Newbridge Chat Thread

hire a strimmer and a lawnmower for the day in Newbridge Hire in the industrial estate. Doesn’t have prices for hire on his website.

Most landscapers etc will be flat out at the moment with bigger jobs and wont have any interest in something like this.

I don't have a specific recommendation but I would lookup local handyman types or if you do strim and cut it, a waste removal service you see on social media etc like kollect. More likely to get it done quickly through these

does anyone commute from newbridge to the intel site?

got offered a job there today and i am looking at public transport and there is nothing the gets there for 8 am. just wondering if anyone here knows or takes public transport and can tell me what they are using

Random question but does anyone know a place one could park a motorhome overnight in the Newbridge/Curragh/Kildare Town area?

Hi thanks for that. I did get the job I start on Monday. I looked into this and your right there is a bus from Hazelhatch. Its the number L58. This might be the best option for me.

When I lived down that way up til a couple of years ago there was a place near Athy and about 15 min from Kildare Town.

https://www.accommodationathy.com/caravan__camping.html

I think the plan was to replace the lights with a roundabout

Hi Folks, just about to get the keys to a house in Curragh Grange and was hoping someone could advise on some reliable utility companies, specifically the bins and internet. It looks like Virgin Media dont cover my house, so there out on the internet side. Need something decent and reliable (who doesn't) as Ill be mostly WFH The ol bin companies don't seem to be great.

Any help on the above would be much appreciated.

AES for bins.

Pure telecom for Siro broadband

Get a free to air tv installer to install a dish and aerial and buy a fta/saorview combo box that will give you all the features of sky without the bill. The Zgemma h7s would be the one most on here would go for recently. Unless you are particularly into your sports then there’s no need for a sky sub.

I have to give thumbs up for Thorntons. They have never failed me since I moved over from AES.

Thorntons charge an annual fee and a fixed charge per lift. I saved nearly €150 in annual fees by switching from AES.

Been with AES since October 2014 and never had an issue with them. Anytime a bin wasn't collected (rarely) we've been texted and the delivery was arranged for the next day

Very few issue with Sky for Broadband and TV (SIRO Broadband)

Anyone know if they plan on improving any services in the area?Town is getting lots of new housing which is bringing people into the town but there seems to be nothing mentioned about services e.g. new playground, schools, swimming pool (the ones in the town are a kip) etc. Living in the town 20 years but seriously thinking about moving.

Kids only got school places this year due to their sister having attended the same school previously. Town is heading in the wrong direction full of houses and industrial development but no services to match.

Hard to justify the price of housing in the area when the level of services are so poor and next to nothing to do for kids or young adults which just inevitably leads to anti-social problems. The new walk down by Pfizer has been destroyed by travellers encamping illegally and the Gardai seem to do nothing about it.

I agree with every word You say Damian. There must be around 50 caravans out at that sprouting village-I wonder what the powers that be in LIDL think of this new township literally right on their front doorstep?

I also agree with You on who we elect. I only hope that the electorate learn from the silence of our ‘local’ TD’s. The only exception I think would be Cathal Berry. Remember we even have a TD who went on holidays when she should have been canvassing. But we the electorate are the ones who elected her in? Personally I haven’t heard from her since. Have any of our TD’s driven out the Athgarvan Rd in the last 2-3 months?

The town lacks GP’s school places especially secondary, but the powers that be just seem to carry on building houses.

The posters on the politicians neglecting to display their bias

P Ryan hasn't she had town hall type meetings in estates in Newbridge, defo was one in the LHD area and Bishopland in Kildare, you know the kind of stuff FF used to do years ago

Im from a very working class area of Newbridge and it was well served by Labour for years but non existent to FF/FG etc

The SF vote doesn't seem to be a protest vote as the party is around 35% nationally

Berry will unlikely to be back in again as people can see he was a FF proxy almost

Newbridge is well served by FMH on a local level but independent like her will struggle to make it to TD level. SF recruited J Pender from her role as an independent councilor and she is well liked locally.

Newbridge does not have a strong political voice on a td level at all. Nowhere near one. Heydan has the rural/gaa/farmer role tied up. Can't see FOL offering the locality anything different enough to vote in as TD

Having a meeting in two areas in South Kildare with no public notices is hardly engaging with constituents. You can cast aspersions about my bias but you're completely wrong. I voted for Ryan at the last election but I don't think I will bother at the next election. Maybe I'm being unfair to Ryan as none of the incumbents really bother trying to engage until the minions come to the door looking for a vote but I'm surprised at SF, potentially blowing away a good chance to consolidate a seat in South Kildare by doing absolutely no work or promotion on the ground.

A good portion of that SF vote is a protest vote. Thinking otherwise is delusional.

I also think you're wrong on Berry, he will still attract voters and I would expect FMH to do better again at the next election.

The LHD area has one of the lowest voter turnout in SK, along with Bishopland, Maryville etc. Perhaps Ryan will show up at the next campaign, unlike '20...