Waterstown Park

04/06/2026

The Great Big All Ireland Hedgehog Count Starts next week!!! For the week 8th to 15th June we are asking people to make an extra effort to look for hedgehogs and report your sightings at hedgehogsireland.com. So take a night time stroll in your garden or park or in the countryside and see what you can see. If you see roadkill hedgehogs, please report those too. Be careful out in the dark and Please don't disturb or pick up hedgehogs!

27/05/2026

21/05/2026

21/05/2026

Many thanks to SDCC crew at Waterstown Park who repaired the broken basket swing Palmerstown Playground.

I reported this recently and I'm thankful it was repaired so soon.

Cllr Alan Hayes
Independent,

19/05/2026

Bridge in place now over the mill race.

13/05/2026

Update from SDCC
Ground preparation works are commencing this week on a mini woodland project in the southwest corner of Waterstown Park behind Riversdale Grove. The initial phase involves the placement of carboard and a layer of wood chip over the area identified for tree planting. The material will break down over time and create a rich medium for the trees. Native tree planting will follow in the autumn.

In addition to the above, the new bridge for the Mill race will be arriving in the park today. The bridge will be assembled on site this week prior to it being lifted into its final position.

If anyone is in the park could you send photos of the bridge please!?

16/01/2026

The time has come, the place is here….. Applications for our Native Irish Trees opens on Saturday 17th January at 10am. We plan to have 80,000 trees available. All our trees are not only native Irish, but more importantly Native Provenance, meaning they are grown in Ireland from seed collected in Ireland. Applicants applying for up to 30 trees in our general tree scheme are asked to contribute €15 per application, people looking to join our Red Squirrel Habitat are asked to contribute €50 for a maximum of 150 trees. The application will be on our website freetrees.ie with a link shared on our page. Remember Saturday 17th January 10am

04/01/2026

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24gpl0l545o

Wallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends.

23/12/2025

Salmon on the move in October on the Kells Blackwater. This weir is ranked as the number 1 barrier on the Boyne system. Most of these shots are of the same fish. Photo credit Ciaran O Kelly