TO: RESIDENTS OF LATCHFORD
AND CASTLEGRANGE
A brief note on some local issues from Cllr Michael O’Donovan
A chairde,
· Schooling issues
Fingal planners have granted full permission for the new Community College, Pobalscoil Setanta, and an adjoining Community Primary School. This will be a €20 million educational project, with €4 million extra coming from the Council for sports and community facilities. As chairperson of the Board of Management of the Community School, I am delighted that we have now signed the contract with Hegarty and Company and that funding is in place. I am also aware that a number of Latchford residents have expressed concerns about some aspect of the plan and the design. I am pleased that the Fingal planners have imposed over 25 Conditions which address many of the residents’ concerns. I am also happy that the VEC and their Architect are still meeting with residents to try to sort out the remaining problems.
· Management Companies
My thanks to all who signed the petition calling for the implementation of the Law Reform Commission report and the introduction of tough new laws to give control to residents. The Minister has received and acknowledged the petition, but has given no timescale for the new legislation. We will continue the fight on this issue at Dáil and local level.
· Greens, pitches, etc.
Work is continuing on the major open space to provide playing fields and a playground. I hope these facilities will be enhanced by the indoor and all-weather sports elements of the new schools. Tremendous voluntary work is being done in the community. It’s our job as public representatives to deliver the facilities.
We hope to open a new playground and car park at Beechpark estate, Clonsilla (just over the railway tracks) on or about May 20th. A new park has been opened at Waterville near Connolly Hospital (complete with a lake and a family of swans). At 55 acres, it’s a small park, but it links well with the paths along the Tolka Valley.
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087 2207798 or email michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Yours sincerely,
Cllr. Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor - Ongar/Clonsilla area
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Clonsilla Road One Way Restriction to be Discontinued
Fingal County Council has approved the opening of the controversial one way section of the Clonsilla Road near Coolmine to two-way traffic.
Commenting on the decision, Local Councillor, Michaell O’ Donovan said: “the public consultation showed that the majority of local people want this section of the road re-opened to two-way traffic. The present arrangement is the chief cause of the traffic congestion and delays we all experience on the Ongar/ Snugboro Road, particularly near Coolmine Community School. Now that the two-way system has been agreed in principle, with the support of the County Manager, I will be pressing for the work contract to be awarded immediately”
Commenting on the decision, Local Councillor, Michaell O’ Donovan said: “the public consultation showed that the majority of local people want this section of the road re-opened to two-way traffic. The present arrangement is the chief cause of the traffic congestion and delays we all experience on the Ongar/ Snugboro Road, particularly near Coolmine Community School. Now that the two-way system has been agreed in principle, with the support of the County Manager, I will be pressing for the work contract to be awarded immediately”
Information Circular to Residents of Ongar
A brief note on some local issues from Cllr Michael O’Donovan
A chairde,
· Schooling issues
Fingal planners have granted full permission for the new Community College, Pobalscoil Setanta, and an adjoining Community Primary School. This will be a €20 million educational project, with €4 million extra coming from the Council for sports and community facilities. As chairperson of the Board of Management of the Community School, I’m delighted that we have now signed the contract with Hegarty and Company and that funding is in place.
· Management Companies
My thanks to all who signed the petition calling for the implementation of the Law Reform Commission report and the introduction of tough new laws to give control to residents. The Minister has received and acknowledged the petition, but has given no timescale for the new legislation. We will continue the fight on this issue at Dáil and local level.
· Greens, pitches, etc.
Work is continuing on the major open space to provide playing fields and a playground. I hope these facilities will be enhanced by the indoor and all-weather sports elements of the new schools. Tremendous voluntary work is being done in the community. It’s our job as public representatives to deliver the facilities.
We hope to open a new playground and car park at Beechpark estate, Clonsilla (just over the railway tracks) on or about May 20th. A new park has been opened at Waterville near Connolly Hospital (complete with a lake and a family of swans). At 55 acres, it’s a small park, but it links well with the paths along the Tolka Valley.
