• Greystones again loses out on Council’s yearly budget

    I  have analysed how Greystones Budget compares based on the spend per person from the 2016 Census.  As before we are much the lowest spend. Arklow & West have over twice as much spent. This year Greystones funding is 63% below the average having been 51% below the last 2 years. The population is expanding […]

  • Mitchell welcomes windfarm survey vessels to Greystones

    Mitchell welcomes windfarm survey vessels to Greystones. Cathaoirleach of Greystones Municipal District Derek Mitchell welcoming the skipper and engineer of The Fastnet Pelican to Greystones Harbour. They have been surveying cable routes to shore for the Codling Windfarm for the last 6 weeks. This information will form the basis of the licence application for the […]

  • Mitchell does not want to delay Greystones/Kilcoole Development Plan

    There is a move to delay finalising the County Development Plan because of lack of zoned land in some villages. The Greystones Plan will take 2 further years to prepare, after the County Plan is finalised, and was out of date in 2019. ‘They are building everywhere in Greystones and a plan for infrastructure to […]

  • Codling and other Windfarms off Greystones Area

    This is a huge project, the largest power station in Ireland. It is important that the benefits come to those areas which will have to look at it. It will degrade the view a bit but saves a lot of Carbon, an important objective. Benefits will mostly go to the areas where the maintenance boats […]

  • Greystones Cove subsidence repairs

    The road & retaining wall above Cove Beach Greystones has been subsiding for some time due to rougher waves and rain. Cracks have deepened in the wall. The Government has allocated €70,000 for works to stabilise this cliff face in the town centre. Link: https://www.greystonesguide.ie/the-crack-was-e70000/ Cllr. Derek Mitchell,Cathaoirleach Greystones Municipal District.

  • Cairn, lack of Social Facilities

    Over 1,000 houses are currently being built in Greystones, mostly by Cairn. I am concerned that the specified Social facilities are not being provided or are substandard. These include Community Centres, Enterprise Centres, sports pitches, parks. As Cathaoirleach of the Municipal District I asked the Chief Executive of Wicklow County Council for details a month […]

  • Mitchell pleased Greystones finally gets EV Charge Points

    An objective of my year as Cathaoirleach of Greystones Municipal District was to get some Electric Vehicle charging points in the area. It was unusual as there were none. Pleased that a pair has now been installed in Tesco and at the harbour. The Council has agreed to install some in Shoreline Leisure car park […]

  • Mitchell asks Codling Windfarm for Interpretive Centre

    The Codling Windfarm promoters met with Greystones Councillors and described the exciting project. The largest windfarm in Ireland it will save a lot of carbon by replacing thermal power plants. They plan for 140 large wind turbines on the Codling Bank, which is 13km off shore.  They hope to construct it in 2025/6 following getting […]

  • Greystones Harbour, Town & Codling Windfarm.

    Codling will be the largest windfarm in Ireland with twice the power of Moneypoint, the largest thermal station. It will be very visible from the coast from Greystones to Newcastle & Wicklow Town. It is essential that the area is made feel connected and involved with the project via jobs, information, tourism, boat movements & […]

  • Glenveagh sells 100 Marina Apartments to German fund

    The Irish Times reports that about 100 apartments have been sold to a German Fund. Cllr Fortune seems very concerned about this but it is the plan from 15 years ago that these were to be built and sold to pay for the social infrastructure which has been built. The apartments have been rented out […]