Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023

  Public Information drop-in Sessions for the Development Plan process take place as follows.  Please feel free to drop in and go through the Development Plan maps and discuss the plan with Council staff. Location Date Time County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co...

Rathingle Playground

I was happy to see that €24,000 has been allocated for the refurbishment of the childrens playground at Rathingle, I have highlighted this issue on a number of occasions since I was elected in 2014. I will continue to watch progress on this refurbishment and hopefully...

Litter on Swords Main Street

  Question put to the environment department regards a litter issue on Swords main street:   Question: Councillor J. Newman – Litter at 29 Main Street Swords. “To ask the Chief Executive what action if any, has been taken, to resolve the issue of...

Swords Cultural Quarter Update

When out canvassing for the local elections in 2014, a large number of residents in Swords complained about the dilapidated state of Swords Village and the Castle. In my first meeting with The Chief Executive Mr Paul Reid following my election,  I conveyed to him the...

Rumour put to bed regards a road across the valley.

I was able to establish once and for all by way of submitting a motion to the 2017-2023 development plan that there will not be a road crossing the Ward River Valley from River Valley Estate. Talk of  constructing a road across the valley has been doing the rounds for...