Noonan Welcomes Funding for Kilkenny Cycle Lanes

The funding of cycle lane extensions and new cycle lanes in Kilkenny City by Kilkenny County Council has been welcomed by Green Party Councillor Malcolm Noonan. Members of Kilkenny Electoral Area recently agreed the Road Works Programme for 2008 with an unprecedented level of funding for the provision of cycle lanes.

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Letters to the Editor Kilkenny People

In response to ‘Big supermarkets eye Kilkenny’
An article by Kilkenny People journalist Tess Felder in Your newspaper dated Friday 29 th of December 2006 rang alarm bells with me as to the many contradictions that exist between the stated public policy of the large retail multiples operating in this country and their real ‘boardroom’ agendas [...]

Councillor slams ASBO’s as ineffective

Plans by Minister for Justice Micheal McDowell to introduce Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO’s) to tackle anti social behaviour in young people have been sharply criticized by Green Party Councillor Malcolm Noonan as being ineffective, unjust and impossible to implement.
‘If the UK experience is anything to go by then the Minister is wasting his and [...]

Noonan welcomes Parade Regeneration

‘Moves by Kilkenny Borough Council to initiate a process of developing the parade to reflect it’s importance as a civic space in Kilkenny are to be welcomed by all who take pride in the cultural vitality of this city’, according to Green Party Councillor Malcolm Noonan who had brought forward a motion on the issue [...]