'Together Making Celbridge Better'
Thursday the 16th of February 2017, 8pm in Celbridge Manor Hotel
With increased robberies and other such thefts happening in and around our towns the Celbridge Business Association (CBA) arranged an informative meeting on how best to prevent theft from your property at the Celbridge Manor Hotel in February. It was primarily presented for the businesses but as residents there are many things that we can do to prevent would be burglars. Suggestions by the four man team from the Kildare division included use of panic alarms, criss-crossing of CCTV, personal panic alarms and good lighting on your premises.
The vocal audience at the meeting requested more of a Garda presence on the streets of Celbridge saying that it is now the largest town in Kildare with over 22,000 people. The superintendent also suggested that we apply more pressure on our local representatives for an increased Garda
Five new Garda were announced for Celbridge Garda Station at the meeting.
Pictured are Sergeant Jack Swan, Superintendent Gerry Wall, Garda Chris Fallon and Sergeant George Doherty at Crime Prevention meeting.
Frank O’ Rourke TD with Superintendent Gerry Wall
The Celbridge Food Festival, which was called the Taste of Celbridge last Year, will take place again this year on an even bigger scale. Last year’s event catered for 30 food stalls and had about 2,000 visitors on the evening. This year the Celbridge Food Fest will be catering for approx. 40 plus food stalls and will be holding the event in the school yard of St. Brigid’s School on the Main Street.
If you are a food business located in the Celbridge, Straffan or Ardclough area, you are welcome to take part in this years’ food festival. If you are an established food premises or you are a home baker or muffin maker this is your opportunity to showcase your products and build your client base.
The event this year will be a 3-day cultural event with the Food Fest taking place on Tuesday 18th April. To take part in this food fest email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will be in touch in the coming weeks. Please let other foodie people know about this fantastic event.
Food tickets can be purchased for €1 and after last year’s superb event we can only whet the appetite.
Please note that this event is run by Celbridge Business Association (www.celbridgebusinessassociation.com) and partly funded by Kildare County Council.