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About Malcolm

Cllr Malcolm Noonan with Minister of State Mary White and  Trevor Sargent TD in Kilkenny on a walkabout in the Marble City.

PROFILE

Malcolm has recently completed a BA(Hons) in Rural Development at Tipperary Institute. Having worked for a time as a Graphic Designer, he returned to his first love, gardening and has run a landscape gardening business in Kilkenny for the last fifteen years. He has been involved in environmental and community activsim since the age of 14 and  served on the Board of Friends of the Earth Ireland for eight years. It was this passion for community and environmental advocacy that began his path into green politics. Malcolm was first past the post in Kilkenny County Council elections of 2004 and came in equally comfortably in the Borough Council, not bad for first time out!

His other passion is music and has served in many of Kilkenny’s seminal bands over the past twenty odd years and is still holding down a fifteen year sunday night residency in the Pumphouse in Kilkenny with fellow gringo’s, the Barfly’s!

Malcolm has a four year old  son, Colm who has no interest in Politics but likes using his daddy’s council robes for his Superman outfit!

Current issues being addressed by Malcolm:

  • Sustainable planning that puts community needs first
  • Provision of facilities for young people, both sporting and non sports oriented, with funding for playgrounds to be met by developers
  • Safe drinking water quality as a right to all
  • Retention of full services at St Luke’s Hospital
  • Sustainable transport policies that include public transport, cycle lanes and safe pedestrian access
  • A strategic cross sectoral approach to drug and alcohol abuse among young people
  • Improved kerbside recycling service with access for all to recycling facilities and weight related waste charges
  • Increased participation of the wider community in local decision making
  • Improved facilities for people with disabilities
  • Traffic calming measures for all residential areas and schools with a reduction in speed limits
  • Respecting the principles of social justice and a multi-cultural society in Kilkenny

Successes to date:

  • Ban on food macerators in Hotels and restaurants
  • Introduction on Environmentally Friendly Cement in Local Authority projects
  • Development of allotments in land use in Kilkenny
  • Development of a Skate Park for Kilkenny
  • Supporting Renewable Energy Producers
  • Increased Recycling Facilities
  • Introduction of School Walking Bus
  • Development of  a County Climate Change Strategy
  • Council Membership of International Council for Local Env. Initiatives (ICLEI)
  • Signatory of Aalborg Charter on Sustainable Towns and Cities
  • Supporting Employment for people with Disabilities
  • Planning Successes on behalf of Communities
  • Upgrade of Purcellsinch Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Fairtrade Status for Kilkenny
  • Funding for Kilkenny’s Cycle Lanes
  • Rural Housing Design Guide

Malcolm has skills and a strong interest in Rural Development, The Arts, Disabilities, Social Incluison, Biodiversity, Rural Public Transport, Climate Change, Waste Resource Management, Planning and Public Procurement