Lucan's Children Will Be Educated in Lucan
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20th January 2020 Tallaght Stone Centre LUCAN’S CHILDREN WILL BE headstones crafted for all cemeteries Tel: (01) 462 6200 Fax: (01) 462 6209 EDUCATED IN LUCAN email: [email protected] web: tallaghtstonecentre.ie - “Griffeen Community College to remain on current site” - Upon news emerging Rachel and her team put together, to have that a solution has last week, Cllr. Emer are doing for the the school temporarily been found. Instead of Higgins had stated students there, in spite relocated to prefabs busing these children that Lucan’s children of their accommodation in the grounds of the to Kingswood, which should be educated in situation. There’s a Carline Centre while in my view was Lucan and not bused hundred and thirty- they wait for their never appropriate or to Kingswood to get to eight students in permanent school to be practical, children school. Her statement Griffeen Community built, the Department will continue to be came in response to College and they are made a unilateral accommodated on the the Department of operating out of the decision to bus the kids grounds of Kishogue Our Comprehensive Services Include: Education’s proposal top floor of Kishogue to Kingswood. This was Community College. ♦ headstones ♦ inscriptions ♦ renovations ♦ chippings to relocate Griffeen Community College. It’s not a viable or practical Community College to not good enough; and I solution explained Cllr. Prefabs will be installed ♦ re-lettering ♦ counter tops ♦ house names ♦ granite estate signs Kingswood until the wanted the Minister to Emer Higgins. on their site to cater school’s permanent site see that first-hand,” for five mainstream Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. is built. said Cllr. Emer Higgins. After a hugely stressful classrooms and classes week for the parents, will be time-tabled “I brought the Minister “Last week, things had children and staff of so that both schools for Education out to turned an even worse Griffeen Community will share access to Griffeen Community corner, and instead College a solution specialist classrooms VOTE NO. 1 College, in November, of going with the plan has been reached, such as science labs. to see for himself the which parents and the Higgins added “I’m Griffeen Community fantastic work that Bord of Management delighted to announce College students will not be bused outside of our community. “These children will, rightly, be able to go to school locally until their new building is provided in 2022. Well done to the parents, especially Mary, Trish and Andy, the fabulous principal Rachel and Bord of Management chaired Your Green Voice in by Liona O’Toole, the Department and ETB Clondalkin, Rathcoole, who I worked with to Saggart and Newcastle resolve this issue” Cllr. Higgins concluded. PETER SEE OUR EDUCATION KAVANAGH FEATURE ON People, Planet, Prosperity PAGES 22 - 27 peterkavanagh.ie DO YOU HAVE A QUERY WHICH RELATES TO: LITIGATION FAMILY LAW ● Personal Injury Claims / ● Divorce ● P.I.A.B. ● Judicial Seperation ● Debt Collection ● Seperation Agreements / ● Medical Negligence ● Maintenance Applications Ballyowen Castle, Ballyowen Shopping Centre, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Call 01 - 6105 185 or 01 6760 555 2 TALLAGHT DISAPPOINTS IN IBAL 2019 LITTER RANKINGS The final litter survey for on behalf of IBAL, made Village and Sean Walsh manufacturers to cover proper disposal”. NoButts. companies sharing a belief 2019 Irish Business Against the following comments Memorial Park.” Sweet the cost of cigarette butt ie is turning butts into that continued economic Litter (IBAL) has shown in relation to the Tallaght wrappers, chewing gum collection. cellulose acetate for re- prosperity - notably in the Tallaght has tumbled area; “After making big and cigarette butts remain “Alongside regulation, we use in sunglasses and areas of tourism, food and down the rankings. The strides over the last number the most common forms would like to see active other products. Set up in direct foreign investment past decade has brought of years in the League it was of litter. From 2021, an EU recycling of butts, which 1996, Irish Business Against - is contingent on a clean, a 13% reduction in litter disappointing to see two directive will force tobacco would encourage their Litter is an alliance of litter-free environment. levels in city centres, litter blackspots and one while litter in towns has seriously littered site take remained constant over the Tallaght down the rankings. 2,927 DRIVERS CLAMPED AT LUAS RED COW PARK & RIDE same period. “We’ve seen Investigation needed into to the difficulties people correct car registration payment. These machines the fruits of the greater Pedestrian Access to Luas Red Cow Park and were having with the ticket numbers but is accepting are not fit for purpose. attention given to keeping Cheeverstown Road, from Ride with approx. 