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The HSE has announced the provision of anumber of new Primary Care Centresthroughout Kildare as part of their ServicePlan for the Dublin Mid Leinster Region.

The plan was recently reveled to SouthKildare T.D., Seán Ó Fearghaíl, when heasked the Minister Of Health & Childrento clarify reports that the HSE is to close anumber of local Health Centres throughoutthe County.

Deputy Ó Fearghaíl was informed that aspart of the capital development plan forKildare West Wicklow, a number of newPrimary Care Centres are being developedin line with the Primary Care Strategy.

There are plans for the development ofnew Primary Care Centres in Newbridge,Celbridge, Kildare town, Clane,Rathangan and Kilcock.

There is a possibility of future develop-ment of Primary Care Centres in Athy,Leixlip and Kilcullen.

Primary Care Services that are presentlybeing delivered from Health Centres inthese areas will be delivered from the newPrimary Care Centres. According to the plan stated Deputy Stagg

it is hoped to deliver the Primary CareCentre in Clane in the latter part of 2013through a lease agreement.

Primary Care Centres will be the firstpoint of contact for people who need toaccess health services in the years ahead.

In a developed Primary Care system, as Network Kildare presenting Rainbows Kildare with a cheque for €17,000 to help in itscounselling services to children on International Women's Day at Silver Restaurant,Newbridge. L-R: Barbara Hennessy (Network Ireland Kildare), Joan Conlan(Rainbows Ireland Kildare), Suzanne Healy (Network Ireland Kildare President), JeanO'Neill (Rainbows Ireland Kildare) and Yvonne Malone (Network Ireland Kildare EX-Officio) See P2. Photo:Michael Donnelly.

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envisaged by the Government, up to 95%of people’s day-to-day health and socialcare needs can be provided in a communitysetting.

Primary Care services mean all of thehealth or social care services that you canfind in your community, outside of the hos-pital setting.

North Kildare T.D., Emmet Stag has wel-comed the plan. “These developmentswhen completed”, stated Deputy Stagg, “ will change the nature of the delivery ofHealth Services for the good of the people.Primary Care includes GPs, Public HealthNurses and a range of other services pro-vided through your Local Health Officesuch as Occupational Therapists,Physiotherapists and Home Help SupportStaff.

The Primary Care Team members alsolink with other community-based disci-plines to ensure all health and social needsare provided for.

These include Speech and LanguageTherapy, Dieticians, Mental HealthServices. Social Work, Podiatry, DentalServices and Opthalmic Services”.

There has been recent concerns in somecommunities on the future of some of thepresent local Health Centres.

However, the HSE has clarified to theKildare Echo that “they have no plans toclose any local Health Centres at this time.

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Punchestown racecoursewill celebrate the 2013Gathering by flying onelucky Irish person who isnow living overseas homethis April as a prize in theBring Them Home toPunchestown competition.

The PunchestownGathering event will takeplace on the opening day ofthe 2013 Irish NationalHunt festival, Tuesday 23rdApril. As part of the cele-brations the winner of theBring Them Home compe-tition along with family andfriends will be the guests ofhonour in the GatheringPavilion.

All qualified entrants willreceive a complimentaryticket for the Gathering atPunchestown.

To be in with a chance towin this fantastic prize sim-ply visit www.pun-chestown.com and click theGathering icon on the homepage. All entrants must complete

a brief application form andmost importantly tell themwhy Punchestown shouldfly them home?

They are looking for themost interesting story aboutan Irish person now livingoverseas who would reallyappreciate the chance to beflown home for free this

April. If there is a connec-tion to Punchestown, horseracing or county Kildareplease include that in thestory. This is a great oppor-tunity for those living

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(From Page 1) Celebrating30yrs established inIreland, members andguests of Network Irelandgathered in the SilverRestaurant, Newbridge onFriday last.

International Women’sDay is an occasion markedby women's groups aroundthe world, women from allcontinents, despite beingdivided by national bound-aries and by ethnic, lan-guage, cultural, economicand political differences.

Current Network IrelandKildare President, SuzanneHealy of FuzeHRaddressed the gathering,“Traditionally women werethe home-keepers, themothers, the carers, nowa-days the social roles haveshifted and women are adynamic force in the work-place, on the political frontand in society generally.

Yet, while we find our-selves with more equalopportunities than previousgenerations, unfortunatelymany women can stillrecount tales of strugglesfor equality within societyand indeed sometimeswithin themselves.Suzanne presented

RainbowsKildare, the des-ignated charity in 2012,with a cheque for €17,000to help in its counsellingservices to children, accept-ing on behalf of Rainbows,Registered Director JoanConlon stated, “The moneythat has been raised byNetwork Ireland will gotowards initial costs of set-ting up new sights, trainingnew facilitators, suppliesand materials, these funds

will be well used andstretched a long way. Itcouldn’t have come at abetter time as grants havebeen reduced nationally by12%.

With 21 centres locallyspanning the county fromnorth Kildare to the Dublinborder to Edenderry, all thefacilitators work on a vol-untary basis, with threequarters of our resourcescounselling children from

families following separa-tion or divorce and a quar-ter counselling children fol-lowing bereavement.”Guests included JuliaLynes, National Presidentof Network Ireland, DeeLynam on behalf of the EUCommission, Jill Kerby,Author & FinancialJournalist, Jean O’Neill andJoan Conlon of Rainbows. For more information, see:

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abroad or those who haveloved ones living abroad toavail of a free return flightsto Ireland for the gathering2013. The winner will beannounced on March 22nd.

