Ballinora and Waterfall community survey 2012

• CCTV and better security
• Convert one dressing room to a shop
• Folding tables, painting, sound system, update electronics and lighting
• Gym and catering facilities
• Improved external lighting
• Improved physical access for wheelchair users and people with walking difficulties
• More use of notice boards
• Remove cars by hall
• Voluntary security personnel

• Access
• Alarm system and CCTV
• Improved external lighting
• Reduce building’s amount of timber because it’s a fire risk -new den
• Painting, new floors, toilets, lighting, total revamp of the kitchen

• Voluntary security personnel

• Alarm system
• Better signage, warning lights and stop parking on the road
• Encourage non-active parents to become involved in activities and groups
• Lighting
• More play area – secure play area
• Move school to a bigger site, more space needed
• The danger of accidents during drop off and pick up

• Improved police presence
• Community awareness programme
• Direct community Garda contact
• Responding to alarms in all areas
• List of reliable trades people
• Neighbourhood watch
• Improved lighting
• Speed alert signs 
• Access to AED for everyone
• Subsidised alarm facilities
• Mobile phone coverage
• Replace the lock on the gate to GAA field
• Private homes – lighting on roads outside homes
• Safety alarms

• Celebrate annual heritage week and have a heritage walk day
• Development of historical aspect of area 
• Display information area
• Improve site accessibility
• Local history talks and information evenings
• Local maps identifying areas of historical importance
• Mapped walks (off-road)
• Protect the red squirrel population in the local forest
• Public access to glen and ringforts
• Put up heritage signage
• Regular maintenance
• Restore, survey and conserve old graveyards
• Restore historic monuments

• Retain glen for natural habitat

Walks’ development

• Create controlled access to lakes and ponds
• Create an outdoor gym area
• Enhance some neglected green areas
• Forest protection and retention
• Flowers in Waterfall village, church and crossroads
• Hold heritage events including walks
• Increase access to forestry with owners’ agreement
• Lighting in some areas for safety reasons
• Off-road walkways and trails with owners’ agreement
• Public path to the glen – retain glen as a public walkway
• Prevent illegal dumping
• Protect rivers, streams and bridges including cleaning and ongoing maintenance
• Erect townland names
• Railway walks’ development
• Reintroduce rare species (for example, Corncrake)
• Riverside walks’ development
• School path from Heatherfield across the fields and also from Jimmy’s cross
• Set aside wildlife areas
• Tobar an Iarla – replace the sign across from the pub

• Undertake a wildlife survey

• Make sure owners’ permission is secured
• Establish new cycling routes with signage
• Establish new walking routes with signage and fit for wheelchairs and buggies
• Include flora and fauna, and sculptures as part of planning
• Increase the profile of new facilities when completed
• Local history talks
• Mark distances for training purposes
• Paths, walkways from Ballymah to Church, also parish walkway loop, new Curraheen loop (UCC/MAgS), link to CIT and the city
• Put lighting in some locations
• Put seats along the way in some places
• Undertake surveys and small works (volunteers – scouts and students for example)
• Walkway to Mass rock in the local forest and continue to Curraheen
• Walking group establishment