Rezoning and Amenities in New Development Plan
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BUSINESS PRINTING THAT IS RIGHT UP EVERYONE'S STREET Le road to success may not run straight. So it's reassuring to know that, whatever new challenge is waiting around the comer, there's always Rezoning and Amenities one thing you can depend on. TheCardinal Press range of Business Printing in New Development Plan services. At The Cardinal Press we recognise that you Om'local councillors have put the final touc.;hes to the Draft Development Plan for Maynooth need services which exactly match the unique circum" and,fhe plan goes before a full meeting:df the Co. ~ouncil this Friday, February 26th. The main stances of your business. features of the plan include a proposal to rezone 238 aCI:es for hou~ing,.28 acres for sports fields, 10 ac;res fotj public park and 8 acres for a school and chtirch~ In addition, 100 acres ijas That's why we always offer tailOf"made assist" been zoned as Green Belt. The plan also includes provIsion for the building of a regional ring ance service and advice. road from Blacklion to the For exampIC, we'll put together a package of Straffan Road which is to be funded from development levies printing services to suit your individual business needs. Rapid Growth in Maynooth's Population to Continue arising from residential develop Helping you seize new opportunities as they arrive. And ment in that area. pointing out things you may not have considered, too. Significant Growth Planned Because we don't have a fixed tariff, you'll also All councillors appear to have find our charges very competitive. Just ask for a quote. agreed that Maynooth is set to All-in-all, The Cardinal.Press can help you. continue growing over the next ten '~, 'l ~)l~ ... : ..:lj·,"':""?\ .....-l \:-; i:: -""""'"-~ - ...... :- ':!:. years. A recent survey carried out --:~, -~\-- -"':.,. Because, when it comes to Printing Services, by Kildare Co. Council showed The Cardinal Press is simply streets ahead. Maynooth a<; having a population of 9,270. On this ba<;is the councillors were advised that additional land needed to be rezoned to accomodate the town's growth over the next 10 General Printing Newsletters years. The Draft Plan also seeks to Invoice~; Quality Wedding Stationery address the chronic shortage of NCR Sets Continuous Stationery amenity land in the town and the Statements Colour Copying GAA and Soccer clubs have ex Letterheads 1971 1986 1991 1996 2006 pressed satisfaction with the pro Office Stationery & FUJT1iture " 0-, Business Cards Typesetting (Laser &: IBM) posal to allocate them a total of 22 Tickets Laser Printing acres for playing pitches. Posters Book Restoration & Thesis Binding The 238 acres which have been rezoned residential means that there is sufficient land in the Maynooth area for the tow.nto grow to about 18,000 in the next len years. There are currently 116 acres zoned for housing from the 1985 Development Plan which.ar€~1mdeveloped, giving a total 354 acres.available for housing. Working with an a<;sumption of 7 houses per acre and 3.4 persons per house, t:qis gives;a THE CARDINAL PRESS (IRL.) LIMITED potential additional population of about 8,500. The councillors have differed orl'how.JP.Ych land needed' Dunboyne Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. to be rezoned. Cllrs. Brady and Griffen appear to favour more extensive rezoning tnan4e138 already rezoned while Cllr. Murphy did not support a number of rezonings which were subsequently passed. Telephone: 01 - 628 6695 • Fax: 01 - 628 6440 (Continued page 6) Contents MAYNOOTHNEWSLETTER EDITORIAL PUBLISHED BY MAYNOOTHCOMMUNITYCOUNCa The press have a funny way of blowing things out of proportion. For example, during the last three weeks there Editorial Board have been reports in the local press of invitations issued by Peter Connell the Community Council, the St. Patrick's Day Committee or Patricia Condron Councillor John McGinley to Orange Lodge Bands to play in Paul Mooney our annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. These reports emanated Seamus Callagy from a comment made during the February meeting of the Community Council Staff Community Council. They have, since then, spread far and Maeve McCullagh wide. They were mentioned in Sinn Fein's newspaper An Christy Kavanagh 481 The Crescent, Straffan Road, Phoblacht during the early weeks of February. Lisa Cassidy The opinions and statements expressed in the articles are those To set matters right and to correct any mistaken impressions Maynooth, Co. Kildare. of the contributors and not necessarily those of the Editorial - invitations were never issued to Orange Lodge Bands. Board. All material to be included in the next edition of the During the February meeting John McGinley stated that we Newsletter should hoped during this period of the ceasefrre, to get some bands Telephone: (01) 6290452 be addressed to:- from Northern Ireland to attend and play at our parade. John The