Win A Trip Home To TheGathering At Punchestown

Top Jockeys Robert ‘Puppy’ Power, Andy McNamara, Ruby Walsh, DannyMullins, Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden and Sean McDermott with packed bag andpassports ready for the Gathering at Punchestown

Network Ireland Kildare Branch 2013/14 Committee at International Women's

Day Dinner in Silver Restaurant, Newbridge Photo:Michael Donnelly.

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Finnella Naughton a localwoman from Sallins hasbeen a volunteer with TheNiall Mellon TownshipTrust for the past five years.

She is having a Cake Saleon Mothers Day 10thMarch in SallinsCommunity Centre from10am – 1pm.

Please come along andbuy some delicious home-made cakes and supportthis very worthy cause.

The Niall MellonTownship Trust has a newfocus on education for theirannual building blitz inKenya. Renowned for itsachievements in housebuilding the charity is mov-ing to a new challenge asthe South AfricanGovernment is now provid-ing the full housing sub-sidy.

To date 350 volunteershave signed up for theambitious school buildingprogramme which will takeplace outside Nairobi.

Niall Mellon said “Thetime has come after 10years to move from Cape

Town with a twinge of sad-ness at leaving such a beau-tiful city but with great joyin the knowledge thatPresident Zuma’sGovernment is continuingon building homes for thepeople of the townshipsthere.

Now we must focus on adifferent sector, one ofequal importance andwhich will make a valuabledifference to the youngchildren of Kenya. At pres-ent, many schools through-out the country are quite lit-erally falling down. This means many children

are being denied the educa-tion they need to realisetheir full potential in life.We are delighted andencouraged that already350 volunteers have signedup for our 2013 buildingblitz.

This marks a new begin-ning in a new country witha new mission to buildschools and I am lookingforward to forging aheadalong with our wonderfulvolunteers in making a very

positive impact on chil-drens education in Africaover the next 10 years”

Finnella Naughton said“To volunteer with TheNiall Mellon TownshipTrust is a life changingexperience and one I wouldrecommend to anyone. It

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has given me a new focuson life, I have made someamazing friends, haveworked hard on fundraisingand worked hard on eachbuilding blitz and I feel thatI have contributed inchanging the life of a verypoor child forever.

Any one of us can make adifference, you just need totake the first step and signup, believe me you will notregret it for a minute”

The Niall MellonTownship Trust is now reg-istering volunteers if youwould like to book a place

on the 2013 building blitzin Nairobi please call theoffice on 01-4948200 orlog on to www.nmtown-shiptrust.com for furtherinformation..

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Naas Lions Club President,Muiris Murphy, thankedshoppers for their supportand stated “A sincere thankyou once again for yourconsistent awareness of theneed to support the moreneedy in your community.Don’t forget that every sin-gle cent donated waspassed onto local familiesvia the SVP. It literally allgoes back to your less for-

tunate neighbours!” NaasLions Club has been sup-porting worthy local causesfor many years. Apart fromthe SVP, recent beneficiar-ies included the localSamaritans branch, NaasCare of the Aged, Hoped(depression and suicidesupport), Naas SpecialOlympics plus Debra Naas.Follow Naas Lions Club onFacebook.

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An Taoiseach Enda Kennylaunched the NewbridgeGrassroots Festival at theCurragh Racecourse onMarch 1st .

Last year’s extremely suc-cessful Newbridge 200 cel-ebrations was led byNewbridge Chamber inSeptember. The Festivalwill now be a feature of the

Newbridge community cal-endar. The NewbridgeGrassroots Festival willhave a different theme eachyear, commencing with'The Gathering' for 2013,'Dan Donnelly' for 2014,'The Horse' for 2015 and'The Soldier' in 2016.

It will be a four-day eventfrom 12th - 15th September

2013. An Taoiseach com-plimented the voluntarycommittee which is alreadyworking hard to deliver anaction packed programme,saying it provides anothergreat reason to gather inCounty Kildare this year!

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Two public meetings were held inKill in recent weeks, following theGarda station closure there, and pos-itive outcomes have now beenachieved.

The meetings were organised byFianna Fáil’s Naas AreaRepresentative, James Lawless, toallow the community discuss theissues and explore the options.

“We have made some progress”said James “amidst concern andalarm at the outset when the villagewas left exposed, we have now takensteps as a community to advancemeasures of self-help”.

“Any doubts about the strength oflocal concerns were dispelled whenwe collected over 400 signatures ona petition in the space of a few days”said James.

“However these closures are a gov-ernment decision and whilst weoppose them, they remain outsideour control –how we respond to themhowever is in our control and I amsatisfied we have made positiveprogress in playing the hand we’vebeen dealt”.

The first of the two meetings sawFianna Fáil Justice Spokesman Niall

Collins TD outline party protest tothe closures nationally and the sec-ond public meeting sawSuperintendent Pat Mangan fromNaas Station offer Garda guidanceon the new arrangements. “The Superintendent outlined meas-

ures which he will oversee to ensurea continued policing presence in thearea and I want to thank him for hisattendance on the night and engage-ment with the community” saidJames.

“I would also like to thank Fr.Willie and Kill parish for very kindlymaking available a location wherewe have organised a weekly Gardaclinic which will be held for peopleto get forms signed or have access toa local Garda on a scheduled basis”.A community alert is now beingestablished and a committee willbegin the work of setting up thescheme.

The committee will be seekinginput from each of the estates andtownlands to achieve coverageacross the village so as to maximiseefficiency of the scheme. Any inter-ested parties are invited to contactJames Lawless on 086 834 8869.