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087 2207798 or email michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
A chairde,
· Schooling issues
Fingal planners have granted full permission for the new Community College, Pobalscoil Setanta, and an adjoining Community Primary School. This will be a €20 million educational project, with €4 million extra coming from the Council for sports and community facilities. As chairperson of the Board of Management of the Community School, I’m delighted that we have now signed the contract with Hegarty and Company and that funding is in place.
· Management Companies
My thanks to all who signed the petition calling for the implementation of the Law Reform Commission report and the introduction of tough new laws to give control to residents. The Minister has received and acknowledged the petition, but has given no timescale for the new legislation. We will continue the fight on this issue at Dáil and local level.
· Greens, pitches, etc.
Work is continuing on the major open space to provide playing fields and a playground. I hope these facilities will be enhanced by the indoor and all-weather sports elements of the new schools. Tremendous voluntary work is being done in the community. It’s our job as public representatives to deliver the facilities.
We hope to open a new playground and car park at Beechpark estate, Clonsilla (just over the railway tracks) on or about May 20th. A new park has been opened at Waterville near Connolly Hospital (complete with a lake and a family of swans). At 55 acres, it’s a small park, but it links well with the paths along the Tolka Valley.
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087 2207798 or email michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Monday, May 11, 2009
Welcome Planning Permission New Schools
Welcome for planning permission for new schools at Ongar/Phibblestown
Fingal County Council has granted planning permission for two new VEC schools in the Ongar/Phibblestown area. Pobalscoil Setanta, a second-level school and Scoil Ghráinne, a primary school have received full planning permission.
Local councillor Michael O’ Donovan, who is also Chairperson of the Board of Management of the new Community College, Pobalscoil Setanta ,welcomed the decision. “This campus when completed will serve more than 1,600 students in the areas of Ongar, Castaheany and Littlepace, and ensure that our young people receive the best educational opportunities locally. This is a landmark project for Dublin 15 and it will add significant benefits to the locality, not only in terms of educational facilities, but also in terms of wider community and sporting facilities”
Michael added: “ I am also happy with the conditions imposed by the Council. I am delighted that, in arriving at its decision, the Council has listened to the concerns of residents and imposed conditions to ensure that this campus meets with the requirements of all concerned”
Fingal County Council has granted planning permission for two new VEC schools in the Ongar/Phibblestown area. Pobalscoil Setanta, a second-level school and Scoil Ghráinne, a primary school have received full planning permission.
Local councillor Michael O’ Donovan, who is also Chairperson of the Board of Management of the new Community College, Pobalscoil Setanta ,welcomed the decision. “This campus when completed will serve more than 1,600 students in the areas of Ongar, Castaheany and Littlepace, and ensure that our young people receive the best educational opportunities locally. This is a landmark project for Dublin 15 and it will add significant benefits to the locality, not only in terms of educational facilities, but also in terms of wider community and sporting facilities”
Michael added: “ I am also happy with the conditions imposed by the Council. I am delighted that, in arriving at its decision, the Council has listened to the concerns of residents and imposed conditions to ensure that this campus meets with the requirements of all concerned”
"Tyrrelstown - we want contracts, not promises!"
Reacting to claims by Government sources that the problem of school sites in Tyrrelstown has been resolved, Local Councillor, Michael O’ Donovan said:
“We’ve had promises of this kind before and the timing of this announcement, four weeks before the Local Elections, gives cause for concern, even cynicism.
It was in the run-up to the General Election in 2007 that the then Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, told the Dáil that a site had been secured. That transfer of ownership was never concluded. In fact, the Minister never even applied for planning permission! I notice that the management of one of the National Schools involved has gone on record as being concerned that this might be “a pre-election ploy”.
Real contracts, real planning applications and real funding…..that’s what the Tyrrelstown Community needs and deserves.
“We’ve had promises of this kind before and the timing of this announcement, four weeks before the Local Elections, gives cause for concern, even cynicism.
It was in the run-up to the General Election in 2007 that the then Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, told the Dáil that a site had been secured. That transfer of ownership was never concluded. In fact, the Minister never even applied for planning permission! I notice that the management of one of the National Schools involved has gone on record as being concerned that this might be “a pre-election ploy”.
Real contracts, real planning applications and real funding…..that’s what the Tyrrelstown Community needs and deserves.
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