Editor,Maynooth Newsletter, Town Centre Mall, said he hoped that bands from all sides of the sectarian Maynooth Te1.01-6285922 divide would attend. John, being a Donegal man, may have • PROFESSIONAL CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT. Maximum number of words 500 per article used the Northern terms - Nationalist and Orange - Copydate: Friday March 15th, before 5 p.m. however he never used the term Orange Lodge Bands. In the newspaper reports following this meeting it was stated that Contents Editorial 3 invitations had been issued to Orange Lodge Bands. Diary Dates 3 A simple mistake on the part of a reporter at the meeting but KINDER CRESCENT Letters to the Editor 4 I believe I have now read five or perhaps six newspaper Community Council Notes 6 articles based on this mistaken report. Even within our own Clubs, Organisations and Societies 10 Newsletter there is an article, in Party Political Notes, is a beautifully-equipped and professionally run Residents' Associations 26 repeating the content of these articles. It is not Editorial Features 28 Board Policy to censor Political Notes but they should be Nursery and Montessori School Crossword 41 based on fact. Thus I hope that the truth of the matter has Party Political Notes 52 now been outlined and it will rest here. Hobbies and Interests 55 &57 The St. Patrick's Day Committee are still hoping that there Sports 60 will be bands, representative of the two traditions in Our facilities include: Classifieds 61 Northern Ireland, present at our parade. Editorial Statement 62 • Montessori School - age 3 to 5 years - 9.30 a.m.-12 noon DIARY DATES • Hot Meals provided Wednesday, 6th March: in LC.A. Hall at 8.30 p.m. Tuesday 26th March at 8.00 p.m. in St. Mary's Church, Greenfield Residents' Association holding A.G.M. Parson St., Maynooth • Garden Play Area Thursday 7th March: M'Lady Kildare Competition at 8.30 Maynooth Orchestral Players holding a concert. p.m. in Glenroyal Hotel. Admission £3.00. Music: Mick Tickets - £3. Concession of £2 - children. • Free Montessori Tuition for children attending Nursery McGarry Available from Maynooth Bookshop and University Thursday 7th March and Sunday 10th March Bookshop. • Nursery open all year round from 7.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. Old People's Committee holding annual collection RUNNING CURRENTLY: • We cater for babies from 3 months to school-going age Tuesday 12th March: Meeting: Maynooth Women's Forum Students of the Christian Communications class in Kairos at 8.00 p.m. Venue: Maynooth Post Primary School. Communications Institute, at the Divine Word Hostel on • Qualified Experienced Staff Thursday 14th March: Maynooth Flower & Garden Club the Moyglare Road will be presenting a live magazine at 8.00 p.m. hosting a Gala demonstration by Michael Bower programme on CKR from March 8th which will run for a • Fully Insured in Parish Hall, Maynooth. week. They will be covering local issues and events so Sunday 17th March: Main Street. Maynooth, at 11.00 a.m. listen in. St. Patrick's Day Parade Leixlip Heritage Environment & Culture Project, Scoil For further information contact: Sunday 17th March: Maynooth Pitch in' Putt Mhuire, Green Lane, Leixlip. Re-opens from 2.00 p.m. Exhibition commemorating Irish Famine Sunday 24th March and Sunday 31st March from 10.00 a.m. daily. SHARON or YVONNE at North Kildare Club 10 a.m. - 12 noon FORTHCOMING EVENTS North Kildare Junior Tennis Club - holding 2 Open Days for Monday 29th April: M.A.D.E. holding a 10th Annual Party 5-17 year olds. in their centre 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. 3 Letters to the Editor LETTERS TO EDITOR Building Society & A Special Kind Of the GAA in the Moyglare area, three cinema, theatre space, art gallery, SPECIALISTS IN HOUSE SALES pitches for the soccer club halfway museum - or some general cultural Holiday between Maynooth and Celbridge and space. Perhaps the Castle might COONAN FINANCIAL SERVICES a seven-acre field which may become feature here. Short breaks and holidays are important available as a "park". for both children and parents, and even We need retail amenities - a more more important when a child in the family I would urge our County Councillors extensive mix of retail units, perhaps has a learning disability (mental to reconsider the definition of amenity. with some of the larger multiples in the ARE YOU CONSIDERING SELLING YOUR HOUSE? handicap). When I came to Maynooth in 1975, town centre. Maynooth's rural environment itself was a precious amenity. There were Break Away is a scheme which offers Transport amenities - has any quiet country roads; green fields, short breaks or holidays to children with thought been given to providing public o farms, there was fresh air, little traffic. a mental handicap. It involves "host transport for the thousands who will be This amenity has now been destroyed families" in the community taking a child located along the Moyglare and into their own home for a break.