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A lucky National Lottery player in Kildare is €500,000 richer after the National Lottery Saturday night’s Daily Million Plus top prize was won by a player in Kilcock .
The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at Doolan’s Centra store on the Courtown Road in Kilcock.
Kill village could be poised for a significant expansion, if An Bord Pleanala approves plans for a project valued at €40 million.
107 houses and 60 apartments are proposed in this Strategic Housing Development.
The site is bounded by Kill Hill and St. Brigid's National School.
A Kildare man has been elected president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland.
The TUI has 19,000 members teachers in post-primary, higher and further educatio
Leixlip resident, Martin Majoram, has been elected to succeed Seamus Lahart in the post.
Kildare County Council says there is no public space in Derrinturn suitable for a playground.
It was asked by Fine Gael Cllr., Brendan Wyse, to identify a suitable site for a play area.
Kildare Arts Service is holding a portrait exhibition in September to acknowledge those who went "above and beyond to help Kildare get through this pandemic."
Cannabis valued at over €68,000, some of which was addressed to Kildare, seized at Dublin Mail Centre.
In the UK,
A man - suspected by police of taking his own life after appearing on the Jeremy Kyle Show - died of a morphine overdose and a heart problem.
Steve Dymond, who was 63, was found dead at his home in Portsmouth in May last year.
A lawyer for dozens of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims claims Prince Andrew’s "deliberately evading authorities" who’ve invited him to provide a statement about abuse by the financier.
Four more cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Northern Ireland.
Two further people have also died of the virus.
It brings the death toll to 554, while there are 5,747 confirmed cases.
The reproductive rate of the virus in the North is between 0.3 and 0.8.
The British government has just published a list of 59 countries where English tourists can travel to without needing to quarantine.
It includes France, Spain, Australia, Cyprus and New Zealand.
Health experts are urging young people to stay away from large house parties this weekend.
There are reports of large gatherings being organised to coincide with the cancelled Longitude festival.
A new study aims to find out who's immune from coronavirus so they can safely return to work.
The Higher Education Minister's announced 4.8 million euro is being invested in Covid Research.
An investigation has been launched after a soccer team were attacked with weapons in Cork last night.
Two men were arrested at the scene for public order offences.
Josh Crosbie reports:
The Central Bank says Covid-19 crisis has led to the sharpest drop in economic activity on record.
It's warned our recovery will be gradual, but remains uncertain.
Niall Colbert reports:
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