Why we have a quarry problem in Kilcullen

• Why we have a quarry problem in Kilcullen and surrounding areas:

• Kilsaran currently operate THREE sites surrounding Kilcullen (Halverstown, Silliot Hill/Brownstown/Corbally, Ballysax Hills) and are trying to open a FOURTH (Racefield, Ballyshannon.) All of these 4 sites are within just 8km of Kilcullen.
  

• Kilsaran SAY that they only want to open their 4th site at Racefield for a period of 12 years. However, they have been seeking to buy more land in this area. They also made similar promises regarding all of their existing sites around Kilcullen and here's what they actually DID over the last number of decades in this area:
  

• The Ballysaxhills quarry is now in existence 28 years and Kilsaran are currently appealing a decision from Kildare County Council not to allow them to extend it further. If their appeal is successful, this extension will see the Ballysax Quarry increase from 88.4 acres (the same as 35 GAA pitches) to 97.6 acres (39 GAA pitches.)
  

• Kilsaran’s Brownstown/Silliot Hill site is currently 32 years old and has been extended a number of times from it’s initial 212 acres (85 GAA pitches) to now 271 acres (108 GAA pitches). Its current operation period is due to lapse in 2039.
  

• The Halverstown quarry has been in existence since the 1940s, it is the size of 19.5 GAA pitches and has only recently saw the process of backfilling begin.
  

• Kilsaran’s proposed quarry at Racefield, Ballyshannon would open for an initial 12 years on 79.5 acres (approx. 31 GAA Pitches) and if the initial planning period is not extended (which we doubt very strongly) it would be left as a stagnant, water filled, quarry lake.