KCA mulls street collection

The possibility of a street collection to raise funds for its work in Kilcullen is being considered by Kilcullen Community Action.

The matter was discussed extensively after a report on the financial position of the organisation showed that last year it ran to a significant deficit.

Excess of expenditure over income for 2006 was almost 2,700 euros. "We can't operate in that way for 2007," chairman Kieron Forde said. "We shouldn't be spending more than we have."

Orla O'Neill, who presented the accounts, noted that the annual Pub Quiz raised enough money to pay for KCA's general running costs.

The big drain on finances last year was the Christmas lights. There was general criticism of how these had operated during the recent holiday season.

"If we're paying out that kind of money, then they should be working right," Siobhan Tutty Bardon said.

Brian Byrne.