My name is Councillor Alan Tobin, I have the honour of being elected to the Ashbourne Municipal District since its inception in 2014. I am an avid community activist and want what is best for our town today and well into the future. The changes proposed for Ashbourne have been made by 5 like minded Councillors and then supported by our Councillor colleagues from around the entire county of Meath. What has been decided in these material changes future proofs our towns green spaces and as residential and industrial development takes place, these zonal changes will become important assets that will be for the use of the community that live, work and grow old here for generations to come.

Ashbourne is a self sustaining growth town and must be enabled to attract larger industry at a strategically beneficial location. We must reverse the exodus of quality, highly qualified citizens to Dublin and further afield on a daily basis. This zoning will create the opportunity for employment on a large scale in an area close to strategic infrastructure like the motorway, port tunnel and airport.