Newbridge Chat Thread

Widening the footpath.

Anyone know have the light sequence been changed at Byrne’s Cross? Queue crawls from the station entrance/exit.

Awful pity Cox's is gone. Was very handy

Not doubting You Raven, but I am from Newbridge, like to follow local politics yet was oblivious of these meetings You mention ( one thing I don’t have a FB account & im sure I’m not alone), Perhaps all parties need to look at their media mediums?

I agree with You about CB. In the beginning it was great to get expert military views especially earlier this year when putin invaded Ukraine. I also agree though about Your view that He’s supporting the government too much, certainly for my liking., and after the deafening silence from MM about Troy, I wonder what support FF will lose after this debacle. One thing I will say for CB, he’s the ONLY TD I have heard from since the last election.

I only hope You are totally wrong though about who will be contenders for top spot come the next election. How heydon is tops beats me. I’m also despairing about the electorate when they vote for someone who went on holiday as the election was being held.

BUT, that leaves a dearth of choices.

Care to provide an example of said notice or are you just talking nonsense again?

Nothing in the local papers, parish newsletters or on social media from what I can see but I'm not on Facebook.

Plenty of notice yet provides not a shred of every evidence. Not a fan of Hayden but at least he has a constituency office in the town along with Berry.

A popularity vote now is meaningless to the largest town in Kildare South. Very obvious that Patricia Ryan simply does not care as her absence got her elected the last time.

Even her own website seems to exclude Newbridge:

"About Me

Patricia Ryan is a Sinn Fein TD for Monasterevin, Kildare Town, Allenwood & The Curragh."

I voted for her last time and I won't be doing it again.

I did not see any posts on P. Ryan's FB page advertising a public meeting about modular housing

I don't think Ukranians should be put in Lakeside.

Lakeside is a run down pit full of scumbags, thieves and drug dealers. Most are on social welfare, are xenophobic, racist and dreadfully short of any intelligence.

Putting decent Ukrainians that are fleeing a war and who have done their best to integrate in communities and get jobs and give back to communities into the cesspit that is Lakeside would be totally unjust.

If Kildare CC wish to put a modular home on my land to house a family of Ukrainians, I would be very welcome to the idea.

The stupids in lakeside use two "excuses" both put forward by Ms Ryan of sinn fein -

1. they are unvetted - are you having a joke, half of Lakeside have criminal history and gardai have confirmed that Ukranians do not feature at all on their records.

2.the old chestnut, 10,000 homeless. In entire Kildare county, there were less than 150 people in emergency accommodation as of April 30th. That's the entire county. 80% of those in emergency accommodation are based in the main cities and if people knew the breakdown of those figures, they'd have a different attitude. Lets just say 20% (cso census) are from a particular "ethnic" community

Ms patricia ryan is a xenophobe and her "letter of concern" was designed to rile up the stupid brainless sheep in the cesspit of Newbridge.

Don't make Ukrainians suffer any further and mix them with the scum in lakeside

Lakeside is a cesspit. Yes there are some decent people there, but it has a massive anti social issue and a substantial criminal element.

Hopefully decent Ukrainians will not be put into that cesspit

Just heard on RTE that the protest is postponed. Apparently the government minister i ( O’Gorman ) is to set up a meeting with the residents.

I am from lakeside. I am highly offended by your comments.

Have you ever lived in lakeside? Do you even live in Newbridge?

The junction at Liffey Hall opened there a few minutes ago.

Tommy boy has been a good and positive contributor since early days of this thread.

I can vouch He is anything but a troll. Please just because He disagrees with your insulting remarks why must that be classified as trolling?

EDIT: Rereading back I surmised You were calling Tommy a troll? I think You were actually referring to the other person. If so, apologies for the misunderstanding.

I certainly was not trolling.

I've been burgled twice - both from lakeside.

A friend's business was broken into - guy was from lakeside.

A woman in a club I'm in was attacked - the girl was a junkie from lakeside.

Go to Naas courthouse on a Tuesday, Lakeside gets plenty of coverage.

That sinn fein thick knew what she was doing - she was targeting the xenophobic and racist people in lakeside with her false claims.

Yes there are decent people there too, but it's the scum there that always seem to rise to the top and show themselves off.

I got an email from Thornton's during the week informing me that their rates are going up.

Green Bin from €1.75 to €1.95

Brown Bin from €6.25 to €6.90

Black Bin from €11.30 to €12.50

I'm not sure yet what their annual charge is going up to ( if at all ), this year it was €85.00.

While I have no complaints about their service, I find their charges becoming expensive - how they can justify the charge for compost is something I cannot fathom. I know Oxygen and AES are in RH

Are there other options in Newbridge?

We use Oxigen. No bother with them. They were also willing to drop their price to match (paid in full for year) as AES were cheaper this year.

There is a Mizzoni pizza coming soon to the unit where Al Vesuvio and more recently Ramen were located.

I miss Al Vesuvio. <sad>

In the last couple of months I've had really good experiences at Jaipur and Dubh.

Ate in the new Indian Restaurant on Main Street over Eddie’s shop last weekend (don’t know current name). Lovely food and lovely staff. Reasonable pricing also. Usual cobra beer available and wines of course.

I heard the bridge was hit twice & they are repairing it. Didn’t realise it’s closed until month end though.

Hi all.

Really sorry if this is not the place to ask but, given it is the official thread for Newbridge, I expect local residents can give me the best answer. We have been looking at a house in Newbridge and we really like it. However we have heard from some people who claim to know it better than us that Newbridge is a bit rough. Can I ask if you have found this while living there?

I don't mean any offence at all by asking this question, I am just trying to get feedback from people who live there as opposed to second hand information.

Would there be enough room for a queue of traffic with the entrances to Lakeside Park and Beechmount Avenue/Allenview Heights there, as well as Watercress Manor and the vet? I suppose it would be doable with lights but it'd be messy. A new wider bridge would be the ideal solution but won't happen.

Newbridge is not rough. There are isolated incidents of crime and anti social behaviour like anywhere in the world. If the area and house suits you and your budget, go for it

Not sure what kind of demonstration was taking place outside McDonalds in Newbridge today, but not a great place for people holding placards (beep if you think all politicians are corrupt ??!!) when you're trying to negotiate a large busy intersection . Were they run out of the town centre ?