Community Alert and GardaClinics Agreed at Meetings

L-R: Cllr Willie Callaghan, FF Area Representative James Lawless, FF Justice Spokesperson Niall Collins TD and Local Security Expert Jim Brady

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“Hunt of the year” waswhat participants said onleaving St. Kevin’s GFCJack Casey MemorialPark.

An absolutely fantasticday was had by all at thehunt organised by NorthKildare Farmers in aid ofthe juvenile section ofSt. Kevin’s GFC.

Over 200 horses andriders attended the eventaround the village ofStaplestown and it’sbeautiful countryside.

Seasoned hunt revelersdescribed the course as“wonderful horse-ridingand brilliant jumps”.

There was also an auc-tion, raffle, food andmusic to enjoy. A greatevent to give a financialboost to the juvenile sec-tion of St. Kevin’s.A special thanks went to

Joe Burns, StephenBurns, Peter Drennanand Declan Cullen fordoing a fantastic job inorganising the event.

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thank all the landowners fortheir generous cooperation,without them the huntwould not have been possi-ble. Sincere thanks to allthe volunteers on the day.

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stewards, bar staff and auc-tion and raffle organisers.Also to those volunteerswho worked tirelessly daysbeforehand in preparing thejumps and the course.With this event being such

a success the hope is it willbecome an annual event asthe majority of the partici-pants were very eager topencil it in for next year.

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Adaptation GrantsIndependent TD Catherine Murphy has highlighted thediscrepancies in the system of home adaptation grantsawarded to elderly and disabled people through theirlocal authorities.

In a response to a parliamentary question posed byDeputy Murphy, The Minister of State in theDepartment of Environment, Community and LocalGovernment Jan O’Sullivan confirmed that she isundertaking a review of the various grant measuresand also provided a breakdown of figures for the grantacross all local authorities.

“Some local authorities are in greater need than oth-ers, as evidenced by the fact that some overspent ontheir budget while others came nowhere near reachingtheir allowance. Each authority has to find 20% of the grant costs from

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Meetings On PropertyTaxKildare Sinn Féin began a succession of meetings onthe Property Tax over the past few weeks.

Meetings were held in the Townhouse Hotel, Naas,and were followed by meetings in Athy, Newbridgeand Celbridge.

Senator David Cullinane told the meetings that “The Property Tax as the government deemed to call itwas in fact a tax on the Family Home”Kildare Sinn Féin said they intend to be out and about

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Athy's programme of festi-vals and events for theGathering 2013 was offi-cially launched by localambassadors Anna MayMcHugh and FrankO'Brien on Thursday last inthe Athy Heritage CentreMuseum.

Over the coming months,the South Kildare town willwelcome thousands ofnational and internationalvisitors as it hosts an arrayof events - including theannual St. Patrick's DayParade, WaterwaysFestival, Tri AthyTriathlon, BluegrassFestival, Kildare CountyShow and ShackletonAutumn School.

In addition, a selection ofthe newer events continueto be developed by localorganisers and will includethe Trad Athy MusicFestival, Dragon BoatRegatta, Stone Mad Ultra(Multi Stage Marathon) andChristmas Streets & TreatsFestival in December.

Events and listings areupdated on the town's newportal website www.athy.ie

As part of the launch, theAthy Town PromotersGroup has developed an

attractive series of 4 post-cards. Each postcarddepicts photographs fromrecent festivals in Athy andare available free from thefollowing locations: AthyHeritage Centre Museum,Emily Square; AthyLibrary, Emily Square; andAthy Town Council,Rathstewart, Athy. The

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L-R: Councillor Mark Wall, Cathaoirleach of Athy Town Council; Joanna &James Fennell, Burtown House & Gardens; Anna May McHugh, NationalPloughing Association & Kildare County Show; and Brian O'Gorman,Athy Town Clerk. (Photo: Peader Doogue)

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Athy's St. Patrick'sDay ParadeAthy's St. Patrick's Day Parade will be bigger andbrighter than ever, with 2 Pipe Bands confirming theirparticipation. The Athy Town Promoters Group arebringing together a large cohort of community, sport-ing and cultural organisations in the town and sur-rounding areas to join them to help showcase the bestSouth Kildare has to offer for this special homecomingyear (The Gathering 2013). In addition, many localbusinesses are taking part in the now annual parade,which attracts thousands of visitors for one of theregion's best family events. The parade commences at3pm from the Athy Business Campus (Kilkenny Road)with a route along William Street, Duke Street andending at top of Leinster Street (where the ReviewingStand has been relocated).

The Athy Town Promoters Group was formed in2009 and is committed to proactively promoting the'Celebrate Athy' theme through festivals and events inthe town. The group is comprised of representativesof Athy Chamber, Shop Athy, Athy Town Council,Athy Tidy Towns, Athy Young At Heart , Brand Athy,Outdoor Tourism Interreg Project and the AthyHeritage Centre-Museum. The organisers acknowledgethe grateful assistance of the Kildare County ShowCommittee, Athy Gardai, Civil Defence and the Orderof Malta. Main Sponsor: Athy Town Council.Associate Sponsors: Athy International Concentrates,AIB Bank, Clancy's of Athy and Shaw's DepartmentStores.

For further information, contact Margaret Walsh atthe Athy Heritage Centre Museum (Tel.: 059 8633075/email: [email protected]).


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Naas Camogie Feile Team received a Civic Award from Naas UDC fortheir achievement in winning the 2012 All Ireland Camogie Feile na nGael

Celbridge Camera Club members celebrate sucess at the All IrelandVisual Competition. L-R: Johnny Cuddihy, President of the Irish

Photographic Federation, Margaret Finlay, Brendan O’Sullivan, LilianWebb & Michael Linehan, Chairperson of Celbridge Camera Club.

