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First MD Council meeting today at Áras Cill Dara. Issues I raised at today’s meeting: Speed ramps on the Moyglare Road, Maynooth Update as to when the push button pedestrian lights at Maynooth Town Football Club will be energised. Removal of the trees in the Moyglare Village Estate, Maynooth along the adjoining wall with Maynooth…

Labour’s Cllr Angela Feeney has said that the release today of the NTA Heavy Rail Census for 2023 underlines the need for urgent delivery of DART+ to Maynooth and Celbridge Hazelhatch; and particularly emphasises the case for DART extension to Kilcock to be delivered alongside this. There has been a 14% increase in usage on the…

Labour Councillor, Angela Feeney has been an activist on the issue of childcare for many years now and has engaged with parents and providers to raise the issue at multiple levels within the Council and nationally, from both planning to community perspectives. Feeney says that the reality nowadays is that both parents need to work…

Cllr Feeney said that on Tuesday, 13th June,  Labour will join with opposition parties to call on the Minister for Local Government and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the necessary funding to sustain retained fire services now and into the future.  Right now, retained firefighters must be on call 24 hours a day for a minimum…

Speaking, following the publication by the Big Start Campaign of the SIPTU Early Years Staffing Survey, Kildare North Labour Councillor, Angela Feeney has called for increased investment in the sector, and for the introduction of a universal, childcare system to support children and parents. Cllr Feeney said that while there has been welcome progress in…

Labour Councillor Angela Feeney Highlights What Commuters in Kildare pay in clamping charges at rail stations and calls for change to payment rules ____________________________________________________________________  Labour Councillor, Angela Feeney, said the payment rules must change for commuters who are clamped at train stations.  During a cost of living crisis, people should not have to pay on the spot…

Labour demands pay increases for care workers  Labour Councillor, Angela Feeney, said it’s time that workers in the community and voluntary sector get equal pay for an equal day’s work. Cllr Feeney said Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have shirked their responsibilities to care workers for too long, outlining the many vital services that these workers provide.…

Angela made the following representations to Go-Ahead and the NTA relating to the 139 bus service “On foot of so many requests from residents in North Kildare, as their public representative, I write to urge you to review the current 139 bus service.  It is great to see the uptake on this route but many…