Kilcoole Archives - Councillor Derek Mitchell

The footpath from Holywell Estate in Kilcoole needs completing to the village. The path outside Holywell is good but people must now walk in the busy and narrow Sea Road for a short section and it is dangerous. A condition of the Planning Permission was that €37,000 should be paid by the developer to the Council so they could complete the path. I have been asking the Council for a month whether this money was received and where is it now but can’t get an answer. This money must now…

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

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 have worked well. The landowner has generously agreed to donate an acre for this. This site has some archaeological issues which will take time to resolve. We are pushing the Council to work with the…

A site for a children’s playground is available on Sea Road and it is important to get this built in the near future. Footpaths to the station and GAA Club are also needed as well as community facilities.