Popular Co Kildare fashion blogger releases picture of newborn son
A popular Co Kildare model and fashion blogger has released pictures of her newborn son. Pippa O'Connor, who is married to Brian Ormond, welcomed little Louis Ormond one week ago at Holles Street...
View ArticleEnglish soccer club to stay in Co Kildare in July
Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that the first-team squad will spend a week training at the Carton House Hotel in Co Kildare prior to their opening pre-season friendly at Shelbourne on...
View ArticleCalls for 'mystery' of missing Athy bell from Dominican Priory to be solved
Concern is being voiced by a Co Kildare based County Cllr that a bell may have been removed from a 'protected structure without permission.' Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Redmond has mounted an online campaign...
View ArticleAthy town centre to get free WiFi during summer
The centre of Athy town is to get free WiFi from the end of July, it has emerged. Cllr Thomas Redmond of Sinn Fein has been lobbying local authority officials for the service for residents and...
View ArticleGardaí enforce Slow Down day this Friday in Co Kildare
Co Kildare drivers are being urged to get involved and support this Fridays national 'Slow Down' day initiative. The campaign, being led nationally by An Garda Síochána & the Road Safety Authority...
View ArticleCo Kildare set for sunny week ahead
Today is the start of the beautiful week of weather ahead. It will be dry and sunny for the evening with light to moderate easterly breezes. Today temperatures in Co Kildare are about 17 degrees....
View ArticleObituaries, Tuesday May 24
The death has occurred of Patrick (PJ) COSS Moorefield Park, Newbridge, Kildare COSS, Patrick (PJ), (Retired ESB), Moorefield Park, Newbridge, Co. Kildare - 23rd May 2016 (peacefully) at Naas...
View ArticleToday's fatal shooting in Dublin being described as “outrageous attack on law...
The fatal shooting of Gareth Hutch in Dublin's north inner city has been described as “outrageous” and “very violent”. Hutch was getting into his car in the car park of the Avondale House flats on...
View ArticleCarlow school gets hoax bomb alert along with others throughout country
Investigations have been launched following a series of hoax bomb alerts at schools across Ireland. It’s understood schools in Limerick, Dublin, Cork, Carlow and Waterford all received communications...
View ArticleMan arrested after today's murder in Dublin's inner city
A man has been arrested by Gardai following today's gangland murder of Gareth Hutch, the father of a seven - year-old boy. The 29-year-old man was arrested in Dublin and is currently being detained at...
View ArticleConcern for welfare of missing man spurs Garda appeal for the public's...
Gardai are appealing for the public’s assistance in locating a man missing from since yesterday. Tim Dennehy (41) was last seen in the Dooradoyle area of Limerick City last night at about 11pm. Tim...
View ArticleFive men released following questioning in relation to attack on popular Co...
Five men have been released without charge after being questioned in relation to the attack of a well-known Co Kildare businessman yesterday morning. The owner of Victoria Garden Chinese Restaurant,...
View ArticleGrandparents devastated to be told they are too old to mind their grandson...
The young boy who has been removed from the foster care of his grandparents because they cannot fully meet his needs has now been placed with other relatives - who are a similar age. The nine-year-old...
View ArticleDanish fashion brand VILA opening in Whitewater Shopping Centre tomorrow
Danish fashion brand VILA is the latest big-name brand to come to the Whitewater Shopping Centre when it holds its grand opening tomorrow morning. When doors open at 11am, the first 100 customers will...
View ArticleCo Kildare teenager gearing up for Billy Elliot The Musical
A Co Kildare teenager is gearing up to perform at the opening of the internationally acclaimed Billy Elliot The Musical this July. Daniel Sinclair, a Junior Cert student at the Patrician Academy, will...
View ArticleNaas gardai carrying out safety checkpoints
Naas Traffic Corps alongside Road Safety Authority inspectors are carrying out checkpoints this morning. Gardai tweeted this image of a checkpoint near Kilcullen earlier today. Motorists are being...
View ArticleGardai urge Co Kildare homeowners to lock windows despite warm weather
Gardai in Co Kildare are urging homeowners to lock up despite the warm weather. A Co Kildare homeowner returned home to discover that their home had been broken into. At Bishops Court, Naas, on Sunday,...
View ArticleCllr Darren Scully expresses outrage at colleague's calls for vote of no...
Fine Gael Cllr Darren Scully has expressed outrage at his fellow Councillor’s appeal for a vote of no confidence the County Mayor. Cllr Fiona McLoughlin-Healy claimed she received a text on Sunday...
View ArticleMan who claimed cannabis was for back pain is put in cell at Naas court
A man who claimed he needed cannabis for chronic back pain was temporarily remanded in custody over lunchtime at Naas District Court today. Alan Mayner Jnr (36) of Calliaghstown, Rathcoole is charged...
View ArticleKildare woman named in star-studded team of pundits for TV3's Euro 2016 coverage
It's not very often that Kevin Kilbane enters a room and he sits down beside someone who has more international caps for Ireland, but that is exactly the scenario that the former Sunderland star will...
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