Official Opening of renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan

12/04/2019

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Official Opening of renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan

Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Councillor Mark Ward officially opens the renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park Lucan

On Wednesday April 10 the Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Councillor Mark Ward officially opened the renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan.

Speaking at the event Mayor Cllr Mark Ward said, “The ideas for change came from a survey of the existing playground users and utilises natural play principles, which have been tried and tested during the delivery of the Council’s playspace programme across the county.”

Natural play has benefits for children in terms of increasing mental and physical well-being, developing imagination and allowing children to assess risk and develop their coping abilities.

The Mayor went on to pay tribute to the local community for their support of the popular playground and the work of the Council staff in managing the project and maintaining the playground.

For further information contact Communications Unit, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 on communications@sdublincoco.ie

You can find details of the services South Dublin County Council provides on www.sdcc.ie

IMAGE 1: Mayor of South Dublin County Council Cllr. Mark Ward, at the official opening of the renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan

IMAGE 2: Children from the Lucan Community Centre Creche help Mayor of South Dublin County Council Cllr. Mark Ward to cut the ribbon at the renovated playground at Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan

FOR THE EDITOR

About South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County Council is one of four local authority areas in the Dublin region.

The Council provides and funds a broad range of services including housing, roads, walking and cycling routes, parks and playgrounds, libraries, sports facilities, litter control, arts centres, enterprise units, fire services, community infrastructure and financial supports. It also serves as a platform for local democracy with 40 councillors spread across six electoral areas.

Bounded by the River Liffey to the North and the Dublin Mountains to the South, the County lies 16 kilometres south west of Dublin city centre and has an administrative footprint of 223sq. kilometres. The County has nine main villages Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Templeogue, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle and is bounded by adjoining counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin City, Fingal and Dún Laoghaire.

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