) ) 1st Day.at School ~ . ~ ~PUZZLED? ~ about where to get your ,rJ -PRINTING REQUIREMENTS then look no further Contact THE CARDINAL PRESS (IRL.) LIMITED Dunboyne Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Telephone: 01 - 628 6695 • Fax: 01 - 628 6440 Editorial Statement Editorial ' MAYNOOTH NEWSLETTER A simple question. What has Kildare Co. Council got against PUBLISHED BY the north of the county? Apart from the motorways our road MAYNOOTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL system is in a deplorable state, there are few public sports facilities and no public swimming pool. The three main towns ~ Editorial Board in the area - Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth - now have a Peter Connell combined population of over 35,000 yet they seem to be the ~~J~~ Patricia Condron poor relation as far as Co. Council expenditure is concerned. );. ~ '-.I Willie Healy We all know that local authorities are not properly funded. In Community Council Staff fact the most significant cutback in public expenditure in the 481 The Crescent, Straffan Road, Maeve McCullagh last twenty years has been the cuts in finance being paid from Christy Kavanagh the central exchequer to local authorities. In Kildare this seems to be compounded by the fact that the north of the county The opinions and statements expressed in the articles are those does very badly when these limited funds are being allocated. Maynooth, Co. Kildare. of the contributors and not necessarily those of the Editorial As the fastest growing area of the county, with the densest Board. All material to be included in the next edition of the Newsletter should be addressed to:- population and the busiest roads you might expect that the Telephone: (01) 6290452 The Editor,Maynooth Newsletter, Town Centre Mall, reverse would be the case and that Leixlip - Ce\bridge - Maynooth TeI.OI-6285922 Maynooth would be receiving the bulk of the Co. Council's Maximum number of words 500 per article expenditure. COPYDATE: FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER BEFORE 5P.M. • I)ROFESSIONAL CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT • Just how bad the situation is has been highlighted in the La­ , . EDITORIAL STATEMENT bour Party notes in this issue. Kildare Co. Council, out of its The Maynooth Newsletter is published as a service to the total allocation of £850,000 for county roads in the county, people and organisations ofthe neighbourhood. It is an 'open has allocated £64,000 to the Celbridge Electoral Area cover­ access' publication and will generally carry any material sub­ ing Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth, Kilcock and Ardclough. KINDER CRESCENT mitted to it, subject to the law of the land and to editorial judge­ That's 7.5% for an area including a third of the population of ment. This judgement is exercised by the editorial committee the county. 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