• Delgany By-Pass

    This short stretch of road will join Delgany Wood to Convent Road and will cut down traffic in Delgany village. It has been planned for 25 years and forms a vital link in the road layout. The Council is short of money and in September it was doubtful that it would go ahead. I felt […]

  • State payment for Crèche Provision being set too low. It won’t work.

    A State scheme for crèche provision is being introduced and conditions are being discussed. The State is intending to pay €64.50 per week for 38 weeks per year. A charge of €80 per week is normal at present as crèches have major overheads and legal obligations to comply with. Apparently parents will not be allowed […]

  • Row over Council fencing Rugby Club Land

    Greystones Rugby Club is annoyed that the Council has fenced off a piece of land used by the Club. I raised this at the Town Council and The Town Manager, Sean Quirke, stated that the Council owned the land as it was not part of the land leased to the club 5 or more years […]

  • Charlesland Developer must provide Missing Traffic Calming and Playground

    The Planning Permission drawings for Charlesland in Greystones contained 6 traffic calming measures, 2 Zebra Crossings and 2 Traffic Signal crossings all on the Spine road none of which has been provided. They also show a children’s playground which has not been provided.

  • Ratepayers to subsidise Government Deficit

    8th April, 2009 Mark Felton, President Greystones Chamber of Commerce. Dear Mark, Ratepayers to subsidise Government Deficit The Government has instructed Local Authorities to hand back all the pension levy to the Government. This will increase rates next year. In my view the savings, in proportion to the amount of wages paid by rates, should […]

  • Potholes to get Worse, Bureaucracy gets worse, Government Cuts some Road Schemes

    Earlier in the year the Government withdrew funding for approved road schemes and it has just restored funding for some of them.

  • Pedestrians at Risk

      Recent works on the R762 close to Delgany National school have narrowed the footpath and made it less safe for walkers especially children walking to school. The path lacks an edge and it merges into the narrow road. The third stage of the Delgany Traffic Calming works is to deal with this and I […]

  • Other Kilcoole Facilities

    We will be pressing for a proper Health/Medical Centre, Library, Garda sub Station and for playing pitches on Lott Lane.

  • Kilcoole Marsh SAC and Walk to Wicklow Town or Greystones

    The marshes are a very special area and we want them preserved and support Birdwatch Ireland’s plans for the area. We want the walk to Wicklow Town improved and made safer before it can be used more people. We are trying to work with Irish Rail and the National Parks Service to produce a plan […]

  • Kilcoole, The Future Blueprint

    The Kilcoole Plan was recently finalized and I intend to press to ensure that proper facilities are provided: Children’s Playground I worked hard to ensure that the Plan provided for a Children’s Playground and small Public Park on Sea Road/LottLane. We were very involved in getting the playgrounds in Greystones and Newcastle. Both of these […]