Joanne Pender(Left) from theCampaign AgainstHome & WaterTaxes, puts letter ofprotest againstausterity intoKildare South TD’s,Jack Wall’s constituency officepost box.

William Hendy (Left)and Adam Maher(Right) from TimolinNS, Moone, withtheir project ' CanPlanet Mars supportlife?' at the RDSPrimary Science Fair

Presentation of proceeds of Tony Smith Memorial Walk. (L-R)Mrs. Ellen Leavy (Highest Sponsored Walker), Fr David Halpin,Josie Moore, Deputy Emmet Stagg and Rev Fr Liam RigneyPP, Maynooth.

Kill ‘Art & Modelmaking’ medal winners Liam Donlon, Emma Horgan,Laoise Lenehan, Ceola Conlon and Lucy Hyland with County KildareCommunity Games President Mick Donoghue

The Derrinturn Womans Group at the VEC Adult Learners Festival


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County Kildare Orchestra(CKO) is an amateurorchestra, based in Kildare.Founded in 1998 CKO iscommitted to developingand promoting a love ofclassical music whilstaspiring to an excellence inperformance.

Their mission is to bringclassical music to as widean audience as possible.

The orchestra's repertoirespans the great musicaleras, from the Baroque(Bach and Handel), theClassical (Mozart, Haydnand Beethoven), to theRomantics (Sibilius,Rachmaniov, Schumann,Bruch and Elgar).

Occasionally their workstake us right up to the pres-ent day, as they performCopland and well knownMorricone film themes.

Whatever they perform,they are always dedicatedto musicality of the highestdegree, and ensure thateveryone leaves their per-formances with a smile ontheir face!

They have played interna-tionally (Karvina in theCzech Republic) as well asnationally (Dublin, Galway,Kerry and Meath) but areparticularly committed to

bringing the orchestra tothe optimum venues aroundKildare.

Since 1999 CKO has beenunder the baton of IteO’Donovan.

Ite is currently on sabbati-cal to finish her PHD andthey currently have LorcanDaly at the helm.

With Lorcan’s leadershipand vision, the orchestra istaking on more challengingworks and is currently

working on Beethoven’s7th Symphony which willbe performed in TheRiverbank Theatre on May18th, along with some con-certos featuring soloistsfrom the orchestra.

CKO always welcomenew players, whether cur-rently playing with anothergroup or a lapsed player.

If you are interested injoining this friendly group,see more info on their web-

site, www.countykildare-orchestra.com for detailsand to get in touch.

CKO are sponsored byKildare County Counciland the Arts Office and areespecially grateful for thestrong support from ArtsOfficer, Lucina Russell .

County Kildare Orchestra

A brand new Award’s Nightwith a difference waslaunched in April 2011 atKillashee House Hotel &Spa, Naas. The night itselfwas a great success for boththe charities and also the

award winners. TheLeinster EntertainmentAwards 2013 will now takeplace on 8th May 2013 inThe Killashee House Hotel& Spa. Top of the bill willbe Daniel O'Donnell who

has the unique distinctionof becoming the first artistto have an album in the UKcharts every year for thelast 25 consecutive years.Also appearing will beMary Duff, Maria Butterly

Daniel O’Donnell ToHeadline LeinsterEntertainment Awards

and Vicky Kenny, Karen &The Dolans, LiamMannering and TaraShamrock also JimmyAspell and many moregreat artists includingGerry Guthrie fromBallina. This event is also afundraiser for local chari-ties and those to benefit areRehab and the KildareBranch of MultipleSclerosis Society ofIreland.“We want to honour some

of the top acts in Ireland.We have some fabulous tal-ented performers who havebeen travelling around thecountry entertaining peoplefor years and it’s importantthat we recognise theirachievements.

We also want to acknowl-edge up and coming acts,”said event organisers,Dymphna Murphy, MattBrowne and Liam Kett.

For further information,contact Dymphna Murphyon (085) 747 7055.

Cecil Day LewisLiterary Awards 2013Entries are invited from all primary and secondaryschools in County Kildare to enter the Annual CecilDay Lewis Literary Awards .

The competition consists of students entering underthe various sections :- Short Story, Poetry and ( OneAct Play for secondary schools). Students can submitone entry under each section if they wish..

The competition, organised by Athy Heritage Centre-Museum , celebrates the connection between the cele-brated poet and the South Kildare area. C.D Lewis wasProfessor of Poetry at Oxford from 1951-1956.

A talented and humorous man, he wrote in An ItalianVisit, parodies on poets ranging from Hardy to DylanThomas. His autobiography was published in 1960 andin 1966, he was awarded Poet Laureate. Trophies, Book tokens and Certificates are given to 1st

2nd & 3rd in each category. We also award HighlyCommended Certificates. Closing date for entry is nolater than Friday 19th April 2013.

This years award ceremony will take place Thursdayevening 23rd May 2013. Entry forms can be down-loaded from the website www.athyheritagecentre-museum.ie or contact Margaret Walsh, Athy HeritageCentre-Museum, Emily Square, Athy, Co. Kildare.Phone 059 8633075

Me and My GirlNaas Musical Society is performing a classic off theirwish list this year! Me and My Girl is a show the society have wanted to bring to the stage for many years.

