Cllr. Frankie Keena

Political Record

Deeply involved in Community work in Athlone, by working closely with the voluntary Statutory Community sectors in developing strategies to reduce the demand for drugs.Married to Siobhan Downes who is a native of Athlone with two children.
Frankie is also a Native of Athlone and was educated at Cornamaddy National School, Marist College, Athlone and U.C.G.Employed by Eircom since 1980. A member of AthloneTown Council since 1995. In the 1999 local elections was the third person to be elected to the Council. Honoured and delighted to be Chairman of Athlone Town Council during the Millennium Year (1999 - 2000).
Chairman & co-founder of the Athlone Drug Awareness Group. Chairman of Baylin Group Water Scheme. Area Coordinator of Bliary/Moydrum Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. Member of the Garda Divisional Quality Initiative Committee. Member of the Housing , Social & Cultural Strategic Policy Committee. Member of the Ardnagrath National School Board of Management. Will continue working to try and provide a better quality of life for the people of Athlone & District, covering areas such as Health, recreational open spaces, traffic management, roads & footpaths, traffic calming, housing, litter control, etc.
Frankie has initiated and lead the implementation of this Portal Web site for Athlone under the name www.athlone.ie and at present holds the position as Chairman of Athlone eCom Ltd Board of Directors which is responsible for the delivery of this project.