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€4 million cost for finishing off housing estates throughout County Kildare — KCC Residential ');  '); The cost of completing housing estates across County Kildare to the standard where they can be taken in charge by the council has been estimated at €4m. Once a residential area has been taken in charge it means that Kildare county council is responsible for ongoing infrastructural work. Cllr Aidan Farrelly told a KCC meeting that some 33 estates have no bond in place. Bonds are effectively financial assurances provided by developers that estates will be completed but Cllr Farrelly sai...

Kildare County Council spends €2m a year trying to keep streets litter free Bins ');  '); Leixlip has “twice as many” litter bins as Celbridge — even though its population is smaller, the February monthly meeting of Kildare County Council was told. Cllr Ide Cussen claimed this was because Leixlip had a town council previously. The councillor and her colleagues made a number of contributions about how litter management methods (Kildare County Council spends €2m annually on street cleaning alone) should change. There were calls for more community wardens to combat the proliferation o...

Anger at cancer-causing asbestos dumped beside Canal Reporter: ');  '); Locals in the Sallins area were shocked this week after a load of potentially dangerous asbestos sheeting was dumped near Digby Bridge. It's believed the hazardous material was deposited on the side of the road on Friday night or the early hours of Saturday morning as community members had cleaned up the area in the days previously. Local gardaí are investigating. Asbestos can cause lung cancer, scarring of the lung tissue and cancer of the lining of the chest and the lining of the abdominal cavity. Removing or tran...

Kildare school places issue a "ticking time bomb," public meeting hears South Kildare school situation "an emergency" Reporter: ');  '); Demand for school enrollments in Kildare could be a “ticking time bomb,” a county councillor has told a public meeting which heard of major concerns over school places in the county. Cllr Angela Feeney was speaking on a request by a number of councillors for information on school capacity at Kildare County Council’s plenary meeting on January 25. Cllr Feeney said 27% of the population of north Kildare was under 18 and school places needed to be built...

9 & 10 News January 10, 2021 One of them— learning to process isolation. Adam Devaney is a social worker for Life’s Work Clinic in Traverse City, he says he’s noticed the toll its taken on his patients. Adam says, “When times and circumstances get really really complicated and there’s a lot of unknown parts to it, I feel like that’s actually really effects us emotionally.” After the events that unfolded last week in Washington D.C, he says many people are feeling uncertain and the videos circulating social media are making it harder to process. “It’s almost like a triggering...