Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca has welcomed the news that sanction will be forthcoming to fund existing places at the Barnacoyle preschool for autistic children run by St Catherine’s Special needs services at Killoughter, Ashford, Co Wicklow. The news of the decision to grant the funding was announced on the 5-7 Live programme on [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has been very critical of the recent decision by Wicklow County Council to approve the location of a water reservoir for Blessington on Roadstone’s land next to the illegal dumps that were discovered there. The Green Party councillor supported a proposal by Cllr Tommy Cullen (Ind) to locate the [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has claimed that a Regional Superdump at Donard is West Wicklow is likely to get the green light from the Environmental Protection Agency. Cllr de Burca made her comments following the recent publication on the EPA’s website of its Inspector’s recommendation to grant a waste licence to the site, [...]

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca, recently stated that this Government’s lack of interest in children with special needs is “disgraceful”. Cllr de Burca made her comments following the controversy that surrounds the current threat to the pre-school service for children with autism provided by Barnacoyle School, in Co Wicklow.
“This school is for children with [...]