CCTV fund grows

The fundraising for the CCTV system for Scoil Bhride has reached 8,600 euros, from donations, a draw and the proceeds of the weekend Christmas Fair in the Parish Centre.

School Principal Maurice O'Mahoney is very pleased with the progress of the effort, and says the school is now in a position to look at the various options.

"We did price a system some years ago, but there's much more available now," he told the Diary. "We have to put in the best system possible."

As the Diary noted in the report on the Christmas Fair, the need to install such a system is one of the downsides of life in Kilcullen, and similar villages and towns across Ireland, today.

Scoil Bhride has been targeted several times by vandals and thieves over recent years.

Brian Byrne.