Recent news & updates

Here, you'll find updates on my progress as Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform and T.D. for Carlow-Kilkenny. Click on the categories below to filter my posts for the issues you're interested in.

#TownCentresFirst policy launched with Minister Noonan

Malcolm Noonan

Feb 4

#TownCentresFirst policy launched with Minister Noonan

Major new strategy to tackle vacancy, combat dereliction, and breathe new life into town centres Network of Town Regeneration Officers to...

93 Carlow and Kilkenny social homes have been refurbished and are back in use

Malcolm Noonan

Jan 22, 2021

93 Carlow and Kilkenny social homes have been refurbished and are back in use

Brilliant news today from Darragh O'Brien TD that via the Voids Stimulus Programme 93 social homes across Carlow and Kilkenny have been...

Malcolm Noonan

Nov 14, 2019

Green Party critical of ‘anti-democratic’ Planning Bill

Party claims Housing and Planning Development Bill harks a return to the dark days of unsustainable planning The Green Party has...

Noonan’s proposal for City bus service run by cow manure is supported by Council

Malcolm Noonan

Oct 28, 2016

Noonan’s proposal for City bus service run by cow manure is supported by Council

A novel proposal to turn cow manure into a gas to power a fleet of city buses has been unanimously supported by members of Kilkenny...

Malcolm Noonan

Feb 23, 2016

Duncan Stewart speaking in Kilkenny

Broadcaster and environmentalist Duncan Stewart speaking in Kilkenny, on Saturday 20th February in support of Malcolm Noonan, Green Party...

Malcolm Noonan

Feb 2, 2016

How heritage led regeneration can act as an economic driver for our towns and villages

Speech to Green Party Convention 2016 Our towns and villages have historically been the anchors of a rural hinterland. For centuries they...

Greens propose catchment management and sustainable land use planning approach to flood relief.

Malcolm Noonan

Jan 4, 2016

Greens propose catchment management and sustainable land use planning approach to flood relief.

Greens propose catchment management and sustainable land use planning approach to flood relief. Flood relief schemes for individual towns...

Malcolm Noonan

Dec 3, 2015

Waterford Boundary Review has more to do with expediency than achieving efficiency – Green Par

Speaking following a public meeting in south Kilkenny last night, Kilkenny Green Party Councillor and Spokesperson for Environment,...

Community Participation Proposals in Local Government Reform have merit but are meaningless without

Malcolm Noonan

Oct 19, 2012

Community Participation Proposals in Local Government Reform have merit but are meaningless without

‘Meaningful community participation in local decision making does however require having the right resources. I don’t see how the...

Malcolm Noonan

Nov 26, 2009

Plans for Bridge and Access Scheme should now be scrapped

Following the decision by An Bord Pleanala to refuse planning for a major retail development at the former Mart site in Kilkenny City,...

Malcolm Noonan

Dec 19, 2008

Full Text of My Submission to the An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing into the Central Access Scheme

Hi The following is the full unedited text of my submission to the Oral Hearing into the Proposed Central Access Scheme (Inner Relief...