Tag Archive | "Public Representatives"

A Guide to Further Education

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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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 [...]

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Glenbrook Park

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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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 [...]

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Youth, Sport & Culture Committee reach out to Community Groups

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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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 [...]

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Harbour Development

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Open publication – Free publishing Greystones Town Council recently received a presentation outlining a proposed new plan for the harbour development. The presentation can be seen above or downloaded here. If you have any views on the proposals, please get in touch with me. Kind Regards,

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Credit Review Office

Friday, April 16, 2010

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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 [...]

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Dog fouling Disgrace

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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It is completely unacceptable that there are currently only 3 Environmental Wardens to cover County Wicklow. These wardens must deal with a wide range of tasks such as waste management, packaging and site inspections of facilities, and provision of waste collection permits. Due to the current embargo on renewing contracts we are left in a [...]

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Shocking over usage of prefabs in Co. Wicklow’s Schools

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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I was delighted when my party’s education spokesperson, Brian Hayes TD, undertook a survey and revealed a county by county breakdown in the total number of prefabs in use in primary school education. Deputy Hayes utilised information from several Parliamentary Questions relating to the number of prefabs and the number of pupils in each county and [...]

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Local government

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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I’m encouraging the people of Wicklow to take a more active role in politics and local government to ensure we can continue to improve our county. It’s important to remember that all town and county council meetings are open to members of the public. At these meetings vital decisions are made which effect many aspects [...]

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County Councillors few & far between

Friday, July 10, 2009

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Last Monday Night (6/July/09) I attended a meeting which was held in the Kilpedder Inn regarding the future of the exit off the N11 dual carriage way into Kilpedder village. The meeting was very well attended by members of the public who expressed their serious concern for the future of Kilpedder village if the road junction was [...]

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