Delays on Co Kildare road
A crash has been cleared from the N7 Naas Rd inbound between J4 Rathcoole and J3 Citywest. However, delays remain from before J7 Kill. M50 traffic is moving well in both directions. If you have a...
View ArticleMan dies in Co Kildare fire this morning
A man in his 40s has died following a house fire in Co Kildare early this morning. Leixlip Gardai are currently investigating the scene of the blaze in Carbury at 3.30am. Our photograph (above) shows...
View ArticlePower out to more than 400 in Kilcock, Kilcullen and Robertstown
Some 400 customers are without electricity this morning. The biggest outage is in Dunfirth near Kilcock where 298 households and businesses will have no power until after 5pm. Elsewhere, in the Old...
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Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park wants to attract UK tourists
Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park in Rathangan joined Tourism Ireland at the British Tourism and Travel Show in Birmingham this week. The British Tourism and Travel Show is an annual event for...
View ArticleLeixlip Gardai appeal for witnesses to fatal fire this morning
Foul play is not expected in the death of a Co Kildare man in a house fire during the early hours of this morning. The Garda Press Office confirmed that the death of a man in his mid forties at Carbury...
View ArticleKildare GAA club wants to renew its Lotto licence
Johnstownbridge GFC is applying to renew the licence to operate its Lotto. Solicitors for the club are due to make an application in Kilcock District Court next week. The issue will be raised before...
View ArticleGALLERY: Garden waste turns into fireball just metres from homes
These are the dramatic pictures of a waste vegetation fire just metres from homes in Sandyford, south Dublin. Dublin Fire Brigade sent units from Nutgrove, Donnybrook and Tara Street to the scene. Dun...
View ArticleAthy Town club lands big sponsorship deal ahead of new season
Athy Town FC is kicking off its season with a major sponsorship deal. The club, which is approaching its 70th birthday, won last year's Division Two of the Kildare District Football League. The team...
View ArticleCo Kildare mother who was on brink of taking her life is concerned about...
A Co Kildare mother who battled alcoholism while reaching the brink of ending her life is concerned about a spate of copycat suicides in Newbridge. The tragic deaths of five young men in the...
View Article21- year-old Irish man drowns while on holidays
It is believed that the 21-year-old man drowned after falling into a swimming pool at a tourist complex in Torremolinos in southern Spain. The tragic incident took place at around 7p.m. yesterday...
View ArticleCarbury farmer Rushe elected as new chairman of Kildare IFA
Brian Rushe, a dairy farmer from Derrinturn in Carbury, has been elected as the new chairman of the Kildare branch of the Irish Farmers Association at the county's AGM that was held in Newbridge last...
View ArticleDublin man stabbed to death by date's ex-husband while out for dinner in...
An Irish man living in Australia was stabbed to death while he was out on a date in a part of New South Wales. The man, who local media have named as Keith Collins from Terrigal in New South Wales, was...
View ArticleGardaí seeking public's assistance in search for missing 13-year-old from...
Gardaí wish to seek the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of, 13 year old, Destiny Omoruyi who is missing from his home at Moynihan Court, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Destiny was last seen on the...
View ArticleSerious delays on the N7 Southbound while there has also been a crash on the M50
Things were moving well on the roads around Kildare until a number of minutes ago, but it seems that traffic has become extremely heavy in the last few minutes. Traffic on the M7 Southbound is at a...
View ArticleMan scheduled to appear in Cloverhill Court in connection with murder of...
A man who has been charged with the murder of Kenneth O'Brien will appear in court in two weeks time. 48-year-old Paul Wells, who has an address at Barnamore Park in Finglas, has been charged with the...
View ArticleKildare county obituaries
The death has occurred of Sally O'NEILL, Ballybrack, Carbury, Kildare In her 101st year. Peacefully at Naas Hospital, deeply regretted by her sisters Mary, Betty and Brigid, nieces, nephews relatives...
View ArticleCall for measures to cut traffic jams at school gates in Co Kildare
Towns in Co Kildare should have 'drop-off zones' for school children to help reduce traffic jams at school gates, a councillor has said. Cllr Mark Lynch is recommending the measure to be included in...
View ArticleTwo players handed first league starts of 2016 for Kildare's top of the table...
Cian O'Neill has named two players in his side that haven't started already this year for this Sunday's final round league game against Clare in Newbridge on Sunday. Hugh McGrillen and Rob Kelly will...
View ArticleThe death has occurred of Mella BLAKE (née Cusack) Celbridge, Kildare / Carrigallen, Leitrim BLAKE (Nee Cusack), (Newtown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare and formerly of Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim) March 30th...
View ArticleIreland set to be second highest for female obesity
Now the Lancet reports that by 2025, Ireland is set to have the second-highest levels of obese women in Europe (37%) just a percentage point away from the UK (38%), and above Malta (34%). Similar...
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