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€4.4m Fire Station In Maynooth To Officially Open Today

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Also opening is a social housing development, at Fitzgerald’s Close, Greenfields, Maynooth

Maynooth Fire Station is to officially open today.

Kildare County Council will host the Minister for Housing, James Browne TD and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, and Kildare South TD, James Lawless, in the presence of the Cathaoirleach of the County of Kildare, Councillor Carmel Kelly for the official opening of the Station.

Delivered at a cost of €4.4m, the station has been operational since October 2025, and includes a dedicated training space, a training tower, staff welfare facilities and many energy-saving features.

Also opening is a social housing development, at Fitzgerald’s Close, Greenfields, Maynooth.

It provides 65 new homes, supported by more than €29 million in funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the Social Housing Investment Programme – Accelerated Delivery Programme.

It includes a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom units including Age Friendly and universally designed homes.

The official opening of the Maynooth Fire Station will take place at 12.30pm, whilst the opening of the Fitzgerald's Close development will take place at 2pm.

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