Xmas lights Celbridge

The Mulk

Are they turning them on today, I'm out all day until this afternoon. Can't find anything on line

mobby

Very poor display of lights in the Village compared to Lexlip and Maynooth in my opinion, and after a day some of them have already stopped working.

Joe Public

Not bad for a very small budget.

vince mc

I think they are OK, maybe we can get a few ladders together and launch a raid on Liexlip. we could get their crib while were at it.

corm500

Why would the budget for Celbridge be so small compared to Leixlip or Maynooth? Are they not Kildare towns of a similar size?

brian_t

corm500 wrote: »

Why would the budget for Celbridge be so small compared to Leixlip or Maynooth? Are they not Kildare towns of a similar size?

I thought that funds were provided by local businesses. Leixlip does have Intel and HP.

Moonbeam

I have not seen them but Maynooth has nothing spectacular but is pretty and no tree:(
Though in the square beside bradys there is a santa up high and he is pretty cool.
I though it was the local community councils that put up the lights?

Celbridge would have nearly 1 1/2 times the population of Maynooth and Leixlip is slightly bigger again.

corm500

I think Celbridge has a larger population than both towns

L1011

Believe it's the chamber of commerce not the community council in Maynooth but that may have changed.

SQ2

The Maynooth Business Association are responsible for the lights, they spent 4500 to get the lights back up and running this year, as there were no funds to maintain them previously. I'd imagine they'll add to them in coming years

Joe Public

corm500 wrote: »

Why would the budget for Celbridge be so small compared to Leixlip or Maynooth? Are they not Kildare towns of a similar size?

Leixlip have a Town Council that has an annual budget of 100K or so given by the Government to spend on the town. Town Councils are being abolished early in 2014 so things are going to change there.

Maynooth has a large student population of around 10K on top of its local population which gives more business to the local shops, restaurants, pubs etc. and thus they can afford to contribute more to Christmas lights and other events.

Celbridge doesn't have a Town Council and has to do a bit more "begging".

mobby

Again almost half the Christmas street lights not working, don't know why they bother. I know money is tight but its looks very bad. also why don't the OPW with unlimited Budgets !! have the Castletown gates, ave, and house lit up with a few lights.

Joe Public

Most are still working the wind was very hard on them.

It's a voluntary effort, anyone can join in and give their help to make next year's even better.