controllers so that when trains have to be cancelled they will consider the long interval between trains in Greystones and try not to cancel that service. This is a problem, especially at the weekend when the interval is […]

  • Greystones DART Service badly managed

    On Saturday, when there is an hourly Dart service, Irish Rail cancelled one and then the diesel train from Rosslare was delayed 25 minutes The electronic signs showed that there would be a train sooner. There was no announcement only the wrong electronic display. There were no staff in the station. About 150 passengers were […]

  • Dutch group in Greystones advise on cycling facilities

    A group from the Dutch Cycling Embassy visited Greystones with the Dutch Ambassador. They are experts at designing cycling facilities and keen to persuade other countries to cycle more like the Dutch do. They gave a talk in the Greystones Municipal rooms to some Councillors and some Council Engineers. Later on they cycled around Greystones […]

  • Concern at clearance of Charlesland Land

    This scale of site clearance is normally only done when construction starts with planning permission which follows a detailed landscape plan. This clearance also goes down to the Three Trout Stream through the riparian area in at least 1 place. The Council Chief Executive states it is for 75 houses, as was outlined 5 years […]

  • N11 Bus Priority Scheme will create traffic jams

    N11 Bus Priority Scheme will create traffic jams  Closing the Enniskerry and Kilcroney road connections to the N11 will produce traffic jams in Bray, Enniskerry and on the N11. The bus lane only scheme does not provide any place for the displaced traffic. The main scheme, which has been worked on for 5 years, provided […]

  • Mitchell demands Rail Strategy is revised to improve Wicklow Rail Service

    Mitchell demands Rail Strategy is revised to improve Wicklow Rail Service The draft All Island Rail Strategy ignored improvements needed to the Wicklow Rail Service. Cllr Derek Mitchell said ‘I have made a submission demanding improvements as the Wicklow Rail line has the worst service and is the only single track one in the Greater […]

  • N11 Bus Priority Scheme will create traffic jams

    The N11 Interim Bus Priority Scheme is open for Public Display on the web. This provides for bus lanes from Loughlinstown to Fassaroe on both sides and from the Glenview to Kilmacanoge, Northbound. Also a more complex Central Section from Fassaroe to Kilmacanoge on both sides of the road. A detailed look at it shows […]