STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Cllr Mark Stafford asked the county council to consider installing piping at the drain.
A representative of Kildare County Council (KCC) has explained why the council is reluctant to install piping in a drain.
KCC’s representative made the comments in response to a motion at the latest Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District meeting, which was held on Wednesday, April 19 last.
Fine Gael councillor Mark Stafford urged KCC to 'proceed with the piping of the drain at Ellistown at the Ellistown/Green Road as previously agreed.'
Cllr Stafford also said that the owner of the site was willing to install the piping.
However, KCC told him that there are no plans to pipe the drain in question.
A representative told Cllr Stafford: "It is an open drain that carries a substantial amount of water.
"To pipe it will cause maintenance and possible flooding issues."
When the possibility of fencing off the area was brought up, the representative said: "I don’t want to go down this route, because once you start, where do you stop, and where will we get the funding?"
This prompted Cllr Stafford to once more urge KCC to 'keep an open mind' on the issue.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
