Council commits to Childcare Centre

Kildare County Council has committed €12,000 in matching funding towards the cost of the planned Community Childcare & Family Resource Centre, writes Brian Byrne.

The funding will be forthcoming if an application to the Kildare Leader Partnership for funding is successful.

Cllr Ivan Keatley says the commitment is 'great news' given the pressures on the low level of funding available. "Previous contacts with the Council had indicated that no more matching funding was going to be made available to the Kilcullen area following the completion of the playground."

He congratulated the project committee for their hard work done to date towards making the facility a reality. The project has now gone to etender, and there are hopes that a contractor will be appointed shortly.