Greystones Archives - Councillor Derek Mitchell

North Beach Access Ramp to be restored in December

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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.

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Greystones DART Service badly managed

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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…

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Dutch group in Greystones advise on cycling facilities

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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’…

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N11 Bus Priority Scheme will create traffic jams

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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 it is much more extensive than initially appears. It involves closing the Enniskerry and Kilcroney turnoffs from the N11 to all traffic. I think this will divert a lot of traffic back into Bray and…

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Art Centre Campaign starts in Greystones

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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…

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Wicklow Council sells site to Coast Guard in Greystones

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The Council has agreed to sell the long prepared site and part of the slipway at Greystones Harbour. The site is sold to the Office of Public Works who will build the station. Minister Simon Harris has contacted the OPW in detail and they hope to be ready to go to tender this year. This station has been planned for many years and the slipway was built for the purpose15 years ago and it is long past time to finish it. When completed it will allow the Garda station to…

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Open meeting to set up a Creative Artistic Hub in Greystones-Delgany

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The town has grown rapidly and there is no centre for the Visual Arts. We are asking those who are interested in this and in trying to set one up to come to a meeting to start a campaign for one. There are many interested in the Visual Arts but a collective voice is needed to try to move it forward. We will hold a meeting at 7.30 pm on the 4th September in the Burnaby Lounge and would welcome all those interested. Mary Kelly                                         marykelly.kelly@gmail.com Michelle Owens                                 michellle@lucca.ie Cllr. Derek Mitchell   0872574969   dmitchell@wicklowcoco.ie

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Mitchell supports Council rejection of another development at Blacklion

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The Council refused Cairn permission for a 98 house development on part of a site at Blacklion, Greystones because the town is over the planned population for 2028. The developer has appealed this to Bord Pleanala. They have also applied for 586 houses on the whole site. I have submitted an observation to the Bord supporting the refusal. Recent figures released from the 2022 Census show Greystones-Delgany, at 22,009 people, to be even larger than earlier estimates. Together with houses sold since, being built and with planning permission the population…

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Mitchell and independent visual expert ask Codling wind farm to reduce impact

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I met the Codling Wind Farm staff with an independent Visual Expert to discuss the visual aspects of their turbines meeting the Dublin Array windfarm. The experts report showed that Greystones would have the worst visual impact of any place in Ireland. He agreed with my view that a large visual gap should be left between the 2 wind farms. The Codling is the least intrusive of the two because it is a bit further offshore. They agreed to consider carefully where the turbines are placed in relation to the…

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Cairn Appeal planning Refusal for 98 houses in Greystones

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The refusal was primarily because Greystones is over the population target for 2028 of 21,727. The April Census last year show the population is 22,009.  Since then at least 500 houses have been occupied and 500 are being built which will give a population of 24,500 next year, 10% over the target for 4 years ahead of that. Cairn also applied for 586 houses and apartments in Blacklion. This section being part of the larger site but no decision has been made by Bord Pleanala in the 18 months since…

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