With many well- known tunes like Me & My Girl,Leaning on a Lamppost and of course that rousing num-ber The Lambeth Walk, this one will have you all tap-ping your feet and playing the spoons! With a cast ofwell- known locals and some new additions, this is def-initely one show to put in your diaries!

Directed by Arthur McGauran, with David McGauranwaving the musical baton and Deirdre Browne keepingall those feet in time, the group have been hard at workto produce a top class show to help you forget the doomand gloom of today and transport you to a place where“The Sun has got its Hat on”!

Me and My Girl is at The Moat Theatre, Naas onSunday 10th March to Saturday 16th March. Tickets:€20. Mon/Tues €20/15. Mon/Tues Family Ticket €502 Adults 2 Children under 16. See:www.moattheatre.com.

Liam Lawton EasterTourIt is twenty years since Liam Lawton began composingand performing. Since then he has found a niche withhis own brand of sacred and inspirational music, whichhas become repertoire for Choirs and Individualsthroughout the world.

He has recorded 14 collections to date with a numberof them achieving Platinum status. A number of artistsat home and abroad have recorded his material and hisliturgical works have translated into many languagesincluding Swedish, French, German and Irish. Liampublishes with one of the major Liturgical Publishers –GIA Music in Chicago. His music has been performedfor many State occasions in Ireland and also in the UKand the USA.

Liam Lawton is at the Moat Theatre on Tuesday 23rdof April at 8 pm. Tickets €20/ Concessions: €16.

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By David [email protected]

Over the next few months,the Kildare Echo plans tomeet up with some of ourpublic representatives todiscuss the various topicsof the day affecting theCounty.

This month we meetMartin Heydon, who is aFine Gael TD for KildareSouth.

Having sat on Kildarecouncil since 2009 he waselected to government in2011.

Martin is engaged toKildare county footballerand pharmacist, BrianneLeahy, and they are due toget married in May of thisyear.

The Echo caught up withMartin to hear his thoughtson his first two years ingovernment.

Garda station closures?What’s the logic behind itconsidering the rise incrime in rural areas?Could the money havebeen saved in other ways?

M: The closure of Gardastations is not a money sav-ing exercise and is notdesigned to be that. It is foroperational reasons.

The previous governmententered into a very detailedplan with the Troika, part ofwhich was that on the jus-tice end of things that wewould see a reduction inGarda numbers from14,500 to 12,000. When we came into power

there was 703 Garda sta-tions around the country,the exact same amount ofGarda stations that weinherited from the Britishwhen we set up thefreestate in the 1920's. Some of them are there for

historic reasons. There hasnever been any reform ofthat.

The previous governmentagreed in the reduction innumbers in Gardai butnever made any provisionfor how operationally wewould deal with lessGardai.

Obviously through CrokePark there has been achange in the roster system.A huge amount of ineffi-ciencies were found in backoffice, so there are morecivilians doing jobs that tra-ditionally Gardai used todo.

But you’re right, there'shuge concern about crime,particularly rural crime atpresent and that's all themore reason why.

Ballymore is my localGarda station so it's verydifficult for me to see thatclosing. The people inBallynore Eustace have areally close connectionwith the Gardai that werethere and I totally under-stand how frustrated theyare, but I am far more inter-ested in personnel and inthe Gardai themselves andpeople, than I am in build-ings.

And if we push for aGarda station to remainopen and one Garda endsup sitting there and may noteven have a car, how arethey best placed to servethat community?

If there is an incident theyneed to go out and visit. Ifas maybe the case inBarrymore Eustace thosetwo Gardai are based inKilcullen and they thenhave a free reign to coverBarrymore Eustace. I donot believe that service toBarrymore will be anyworse off and yet in someways it will be enhanced.

If you look at the commu-nity policing aspect therewill still be clinics in thoseareas.

If we were starting fromscratch setting up this coun-try, the idea of individual

garda stations is probablyfar removed form the mod-ern way to police a state.For example, I believe allof the metropolitan policein Manchester are all basedin the one station.

Property tax? Due to allthe cutbacks we are fac-ing, is this the right timeto be bringing in a prop-erty tax?

M: First of all this shouldhave been brought in beforewe had a building boom.

It is a bad time to have tobring this in but 40% ofincome to local authoritiesis from commercial ratesand 60% is from direct gov-ernment subvention. Thebasic point is we cannotcontinue to keep fundinglocal authorities in thatway.

What we have set aboutputting in place is a systemwhere the money is gener-ated locally. However it'snot fully spent locallybecause there's a lot ofroads in Donegal that needto be tarred and justbecause they have a verylow population doesn'tmean that we shouldn't dothat, but by and large weneed to get to a point wherethe money that is raisedlocally is spent locallythrough property tax andthat will be replacing thelocal government fundwhich presently funds this.

The rate of property taxwill be a decision for eachlocal authority and peoplewill elect councillors onthat mandate and they willhave to be very upfrontabout that.

It's about empoweringlocal authorities, givingpower back to the localpeople so that they feel theconnection again betweenthe money that is collectedand the money that is spentby local authorities.

Job creation. What canyou do in the next coupleof years of this govern-ment to create more jobsfor Kildare?

Jobs are the key to growthnationally and key to howwe get out of this mess andit's key that we get thosewho are unemployed backto work.

What we are seeing at themoment is huge transition.Funnily enough, peoplemight not realise we creat-ed a huge amount of jobs inthis country last year. Thedifficulty was we were los-ing a lot out of the old tra-ditional sectors.

We are seeing a moveaway from traditional jobsparticularly construction,banking and the public sec-tor. On the flipside of that isthe private sector and theunemployment rate appearsto have stabilised. What wehave done is stopped theincrease in the amount ofjob losses and now we arelooking to retract that.

