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Tourist attraction: Barrow Blueway through Rathangan, Monasterevin and Athy will be completed by end of next year Amenity );  ); The Barrow Blueway from Lowtown, through Rathangan, Monasterevin and Athy is on target to be completed by the end of next year.   Senator Mark Wall raised the issue in the Seanad. He acknowledged there had been some delays due to Covid, but welcomed the response to his parliamentary question from the Minister for State for Local Government, Malcom Noonan. “The p...

No Laois voice on committee caused loss of Barrow Blueway - Cllr Moran Reporter:  ); The lack of any Laois person on the Barrow Blueway committee meant that a 19km Laois section was eliminated from the plan, leaving Kildare and Carlow with all the tourism benefit. So believes Cllr Aisling Moran who is asking Laois County Council to ensure that there is a Laois councillor on any committees making decisions about tourism or development. “Projects like the Barrow Blueway, a fantastic project, ...

Kildare County Council paid out over €25 million in restart grants in 2020 Helpline received almost 1,500 requests Reporter: );  ); Kildare County Council has paid out over 3,000 restart grants to the value of €25m and over 4,000 rate payers have received a nine month COVID waiver on their rates for 2020 with a value of €22m, the council has said. It also said that a  helpline it helped set up  has received 1,491 requests and provided over 1,100 collection/delivery/transport services....