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Kildare County Council ‘at a loss’ why funding denied for new Newbridge bridge
Regeneration: Officials waiting for feedback on application
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Kildare County Council is still waiting for official feedback from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on why a proposed new bridge for Newbridge failed to get funding under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF).
The council had submitted a comprehensive application to the URDF on behalf of the Southern Relief Road project which incorporates second bridge over the Liffey and a one kilometre section of road between the Athgarvan Road and Great Connell Road.
Kildare Gardaí back plan to put ‘crime cash’ into locality
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Top ranking gardaí in the Kildare Garda Division have agreed to a motion to divert cash seized in local crime into services in the community.
The call was made at this week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting which was held online.
Committee member Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy called on the JPC to write to the Ministers for Justice, Finance and Public Expenditure to make provisions where money confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Legislation be redirected from central funds back into local community.
The Newbridge politician listed off areas that could benefit such as local addiction services, youth organisations and community initiatives to combat the effect of addiction in communities.
Kildare Gardaí back plan to have proceeds of crime cash invested in local community
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Top ranking gardaí in the Kildare Garda Division have agreed to a motion to divert cash seized in local crime into services in the community.
The call was made at this week’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting which was held online.
Committee member Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy called on the JPC to write to the Ministers for Justice, Finance and Public
Expenditure to make provisions where money confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Legislation be redirected from central funds back into local community.
Price of council land in Athgarvan raised at meeting
Councillors agrees to sell plot of land for €100,000, although some propose second valuation
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A Kildare county councillor has questioned the sale for €100,000 of a key land site of less than an acre in Athgarvan.
At the Kildare County Council plenary meeting on November 30, while the council agreed to the recommendation to sell the land to Robert Doyle of Athgarvan, Cllr Fiona McLoughlin Healy argued its price could have been much higher and questioned the valuation process.
She said that if a private developer owned the land, the price would not be so low. She also said a number of different valuations should have been obtained.