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Kildare drivers compete in Monaghan rally on Sunday
A number of Kildare drivers took part in The TRITON Stages Championship in Monaghan yesterday. Paul Barrett and Declan Tumilty participated in their Ford Fiesta R5 competing in The TRITON Stages...
View ArticlePlayground in Maynooth to close temporarily tomorrow to facilitate...
The youth playground at Harbour Field, Maynooth will be closed tomorrow Tuesday 30 April 2019 to facilitate maintenance works. According to Kildare County Council, the temporary closure is to...
View ArticleTwo teens plead not guilty to murder of Leixlip schoolgirl Anastasia almost a...
Two teenagers have pleaded not guilty to murdering Kildare schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel in Co Dublin last May. The 14-year-old boys were arraigned before the Central Criminal Court this afternoon,...
View ArticleBrindley Healthcare acquires 79-bed nursing home in Kildare worth €10 million
Leading Irish nursing home group Brindley Healthcare has acquired the 79-bed Maynooth Lodge Nursing Home in Co Kildare in a deal worth over €10 million. The acquisition means the group now owns and...
View ArticleCurragh to offer record prize money this year to enhance 2019 Race Programme
The Curragh is delighted to announce that prize money has been increased across a variety of races this season. All Group 1 races will now be worth a minimum of €300,000 and there have been positive...
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Iconic Newspapers hiring for full-time job based in Portlaoise
Iconic Newspapers is hiring an advertising assistant at their planning and service desk in Portlaoise. The position offers an attractive salary package in a modern office space in the heart of...
View ArticleMore than 800 people waiting for Speech & Language assessment and therapy...
Fiona O’Loughlin, TD for South Kildare says that the Government must take action and set targets to ensure that waiting lists for speech and language assessments and therapy are reduced in Kildare and...
View ArticleKildare County Council issues '24 hour notice' for caravans parked...
A number of caravans which are reported to have parked beside a roundabout in Naas have been ordered to vacate by Kildare County Council. It is understood that several caravans have been illegally...
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Urgent appeal for schoolboy (12) who didn't come home from school today
Gardaí in Rathcoole Co Dublin wish to seek the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 12 year old Liam Goodwin missing since approximately 3pm today. Liam didn’t return home from school....
View ArticleStarter's orders for Punchestown Festival 2019 as Gardaí issue traffic...
The Punchestown Festival kicks off today and over 120,000 people are expected to throng to the racecourse over the next five days. Garda have issued a Traffic Management Plan for the event. Racegoers...
View ArticleMissing schoolboy found safe and well and reunited with family
Missing Rathcoole schoolboy Liam Goodwin was located safe and well before midnight and has been reunited with his family. An Garda Síochána and Liam’s family would like to thank each and every person...
View ArticleKildare Gardai quizzed people on suspicion of illegally paying for sex
More than 30 people were questioned at the weekend as part of a crackdown on people illegally paying for sex. Gardaí in Kildare, Dublin, Wexford and Louth questioned 36 people over Friday, Saturday...
View ArticleThe 'Racing Priest', the late Fr Sean Breen honoured today on...
Photographed here by Ballymore Eustace photographer Christy Dennison, the late Fr Sean Breen will be doubly honoured at opening day of Festival 2019. An iconic figure in Irish racing, today will see...
View ArticleLost dog with lame leg wandering around Newbridge
This lost dog was spotted at a bus stop in Newbridge at the Bank of Ireland. A KildareNow reader, who saw the pet yesterday evening, said: "Was very lame on back left leg. "Tried to get on bus but was...
View ArticleDriver has car seized but allowed to keep bag of onions!
Naas RPU: ‘A selection of dates on display but unfortunately all out of date’ No Tax/ No Insurance/ No NCT Car seized & Court to follow. A driver was stopped in the Naas area for using a mobile...
View ArticleCo Kildare obituaries: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The death has occurred of Thomas (Tom) Finneran Turnings, Straffan, Kildare Finneran, Thomas (Tom), Turnings, Straffan, Co. Kildare, April 29th 2019, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family....
View ArticleMostly cloudy with heavy showers at times expected for Co Kildare today
Mostly cloudy today with showery outbreaks of rain, heavy at times for parts of Co Kildare today. Some drier periods developing also, especially later in the day with some evening sunshine possible....
View ArticlePre-qualification processes recommences for new St Joseph's NS Kilcock
Kildare North Labour General Election Candidate Emmet Stagg has welcomed finally the re-commencement of the Pre-Qualification Process of Contractors for the New St. Joseph's National School in Kilcock....
View ArticleTwo days of traffic restrictions for Newbridge as Gas Networks carrying out...
Motorists are facing two days of traffic restrictions in Newbridge as Gas Networks Ireland carries out necessary works this week. It is understood that Robert Street in Newbridge will be closed with...
View ArticleCo Kildare man spends 3 nights in A&E on a trolley at the weekend amidst...
A Co Kildare man spent 3 nights on a hospital trolley in A&E at Naas Hospital as he sought treatment for a serious illness at the weekend amidst concerns of overcrowding in hospitals across the...
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