Childcare Centre lease signed

A major milestone has been reached in the efforts to establish a Community Childcare & Family Resource Centre in Kilcullen, writes Brian Byrne.

A critical lease has been signed between project promoters Kilcullen Community Childcare, and Kilcullen Community Centre Limited, with the agreement and assistance of the Cross & Passion sisters who owned the land on which the facility will be built.

At the signing, appreciation was expressed for all those who had helped bring the project to this stage, including the original committee whose decade of efforts to raise €600,000 for the facility collapsed at the end of 2010 because of difficulties in acquiring the lease just signed. In particular, the help given by Sr Maura of the Cross & Passion sisters was commended.

Tenders for the revived project have been received and are being evaluated, and the promoters are awaiting final decisions on funding. All going well, the Naomh Bhride Community Playgroup hope to move into the new facility in September of next year.

Pictured at the lease signing last night are Orla O'Neill, Iseult O'Donoghue and Kate Steed, all of Kilcullen Community Childcare.