NEWS BRIEF: Public lights sought for centre of village located in County Kildare

New lights are being sought for the centre of Milltown Village.

Kildare County Council (KCC) was told about the request, which was put forward as part of a motion by Fine Gael councillor Mark Stafford at the latest Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District meeting on Wednesday, March 15.

His motion was put forward by Social Democrats Cllr Chris Pender.

In response to Cllr Stafford's motion, KCC said in its report at the meeting: "This request has been added to the KLIPS (Kildare Lighting Infrastructure Priority Schedule) register and will be reviewed once funds become available.

"KLIPS is a system, where requests for new lighting will be scored on various factors and placed within KLIPS according to that score," KCC added.