Road works in Co Kildare expected to cause delays
Road works are anticipated to take three weeks on a Co Kildare road. Kildare County Council are carrying out Edge Strengthening works on the L-2002 road from Firmount Cross to Millicent Cross, Clane,...
View ArticleNaas Credit Union is hiring
Naas Credit Union is looking to hire a new member of staff. A vacancy has arisen for a Member Service Officer which is a permanent position. The Member Service Officer will be responsible for carrying...
View ArticleA look back at the 80s in Athy through the lens of a local man
World renowned photographer John Minihan left his native town of Athy at the age of 12. However, he regularly returned to Athy to take photographs. In between documenting Athy on visits home, Minihan...
View ArticleCo Kildare Garda urges parents to know where Junior Certs are tonight
A Co Kildare Garda is urging Junior Certs to take care tonight when out celebrating. Garda Aubrey Sheridan, based in Celbridge, revealed that she regularly arrests teenagers for drinking alcohol....
View ArticleInvestigation into high costs of insurance is welcomed by Co Kildare TD
O’Rourke welcomes Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigation into Insurance Industry Fianna Fail TD, Frank O’Rourke, has welcomed the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission...
View ArticleSpecialists re-investigating disappearance of young Naas man
The case of missing Naas man Trevor Deely will be highlighted in national television tonight. 'Donal MacIntyre Unsolved' is a new series in which the renowned investigative reporter brings together a...
View ArticleIt just got easier to post those selfies at the races...
The Board of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has backed Wi-Fi across all 26 Irish racecourses including at the Curragh, Punchestown and Naas. In partnership with the Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR),...
View ArticleBurst mains leaves part of Kildare without water until later this evening
A burst water mains has left properties in part of Kildare without water for a long period this afternoon. The areas affected by the problem are Kill and The Gables, though it is unknown as to whether...
View ArticleVIDEO: Meet Kildare schoolgirl Emma - one of Ireland's youngest sheep breeders
Kildare student Emma Jane Ginty (16) has set up her own flock of Dorset sheep and is one of Ireland's youngest registered breeders. Emma told the Irish Farmers Journal: "I grew up farming. My mam and I...
View ArticleFollowing raids all over Dublin and Malaga this monring, Gardaí have arrested...
Gardaí have arrested a man in relation to the murder of mobster Gary Hutch in Spain last year. The arrest was made following the raids on a number of premises in Dublin and the south of Spain earlier...
View ArticleIndian summer to continue for another few days as temperatures remain in the...
The good spell of weather looks set to continue into Thursday as the Indian summer we have enjoyed over the past two days shows no sign of coming to an end. It will be dry for the remainder of this...
View ArticleGardaí in Kildare to host 'Property Recovered Day' in a bid to reunite locals...
Gardaí in Kildare are due to hold a 'Garda National Property Recovered Day' next week in an effort to reunite locals with any property they may have lost over the last number of months. Leixlip Garda...
View ArticleLucky Kildare couple scoop €500K in Saturday's lotto after using the same...
A farmer and his hairdresser wife won €500,000 in the Lotto Plus 1 draw last Saturday, 10 September 2016. The delighted Kildare couple claimed their prize today at National Lottery offices in Dublin....
View ArticleReminder- Dublin Bus services will not be operating in Kildare for the next...
There have been no last-minute talks to prevent the second 48-hour strike at Dublin Bus going ahead, and it is due to begin at 9pm tonight. That is when the last services will be operating, and...
View ArticleNaas judge: "If you come before me again, you won't like me..."
A Naas judge warned a drug offender that he would pay a heavy price if he appeared before him again. Naas District Court heard that a 23-year-old apprentice carpenter had €25 worth of cocaine when...
View ArticleObituaries, Wednesday September 14
The death has occurred of Kathleen (Kitty) SMYTH (née Wilson), Pluckerstown, Kilmeague, Kildare Kitty, wife of the late Matty and mother of the late Tom. Sadly missed by her loving sons Ber, Matthew...
View ArticleThe Stig is coming to Kildare this month as part of an event to find...
You know that banger you've been driving that still has a registration from the early 90s? The one that you can't get ensured on because it is too old and the buffs at the insurance company reckon...
View ArticleRoseberry Hill is not smelling of roses - Kildare politician kicks up a stink
A councillor has called on the Council to investigate a 'foul odour' in an estate in Newbridge. Cllr Sean Power wants to get to the bottom of the source of the smell in Roseberry Hill. He also asked...
View ArticleKildare man caused €2,500 worth of damage to ex lover's property
A Co Kildare man was ordered to pay €2,529 in compensation to an ex girlfriend whose property he damaged. Naas District Court heard the defendant carried out the criminal damage to the interior of a...
View ArticleNaas Gardai chase drunken driver into field
A young male driver failed to stop for Naas Traffic Corps this evening. Reinforcements were called and two Garda cars eventually stopped the motorist in a field beside a building site near Naas. The...
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