Local Issues

The Swords Woodland Association is a group of like minded volunteers promoting the preservation and development of woodlands in  Fingal and Swords The association is presently embarking on an educational initiative to educate local schoolchildren on the importance and the benefits of becoming involved in growing native trees. New members and Volunteers are welcome, just […]

Pub Quiz 2017 Swords Tidy Towns is holding their annual Fund Raising Table Quiz Night in the Boro Pub Main St Swords on Thursday the 14th September. Kick off is at 8pm sharp, price per head is 10e, arrive early if you want to snap up the best seats. As you are aware Swords Tidy

As part of the Creative Fingal Programme, Fingal County Council will support individuals and groups to develop initiatives that support culture and creativity in the community. The scheme is open for applications from June 2017 with €20,000 made available in the current year to fund this partnership approach spanning the county. click on the following

I put forward a motion on the 13th of April at the local area B meeting, the rationale of my motion was to highlight a number of issues that are detrimental to how people perceive our town, the motion asked the council to facilitate the coming together of various local swords business’s and voluntary groups 

Since my election in 2014 I have continued to press the economic development department to ensure that males over 55 years of age are provided with employment opportunities. see the following excerpt from the paper “This paper analyses the employment landscape and access to services in |Fingal for males over 55 and provide an analysis

The council has embarked on the Fingal Libraries Development Plan 2017 to 2021,   The council say this is  a great opportunity for the council to make a public statement about the development of libraries in the county over the next five years If you wish to make your views known about how you would like to

Creative Ireland Programme a Govenment Initiative. I was delighted to read about the Govenment initiative and I believe that Fingal County Council and the artistic community in Fingal are well placed to benefit by this initiative, this initiative will provide great opportunities for people involved the Arts Heritage and Culture section of our community.. We

The special works program for 2017 was announced at the local area meeting in February,the allocation of €2,503,000 was welcomed, it was agreed by all Councillor’s to be a fair distribution of available resources. I was particularly happy that a number of  projects that I have been pursuing  were included in the works program, such

Below is a motion put forward to rezone the lands Knocksedan for residential development. Motion: CVQ3911. AI029061 That the land outlined on the attached map be zoned RA to provide for new residential community in accordance with approved LAP and subject to the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure in the new plan.

The operation transformation park run was opened by the Mayor Darragh Butler and was attended by councillor Duncan Smith and Myself. I was delighted to take part in the operation transformation that took place in the park at Rivervalley, A large number of residents of all ages participate. Well done to the organisers and especially