Greystones Archives - Councillor Derek Mitchell

The access ramp to Greystones North Beach was washed away in recent storms. Sispar Limited, has said that repair works to the North Beach ramp are scheduled to commence on Monday, 04th December  and continue until Friday, 08th December.  It is envisaged that access will reopen on the evening of Friday, 08th December 2023. The attached aerial photograph shows the pedestrian diversions during the works.  Signage will be in place. ‘This is a much used place and I am pleased it is being restored quickly’ said Cllr Derek Mitchell.

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 left on the platform for 50 minutes expecting a train soon, many were families with babies and older people. This is very bad management of the customers: The DART controller should send another one down…

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 and looked at facilities at some schools and other parts of the town. I cycled around the town with them. The picture shows us inspecting the cycling lanes on the seafront by the ‘Seaside Bear’…

Over 40 people attended a meeting on Monday evening to start a campaign for an Arts Centre in Greystones. Almost all artists they want a centre for  Art & Artists. A campaign group was formed and more people are welcome to join the group. They should contact : Michelle Owens michellle@lucca.ie ‘Greystones has grown rapidly and as a larger town it needs a centre to encourage Art especially Visual art. Mary Kelly & I called the meeting and I hope this can progress . ’ said Cllr Derek Mitchell. Over 40…