10 cars machines the Red Cow Luas full payment. People are paying, and it is our city centres clean,” Kilmartin Drive has suffered clamped per day. Park & Ride and to find unfair to cause this fine and explains Conor Horgan of from prolonged and their cars clamped at the On return to their cars inconvenience because of IBAL, “to the point where serious abuse and neglect. John Curran T.D. has called end of their working day however a clamp has been faulty machines. The TII and they are now almost as Courthouse Square Car on Transport Infrastructure causing a huge cost and applied with the cost of Luas must come together clean as our towns. In Park wasn’t just casually Ireland to carry out an inconvenience. “People €80 for clamp removal. immediately to come up 2019, for the first time, littered but a variety of investigation into the ticket have complained that the “This is unfair, and people with a solution at Red Cow all were deemed clean.” items had been discarded, machines and payment machines appear to not be have reported to me that Park & Ride”, concluded “Unfortunately, the gap in including pallets and bags system at Luas Red Cow allowing them to input their they have shown proof of Deputy Curran. cleanliness between these of rubbish. However, half Park and Ride facility. neglected areas and the of the sites surveyed did Deputy Curran was speaking high-profile city centres get the top litter grade - after receiving figures from is not closing.” An Taisce, some worth noting were the the TII in relation to the Councillor Carly who conduct the surveys Tallaght Luas Stop, Tallaght number of drivers that have been clamped at the facility Published by: Newsgroup, Unit 3 Floor 2 St. Dominics Shopping Centre, St. Dominics Road, Tallaght, Dublin, D24 in the space of one year, he HK49. said; “From 1 January 2019 Bailey Titles: Tallaght News, Clondalkin News, Lucan News and to 3 November 2019, 2,927 Your General Election Candidate Rathcoole & Saggart News drivers were clamped at Distributed by: Local Post Co. Printed by: Meath Chronicle the facility. 1,218 drivers appealed and 525 of these Contact Details: Website www.newsgroup.ie Email: [email protected] drivers were successful in their appeal. Founder: John Russell Vote Advertising: Anthony Russell [email protected] Administration: Sarah Brooks [email protected] “I had received many calls to my constituency office NO.1 in Clondalkin in relation MENTION NEWSGROUP FOR A DISCOUNT 3 4 RIGHT TO REPLY FOR HELLFIRE CAMPAIGNERS Local Councillor Alan Edge in relation to the proposed ‘It’s a fallacy to think that without resorting to such a more detailed surveys and wildlife and expressed the has called for a right to reply Dublin Mountain Visitor you need a €15 million large-scale development. monitoring of biodiversity fervent hope that the right for the Save the Hellfire Centre had now been development in order to in the surrounding area. to reply would be given to campaigners after South received. enjoy the beauty of nature’, Following an oral hearing in them. Dublin Co Co confirmed that adding that improvements in 2018, the board found that The full contents of the ‘They have worked the additional information Stating his opposition to parking facilities and other the assessments carried new information have not tirelessly and in difficult sought by An Bord Pleanala the project, Cllr Edge said, amenities could be made out on behalf of Coillte yet been made available circumstances which and South Dublin County but Cllr Edge welcomed the included a gross misuse Council were inappropriate Council’s indication that of the powers of the in a number of respects. they would be published as Standards in Public Ó BROIN AND WARD WILL CONTEST TWO Specifically, they were soon as An Board Pleanala Office Commission’. He tasked to carry out a direct them to do so, supported calls from fellow SEATS IN DUBLIN MID WEST fuller survey of merlin, a hopefully by mid January. councillors from across the migratory bird; to provide political spectrum for a full The Dublin Mid West Sinn been an honour to represent campaign together to bring greater detail about the Cllr Edge praised the discussion of this issue in Féin election directorate the constituency of Dublin out the maximum Sinn Féin impact of increased visitor campaign mounted by Save the Chamber and a rethink has agreed that both Eoin Mid West for the last four vote and do everything in numbers on vegetation and the Hellfire born out of love of the drastic scale of the Ó Broin TD and Mark Ward years and to have been the our power to return two habitats and to prepare for the landscape and its proposal. TD will contest the Dublin party’s spokesperson on Sinn Féin TDs for Dublin Mid Mid West constituency for Housing, Planning and Local West. the part in the up-coming government in the Dáil.