We are creating a lot ofjobs in the area of enter-prise, innovation and theexporting sector is boomingat present. If you look at theIT sector, the pharmaceuti-cal sector and the food anddrink industry.

The food and drink indus-try recorded 9 billion euroexport figures and that isimpacted locally when yousee the likes of KerryGroup and the great news itwas getting them into Naas.That was a win for thewhole county.

On a local level I workvery closely withEnterprise Ireland, the localChambers of Commercehere in Newbridge andAthy, and we are doing alot of work in examiningways we can make sure thatKildare, as a destination, isvery attractive to industries.

County EnterpriseBoards? There's a feelingthat if they where broughtunder the umbrella ofKildare County Councilthat they wouldn't havethe expertise to deal withit, can you explain thelogic behind this?

M: We have to ensure thatwhatever money that's setaside for start ups or smallbusinesses that need assis-tance, that money goes tothem as much as possible.The work the CountyEnterprise Boards do isfantastic, but around thecountry some work betterthan others. The idea, asphrased in our manifestobefore the election, is that

we needed to get to a pointwhere we have a one stopshop, where people who areboth in business and/orwant to set up a businessare all in under the oneroof.

It's about being more of acombined effort rather thanhaving these differentgroups that are doing goodwork in their own rightworking independently ofone another.

A big issue at the momentis the reform of local gov-ernment and abolition oftown councils?

M: First of all there will besignificant savings in theabolition of town councilsbut this is much more thanjust a cost saving exercise,this is about changing thedynamic.

There is something verywrong with the fact thatLeixlip has a town counciland Celbridge has nothing.

The basis of our towncouncils and burroughs issomething we inheritedfrom the British and it'stotally antiquated and evenwithin the county we havefour councils. Two that aredistricts Athy and Naas,which means they are ratecollecting councils. Newbridge and Leixlip are

town commissions whichmeans they don't have thatsame level. Newbridgewhich has an annual budgetof 200,000 euro a year, youfound that many towncouncillors resorted to call-ing on the county council toproduce reports on x y andz but didn't have the samepower as the likes of ratecollection estates.

What we are looking tomove to are municipal dis-tricts more along the linesof mainland Europe which Ithink is a really good movebecause at present you havea lot of duplication in back

office. What this measurewill do is streamline thesystem a lot more. It willalso see more power beinggranted to the municipaldistricts.

If there was a reshuffleand Kildare got a minis-ter what would you like?

M: My background is agri-culture. I was a farmer bytrade. I'm chairperson of aninternal committee on agri-culture and it would be anarea I would have a goodknowledge of.

Obviously if you getinvolved in politics youwant to make a difference.I got on the county council

and really appreciated thelearning curve that it wasand really enjoyed my timethere.

When the opportunitycame to go for the Dail Irealised the higher up thechain you are, the more youcan achieve. So I went forit and was very lucky to getthere and you realise if youbecome a minister you canimpact change more, soyou would have that ambi-tion and Kildare is a verybig county not to have evena junior minister if not asenior minister.

Agriculture is an area Iwould have proficiency inbut there are a lot of areasI'd like to be involved in.

Martin holds clinicsthroughout his constituencyof Kildare South.

His Constituency Office islocated on Morefield Rd,Newbridge. The number is:(045) 487 624.

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Michelin PutsKildare DealerOn The MapLike the Michelin Star Awards that restaurants valueso highly, the grant of Michelin Certified Centre statuson Naas Tyre & Auto Services has put the outlet on theMichelin map of Europe’s top tyre fitters.

One of eleven outlets in Ireland to be grantedMichelin Certified Centre status and have their level ofservice recognised by the world leading tyre maker,Naas Tyre & Auto Services was founded just two yearsago and has a staff of four persons.

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County Kildare Chambershosted a Taoiseach'sBreakfast last Fridaymorning 1st March at TheSilver Restaurant,Newbridge.

Guest speaker AnTaoiseach Enda Kenny wasupdated on the NorthKildare Chamber StrategicPlan which the Taoiseachhimself launched last yearin PunchestownRacecourse.

The Presidents of bothChambers updated thepacked room on the strate-gic plan and its recent suc-cesses. Businesses in atten-dance included KildareVillage, Tesco Ireland andPunchestown Racecourse.

Local TD’s and officialsfrom Kildare CountyCouncil and several repre-sentatives from all sectorsof business filled therestaurant.

The room was also updat-ed on the news that bothNewbridge and NorthKildare Chambers havebeen exploring the conceptof creating a County

Kildare Chamber and lastWednesday a motion waspassed by both Chambers attheir respective AGMs thatthe officers could activelymove forward on progress-ing to this new model ofChamber.

This news was warmlyreceived by the variousbusinesses in attendanceand all were informed thatthe main attraction of part-nering with County KildareChamber would be theopportunity to grow theirbusinesses through struc-tured networking, educa-tional opportunities forworkforce developmentand potential to reach newaudiences and markets fortheir products. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny

endorsed the work beingcarried out in the NorthKildare Chamber StrategicPlan and welcomed the factthe several new and innova-tive projects are being car-ried out by the Chamber.

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Radio Nova has securedsignificant gains in Co.Kildare in the latest JNLRradio ratings.

The latest figures, whichcover the period January toDecember 2012, show thatthe radio station now com-mands 16% of radio listen-ership in the county and hasgained significantly againstrivals KFM, 2FM andToday FM.CEO Kevin Branigan said,

“We’re very happy withthis latest set of results;we’ve seen our marketposition grow, particularlyin the key audience demo-

graphics of 15-34 and 20-44. This is a clear win forus and demonstrates thegrowing audience thatNova has throughout Northand mid-Kildare”.

