Minutes of the AGM held on 20th January 2026 at St Brigid’s Parish Hall, Cabinteely

Present: Tom (Chairman), Will, Maria, Catherine, Margaret

16 committee members and residents signed in.

1. Tom welcomed everyone to the meeting as the outgoing Chairman and introduced the committee to all.

He explained the role of the Residents Association and said that sometimes there is a slight crossover with the OMC, e.g., the recent parking problems.

There are now bulbs appearing all around the complexincluding at the entrance and all along the Avenue and Tom asked for help andparticipation on clean up days whichwould be much appreciated.

Tom said that we are now surrounded by new developments, including 72 units on the old Bray Road side of the stream, 324 units on Druids Glen Road, and 234 units at Doyle’s Nurseries.

Tom also said that today’s meeting would probably be a repeat of last year’s AGM.

2. In his Chairman’s Report Tom told the meeting that we look after and plant in the common area such as the Avenue from the Old Bray Road to the stream and look after this area during the monthly clean ups.

Last summer we also painted the benches in the Square and some of the large tubs because to replace them would be very expensive.

Many meetings with DLRCC were also attended inconnection with their plans to run the Greenway through from the new bridge along the east side of Cabinteely stream.We’re hoping that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s (DLRCC) plans to fell some of the trees on the Avenue might be changed.

With regard to the social side of the Associationwe ran a summer BBQ with David doing the barbecuing and Will and the committee providing the food and itwas very well attended.

We then had a picnic in the Square on Sunday 2th of August before the children wentth of back to school and to finish up some of the food left over from the BBQ .

Coffee mornings are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 11am to 1pm during the Spring, Summer and Autumn. We bring our own coffee but biscuits and treats are supplied. If there are more attendees we may think about purchasing some coffee flasks.

The website is very useful for many thingslike recommended tradesmen etc and gets a huge amount of views.

The Brennanstown Square Whatsapp group has a lot ofresidents involved in it and Noha has taken over the organising of it from Tom.

The residents association Best Communications award from DLRCC and a prize of €500 which will be put togood use during 2026.Tom thanked DLRCC for thegrants received as they haveenabled the BRA to do much more than the €25 subscription would allow.

3. Treasurer’s report: Copies of the detailed Treasurer’s report were distributed to attendees.Maria reported that there was still a Community Grant to be received from DLRCC. They had been short of staff and so hadn’t processed it before our yearend on 31 January 2026.The new committee will issue the Subscription notices for 2026 assoon as possible and a new phone number will be used for the Revolut account.The Treasurer’s report was proposed by Catherine Bourke and seconded by David Kenny.

Matters arising: We will try and make the hose connection to the tap at the Little Librarywork this coming summer.

4. Committee: Tom advised that our Constitution allows for 5 to 8 members on thecommittee. The Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer should serve for no longer than 3 years.Three officers are resigning this year having completed their term and Satheesh has beenelected onto the OMC leaving the committee with four vacancies. Stephen Murphy and Cathy O’Shea volunteered to join Margaret (Secretary) and Will (Gardening and the Environment) and hopefully another volunteer will come onboard. The committee meets approximately once amonth.

5. Any Other Business:A vote of thanks was given to the committee from the floor and Margaret thanked Tom forbeing a super Chairman. John O’Shea said that the OMC are very appreciative of the workthat the BRA committee are doing and would encourage more residents to join and hopefully help to keep our area looking as good as possible.

The AGM then ended with thanks to all who attended.