Paul O'Meara

Naas

Reporter at Leinster Leader

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Eight people on trolleys at Kildare's Naas Hospital today

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

It's the second least overcrowded hospital in the east There were eight people on trolleys at Naas Hospital today having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.
Bins overflowing with domestic refuse pose a threat to this Kildare tourism area

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

More public bin collections are necessary at a burgeoning tourism area in Kildare. Sallins councillor Carmel Kelly says the collections should be beefed up along the Grand Canal there for the summer months of June, July and August. READ NEXT Kildare café to host week-long fundraiser in aid of Palestinian childrenShe said Sallins Tidy Towns (STT) have approached boat owners and she asked if Kildare County Council had asked people living in Sallins how they dispose of their refuse.
BREAKING: Women elected to the top two jobs in Kildare local politics

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

The top two jobs on Kildare County Council have gone to women. Sallins-based councillor Carmel Kelly was elected to the role of cathaoirleach this afternoon in Aras Cill Dara, Naas. She was joined by her Fianna Fáil colleague Cllr Veralouise Behan, who is from Ballyroe, near Athy, who will serve as her deputy, the leas cathaoirleach. Cllr Kelly, a former political secretary for the late Fianna Fáil TD Michael Fitzpatrick, was nominated by Cllr Daragh Fitzpatrick, Michael’s son.
Kildare Tidy Towns group is crowdfunding for a new van

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

The Naas Tidy Towns group is fundraising for a new van. Judging for the competition started on June 15. READ NEXT BREAKING: Man admits possessing a semi automatic gun after car stopped at Kildare canal bridgeThe voluntary organisation is well regarded locally for the amount of cleaning, sweeping, planting and washing undertaken around the town. They are everywhere to be seen in Naas.
90 people were without a hospital bed in Kildare last month

1 week ago | ireland-live.ie | Paul O'Meara

A total of 90 people were treated on a trolley during May at Naas Hospital, having been admitted through the accident and emergency department. READ NEXT Kildare-based asylum seeker resisted a garda trying to arrest him for a breach of Covid-19 rulesThis was one of the lowest patient-on-trolley figures at hospitals in the eastern region, which includes the major Dublin hospitals. Only Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, had less (47) people on trolleys between May 1 and May 30.
90 people were without a hospital bed in Kildare last month

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

Overcrowding A total of 90 people were treated on a trolley during May at Naas Hospital, having been admitted through the accident and emergency department.
The amount of time it takes to re-rent houses in Kildare needs to be reduced

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

The amount of time readying a Kildare County Council property to be re-rented needs to be reduced. The council accepts that the “turnaround time” is too long and is explained by a number of factors such as the scale of works that need to be undertaken and the availability of people to undertake the task.
Voluntary groups in Kildare were 'devastated by Covid-19 pandemic'

1 week ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

Kildare County Council has been asked to provide more support to local voluntary community groups. Cllr Noel Heavey made the call at a KCC meeting during which he said that these organisations had been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and they need “a digout" from the council.
Call for funding to buy homes for Kildare tenants

2 weeks ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

Kildare County Council is to seek more money from the Minister for Housing seeking money to fund the Tenant in Situ scheme - which facilitates the purchase of homes rented privately and where the tenant is at risk of eviction because the landlord is selling. Two councillors - Chris Pender and Pat Balfe - say this is needed because of the increasing demand on the scheme.
Kildare bogland 'shouldn't be turned into solar farms or landfills'

2 weeks ago | kildarenow.com | Paul O'Meara

A significant area of bogland in County Kildare should not be turned into landfills or solar farms. That's according to Cllr Brendan Wyse, who backed a call for an independent report on the environmental, heritage of Ballydermot Bog, which straddles Kildare and Offaly.