The station now has 60%of the 15-34s and 59% ofthe 20-44s of KFM, as wellas more than the more thanhalf the 20-44s of 2FM, inKildare.

“These latest figuresdemonstrate without adoubt that Nova’s populari-ty is growing steadilythroughout Kildare; notonly are we clearly strikinga chord with listeners

throughout the county, butwe are also a key driver ofconsumers to our advertis-ers through the county.

Radio Nova broadcasts toNorth Kildare, includingthe major urban towns ofMaynooth, Celbridge,Kilcock, Naas, Newbridge– as well as Dublin, Meath& Wicklow.

The station plays a diet of‘guitar-based’ music fromThe Killers, Coldplay, TheKings of Leon and the FooFighters to David Bowie,The Rolling Stones andFleetwood Mac.

Radio Nova ConsolidatesRadio Ratings In Kildare

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Launch Of DestinationKildare Town WebsiteDestination Kildare Town went live in early December,an initiative of the Kildare Chamber of Commerce.

The website was of fundamental importance to high-light and showcase Kildare Town’s heritage, touristsites, business, community groups and services and topromote Kildare Town as Irelands No.1 day trip desti-nation.

“We are delighted with the enthusiasm expressed forthe website, the response from tourist operators, busi-ness and community groups is very positive” saidBrian Flanagan, President of Kildare Chamber ofCommerce.

He added “the comments received from all stakeholders are that the site is amazing, and they are veryproud and happy to have their own Kildare Town web-site. We are confident that the site will be a tremendoussuccess in bringing tourist to Kildare town and will beanother tool to promote local business and assist com-munity groups” The Kildare Chamber of Commerce received funding

from the County Kildare Leader Partnership under theRural Development Programme. The funding covereda web designer, a professional photographer and a prmarketing business that facilitated and managed theproject through to the launch of destinationkildare-town.ie.

During the short time of operation, the new websitehas already had visitors from Germany, Australia,Dublin, Kildare and Athy.

The official launch of destinationkildaretown.ie tookplace on Monday last in Teach Dara, Academy Street,Kildare Town.

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1 IN 3 FAVOUR GREEN CAR More than one in three Europeans would spend more to buy an environmentally friendly car, even though 71 per cent say they have reduced overall spending as a result of the economic recession, a Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll shows.The survey also showed 53 per cent consider climate change to be the world’s biggest issue and 57 per cent would prefer to lead a more environmentally conscious lifestyle.

times, there is a clear desire for vehicles that are more environmentally friendly,” said Barb Samard-zich, vice president Product Development, Ford of Europe. “Ford is extremely focused on meeting this demand now and in the future, and this goes hand-in-hand with delivering products that help reduce running costs.”Ford commissioned the survey, which was conducted by ‘The Futures Company’, a leading consultancy, to better understand the opinions and attitudes of Eu-ropeans across a range of mobility issues – from car sharing to green driving to the future of the internal combustion engine.

-cy is a major factor in choosing a car; 60 per cent prefer to choose models from carmakers that have targeted a reduction in their environmental impact;

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region as the 2012 total of 79,500. The new 131/132 registration system will undoubtedly help to spread the tradi-tional January rush for the new regis-tration plate but it could be a year or two before the full effect of the change is felt,� Eddie Murphy, Chairman and Managing Director of Ford Ireland, commented.Meanwhile, Volkswagen became the best-selling car brand in Ireland for

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Adam Meehan (St Brigid's) about to tag Jack

Bannon (Milltown)

Newbridge St Brigid's U12 Draughts team Silver Medalists

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Kildare in U14 Model Making at HSE

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Monasterevin U12 Draughts team Shannon Byrne, Kate O'Brien,

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BMA (Bushido MartialArts) Kickboxing Club inLeixlip are raising funds tosend their junior team toNational and Internationaltournaments over the com-ing 12 months.

Members of the team rep-resent Ireland as part ofKickboxing Ireland and allare dedicated to achieve thehighest level in their sport

The five lads in the photoare Ross Brennan, RonanSmith, Robert Hurley,Philip Smith and AlexPedreschi. They travelledto the WAKO Junior WorldChampionships inSeptember 2012 and allbrought back medals.

They helped Ireland reachtheir highest medal countranking 6th.

Friends and family helpfundraise towards the fight-ing suits, team tracksuits,flights and accommodation.

A fundraising websitepage has been set up andthey are looking for dona-tions to help with the cost

of their travel expenses tovarious National andInternational tournama-nents over the coming 12months. Any donation,small or large, would be

gratefully appreciated.The club is also on the lookout for any personal or cor-porate sponsorship. Forfurther information aboutthe club check out the web-

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Attention All SportsClubs In KildareThe Kildare Echo’s brand new website is now up andrunning and we want to hear from you.Updated daily, we want your pics, match reports, club

notes and stories. We want to hear from soccer, GAA,rugby, boxing or any other clubs based in Kildare.

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Kilcullen Canoe ClubCongratulations to our members who won NationalMarathon Series titles in 2012. Mary Fitzgerald wonthe women's GP class for the second year in a row, ayoung talented up and coming paddler Tori Keogh wongirls U15 GP class and Lar O'Brien wining in the Men'sK1 Division 4 after a year of consistent performances.

