I recently delivered a leaflet entitled “A Guide to Further Education” to houses in the Greystones area. This guide outlines important information about college grant applications, tenants rights, and other uesful tips for students. To download a copy of this leaflet please click here. Alternatively, if you would like a hardcopy please email your adddress to me at james@jamesosullivan.ie and I [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I would like to praise the efforts of Greystones Tidy Towns for their tireless work in the community. We are incredibly lucky to have such a hard working and dedicated group of civic minded individuals who are continually improving our town. Their recent work at the Blacklion junction, their efforts near the Town Council building, on the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
At the June Meeting of Greystones Town Council, I raised my serious concern with the lack of Public Toilets at the Harbour. It is appalling in this day and age that we have no public toilet in the harbour area in Greystones. The current toilets are not open this year because of health and safety concerns [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I recently moved a motion at the June meeting of Greystones Town Council seeking improvements to the footpaths in Glenbrook Park. I believe it’s very important to highlight the dangerous state of disrepair of footpaths in Glenbrook Park. These footpaths are becoming increasingly dangerous with residents often falling on them. Wicklow County Council must take immediate [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 18, 2010
Irish Countrywomen’s Association 100th Birthday I would like to praise the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) after they celebrated their 100th Anniversary and in particular the Delgany Guild for holding such an excellent centenary celebration. It has been an opportunity to celebrate and honour the women of vision who founded the ICA, as well as those who through [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 27, 2010
On Saturday 22nd May the Youth, Sport, & Culture sub committee of Greystones Town Council met with local community groups to address their concerns and also to see how Greystones Town Council can best assist them in the future. The committee comprises of Cllr. Simon Harris, Cllr. Ciaran Hayden, Cllr. Stephen Strokes and myself (as Chairperson). These [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I was delighted to meet with Dr. James Reilly TD recently and hear his vision for Irish Health services. We in Fine Gael understand that this is a hugely complex issue and don’t pretend to have all the answers. But what we are doing is very clearly setting out our plan for Health Services in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 23, 2010
Well done to the Kindlestown Green Communities Action Group on a great clean up. I’m delighted to support this group in their efforts to clean Kindlestown Park Woods. It was been a great success with many people turning out to help. We have collected two buckets of broken glass and over twenty large bin bags which [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 16, 2010
Businesses struggling to access credit from banks should contact the Credit Review Office In the December 2009 budget, the Minister for Finance announced the setting-up of an office to help ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sole traders and farm enterprises have access to credit from the banks who are participating in the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 4, 2010
At a recent meeting of Greystones Town Council, I highlighted the importance of Greystones Train Station becoming more accessible for those with mobility impairments. I submitted a motion on behalf of Greystones Active Retirement calling for Wicklow County Council to lobby the Irish Rail Accessibility User Group (who prioritise accessibility work) to radically improve Greystones Train [...]
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
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