The taking-in-charge process will be commencing for Wolstan Abbey in Celbidge. It will be advertised early in 2015 along with a number of Estates and this starts the statuary process to be taken-in-charge by Kildare County Council. Their will still be a section of the Estate under a management company. The taking-in-charge process should be completed withing three months after the Estate is advertised in the local media. Once completed K.C.C will be responsible for roads, footpaths, street lighting etc. while Irish Water will have responsibility for water and waste water services.

This is great news for all the Residents and the Residents Association which I have worked closely with for some time on this issue and other issues within the Estate. The other issues which I have worked with the Residents Association on and are now completed are the replacement of Street Light heads, resolving blockages in surface and fowl sewers and assisting in having signs erected within the Estate. I am working to deliver the Pedestrian Crossing in 2015 on the Hazelhatch Road close to Wolstan Abbey which will improve road safety for all. I want to thank the Residents and Residents Association for engaging with me on these issue and well done to the Wolstan Abbey R.A for their great work.

I am delighted as a member of the CBA sub-committee to have worked on delivering the Celbridge 2015 calendar. This is the third year we have done this project and it has been a great success. It promotes Celbridge by displaying a lovely image for each month while promoting all the local businesses which are members of the CBA.

It is sponsored by 12 local business’s and the photos are supplied by local photographers. The calendar is produced by Castletown Press. This is another community project and the feedback is brilliant from the public. Thanks to all involved and let us keep supporting local business.

I am delighted to be involved by sponsoring this excellent project for Celbridge. Selling the Celbridge Christmas Card is a great way of raising money for the Celbridge Tidy Towns. It provides local Residents with the option of sending a “lovely card” to a loved one at Christmas that may not be able to travel home.

This is the third year that we have done the Celbridge Christmas Card and it has been a great success. The money made is invested in local projects which can be seen by the local communities. I want to thank Breda for her hard work on this project and for making it the success it is.

The card can be bought in the Celbridge local shops for 1.00 euro each.

Thanks to you all for your support.

I am delighted to see the playground at Willowbrook in Celbridge getting the required investment from Kildare County Council. I have been working on this for some time in an effort to have the equipment repaired and replaced as required. The equipment is all now in place and operating correctly. The soft base has also been fully repaired with two benches in place so the adults can sit and watch while the children play.

The playground looks great and thanks to the Council for working with me on this issue which is so important for so many families. Thanks to Tony McCarthy the TUS worker for doing a great job on care-taking. Let’s continue working together in order to protect this investment.

I am delighted to announce that I have delivered the funding with Celbridge Tidy Towns for phase two of the Eircom under-grounding on Main Street in Celbridge. This will see the Eircom poles removed and the wires put under-ground from Remax down to the Post Office. This will make a very positive impact on the Street scape of Celbridge.

Phase one from the Castletown Gates to Remax which I secured the funding for a few months ago is completed and has made a very significant improvement to Celbridge Main Street which is acknowledged by all. I am already working on the final phase from the Post Office to the Grotto.

It is great to see a project now well on the way to been completed which has been in need of doing for over 30 years. I want to thank the Management and Staff of Kildare Co Council and Eircom for their assistance in delivering this project.

I was delighted to be at the launch and promotion of the Sharing Skills project in Celbridge Library. The arts and crafts are been organised by a great group of local people for the benefit of all  he Community. It is wonderful to see such talent on display and the sharing of this talent and skill with all the participants.

They are doing lovely projects on a weekly basis and it is great to see everyone involved. I will continue to assist them in their search for a premises and hope that they will be soon able to expand which means they can run this programme daily and include further activities.

Well done to all involved.

I was delighted to attend the Kildare Entrepreneur awards as Deputy Mayor and to make the presentations. Kildare has great talent and this competition organised by the local enterprise office allows this talent to be promoted and showcased. Their is a direct link with Entrepreneur’s and job creation which leads to foreign direct investment.

We must salute our Entrepreneur’s for their passion, vision and imagination and in Particular I want to Congratulate Celbridge man David Carey for being awarded Kildare Entrepreneur and I wish him all the best in the future.

The Gateway scheme will be starting in Celbridge in early November. There will be 10 people approx. participating for a two year programme. The work which will be carried out will be on projects which will assist the Tidy Towns and Residents Associations in their work. This scheme will play a very positive roll in further enhancing the great work been done in Celbridge while making a major contribution to the ascetics of the Village and surrounding area.

The Gateway scheme has been already piloted in Naas and the feed back is very positive from all involved in the scheme. I have worked with all in having this scheme rolled out in Celbridge and we hope it is a success for Celbridge. The scheme will be managed and implemented by K.C.C.

I am delighted to have been able to assist the Residents and general public in having the ramps replaced on the  access road through Hazelhatch Park and Simmonstown Manor in Celbridge. This road provides access to many estates, businesses and links the Ardclough and Hazelhatch roads.

We have had many improvements to our roads infrastructure recently in Celbridge and the surrounding area. I am committed to having further improvements carried out to our road and footpath network where necessary. I want to thank K.C.C area office for having this work carried out. This road is now a public road and will be in the charge of K.C.C.

Business Watch is being set up as a pilot project in Celbridge by the local Garda and the C.B.A.
This is an excellent initiative to assist and support all Celbridge Business’s in dealing with crime. The focus is all working together to prevent crime taking place which has a devastating impact.

There was an excellent presentation given to the Business’s by Inspector Paul Dolan on Business Watch which was organised by the C.B.A. Feedback from this event has been very positive indeed. Once all the application forms are completed and returned the C.B.A and the Garda will be launching this initiative for Celbridge.