Training continues down at the club, training timesare; Ladies circuit training – every Tuesday eveningfrom 7.30pm in the clubPool sessions – every Saturday from 2 to 3pm in theCurragh swimming poolJunior circuit training from 6 - 7pm on Monday,Wednesday and Friday upstairs in the clubSenior circuit training from 7 - 8pm on Monday,Wednesday and Friday also upstairs in the club

The club's 4th annual race night is on 19th April at9pm in The Spout, Kilcullen. For more info contact 0851100222.For more information on Kilcullen Canoe Club, check

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Kildare 2-08 Kerry 0-12Kerry’s losing run in the Allianz Football League contin-ued in Newbridge this afternoon as Kildare recorded a 2-08to 0-12 victory over the Kingdom. Early goalscorer SeanieJohnston provided the quality in a first half blighted bymissed chances.

Kerry free-taker James O’Donoghue landed his fourthpoint to leave it 1-05 to 0-05 at half-time. A Johnny Doylegoal boosted Kildare further, but Kerry launched a laterally and the hosts needed a fine save from Shane Connollyto make sure of the result.

Morgan O’Flaherty was a late change for the Lilywhites,coming in for centre back Hugh Lynch who failed a fitnesstest. Kerry also had to restructure their attack, as DarranO’Sullivan was withdrawn from the team beforehand, withMichael O’Donoghue promoted from the bench.

Johnny Buckley, one of the returning Dr Crokes players,made early headway to set up James O’Donoghue for thegame’s opening point from a free. Buckley linked up atmidfield with Kieran Donaghy who saw a lot of early pos-session.

Kildare, moving well off the ball, missed kickablechances through Tomás O'Connor and Doyle. A terrificeffort from distance from Buckley doubled Kerry’s lead butKildare hit back with a well-executed 11th-minute goal thatexposed the visitors’ loose marking.Johnston started the move, winning the ball 45 metres out

from goal. An accurate long ball in from Niall Kelly wasgathered under pressure by O’Connor who held it up andoffloaded for Johnston to flick a clever shot beyondBrendan Kealy and into the net.

Padraig O’Neill, on captaincy duty, struck Kildare’s fourthwide soon after and Kerry were level by the quarter hourwhen James O’Donoghue slotted over his second free.Johnston drew a foul from overworked marker ShaneEnright who picked up a yellow card, and the resulting freewas clipped over by Doyle.The former Cavan forward curled a shot wide after a jink-

ing run, but Kildare were back on target when O’Neill teedup Kelly for a point from play. Despite an increasing widestally, a Doyle free put three points between the sides beforeJames O’Donoghue sent over his third pointed free.

Johnston took an ideal delivery from Morgan O’Flahertybefore sweeping over his first point of the day, an eye-catching run from Daniel Flynn helping Kildare to main-tain their momentum with Brian Flanagan gobbling upsome key breaking balls.

O’Donoghue’s frees were keeping the Kingdom in thecontest, but he fluffed his lines from close-in and Johnston,continuing to impress in the hosts’ forward line, lobbedover off his left for a 1-05 to 0-04 scoreline. Eoin Brosnannicked a shot wide and Kerry then pounced on a poor kick-out from Connolly in injury-time, with O’Donoghue reduc-ing the margin back to three.

Kildare made a blistering start to the second half, Flynncharging through from the throw-in and Johnston was onhand to take his personal tally to 1-03. Lacklustre Kerryhad opportunities to respond but they struck four earlywides, adding to eight from the opening 35 minutes.

The fit-again Donnchadh Walsh and Darran O’Sullivan,who came on for Michael O’Donoghue, were growing ininfluence though and a 45-metre effort from Buckley madeit 1-06 to 0-06 Jonathan Lyne then made up for an earliermiss with a right-footed score but Kerry’s resurgence was

spoiled by a superb goal from Doyle. Mikey Conwayshowed great vision to pick out the Allenwood clubman,who created enough space to drive a powerful shot into thetop left corner of the net. Bolton got on the scoresheet inanother fast-paced move from Kieran McGeeney’s men.However, Kerry remained in the hunt through points fromTomás Ó Sé and Lyne.Donaghy’s switch into the edge of the square caused prob-

lems for the Kildare defence and the Lilywhites could havedone with Doyle finding the net from a 56th minute penal-ty. Instead, his rising shot was well saved by Kealy.

Two pointed frees from Buckley, one of Kerry’s betterperformers, suddenly whittled the gap down to 2-07 to 0-11. As Kildare came under further pressure, their goal-keeper Connolly reacted swiftly as his point blank savewith an outstretched leg denied Brosnan.Conway then came to the hosts’ rescue, clearing a dipping

‘45’ from Buckley off the goalline, only for substitute PeterCrowley to follow up with Kerry’s fifth successive point.

The tension for the home supporters was lifted by substi-tute Paddy Brophy’s late point, set up by Peter Kelly, asKildare held on to make it three Division 1 wins on thebounce ahead of next weekend’s meeting with table top-pers Dublin.

KILDARE: Kildare - S Connolly; E Doyle, M Foley, HMcGrillen; P Kelly, M Conway, E Bolton (0-1); D Flynn, PO'Neill; B Flanagan, N Kelly (0-1), M O'Flaherty; SJohnston (1-3), T O'Connor, J Doyle (1-2, 2f). Subs: ASmith for O'Flaherty, P Brophy (0-1) for N Kelly, O Lyonsfor Bolton, C McNally for Flanagan, E O'Flaherty forJohnston.

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Kildare Squeeze Past Kerry

Alan Smith (Left) and Tomas O’Connor (Above) in action

against Kerry.

(Photos: Michael Anderson)


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