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Local News
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Revealed: Names Of Presidential Contenders As McGregor Prepares In-Person Pitch To Kildare Council
The meeting - agreed by councillors in June - will give potential candidates for the 2025 Presidential Election an opportunity to present their cases for nomination.
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BREAKING: Government To Introduce Second Tier Of Child Benefit In Budget
Research from the Economic and Social Research Institute published on Tuesday showed one in five children are living below the poverty line.
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Government To Target Supports For Hardest Hit As Food Prices Surge
Micheál Martin says the Government will help those most impacted by rising food prices.
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Homeless Kildare Families Forced Miles Away As Council Misses Slice Of €50m Emergency Housing Fund
Local representatives have voiced anger over the exclusion.
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Kildare Among Counties Seeing Double-Digit Rent Hikes As Evictions Rise 17% Across The Country
Notices of termination increased by 17 percent to 4,728.
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Live Music, Poetry And Art Tours Among Kildare’s Culture Night Highlights
Culture Night is part of an all-island initiative offering free access to cultural activities in towns, villages and online.
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MDMA Tablet Containing The Highest Dosage Ever Seen In Ireland Found At Electric Picnic
It was submitted to a HSE initiative which tests drugs for festival goers.
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Broken Bones And Broken Teeth… The Possible Fix? A Coat of Red Paint On The Kilcullen Road Cycle Track
Numerous formal complaints and online videos have highlighted pedestrians tripping over the raised kerbs - one clip even shows a person stumbling into the road just as a car drives by.
Sports News
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Stephen Cluxton Will Not Play For Dublin In 2026
Cluxton will be solely apart of the coaching team.
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FAI Appoint John Martin As Their New Director Of Football
Martin was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Shamrock Rovers
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Chelsea Charged With 74 Rule Breaches By The Football Association
They relate to regulations surrounding agents, intermediaries and third-party investment in players.
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BMW PGA Underway — McIlroy Riding Irish Open Momentum Into Wentworth
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are among the afternoon starters.
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Eadestown Tadgh Beirne Likely To Remain Munster Captain This Season
The Lions forward took over from Peter O'Mahony in the role last year
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Trump International Golf Links In Doonbeg Confirmed As Venue For 2026 Irish Open
The event will be held in September 2026.
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O'Rourke Secures At Least A Bronze Medal At The World Boxing Championship
The Roscommon fighter has beaten Sunniva Hofstad in their 75kg quarter-final.
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There Are Two Matches To Be Played Tonight In The UPMC Hurling Championship
Both matches will be played in Manguard Park.
National News
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Revealed: Names Of Presidential Contenders As McGregor Prepares In-Person Pitch To Kildare Council
The meeting - agreed by councillors in June - will give potential candidates for the 2025 Presidential Election an opportunity to present their cases for nomination.
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BREAKING: Government To Introduce Second Tier Of Child Benefit In Budget
Research from the Economic and Social Research Institute published on Tuesday showed one in five children are living below the poverty line.
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Government To Target Supports For Hardest Hit As Food Prices Surge
Micheál Martin says the Government will help those most impacted by rising food prices.
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Kildare Among Counties Seeing Double-Digit Rent Hikes As Evictions Rise 17% Across The Country
Notices of termination increased by 17 percent to 4,728.
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MDMA Tablet Containing The Highest Dosage Ever Seen In Ireland Found At Electric Picnic
It was submitted to a HSE initiative which tests drugs for festival goers.
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Manhunt Continues After Right-Wing Influencer Charlie Kirk Shot Dead During University Speech
He was shot once in the neck while addressing hundreds of students.
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HSE Reiterates Promise For Round-The-Clock Ambulance Cover For Baltinglass This Year
The development follows the recent establishment of a 24/7 ambulance service in Arklow.
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Talks Have Finished Between Forsa And Government Officials At The Workplace Relations Commission
Head of Education at Forsa Andy Pike said it was not ‘good news or bad news’.
International News
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New ‘Gas Giant’ Planet Discovered By International Team Including University of Galway
Newly found planet WISPIT 2b offers a rare glimpse at early planetary formation
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Famine Has Been Confirmed In Gaza City For First Time
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system says 514,000 people, nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, are experiencing famine
Obituaries
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Frank O'Neill
Riverforest, Confey, Leixlip, and formerly of Newport, Co. Tipperary.
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Patrick (Pat) Clarke
Green Road, Kildare Town, and formerly of Ballyfermot, Dublin
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Kenneth Martin (Skee) Meehan
Moorefield Drive, and formerly Roseberry Terrace, Newbridge.
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Eileen O' Brien (née O' Reilly)
Kilbelin, Newbridge
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Pauline Cross (née Percival)
Drimsree, Rathangan, and formerly of St. Brigid's Terrace, Robertstown
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James (Jim) Tancred
Ardclough
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Madeline Haslam
Avondale Drive, Kilcullen.
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Mervyn Magee
Baroda Court, Newbridge.
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Kathleen Murphy, nee Donnelly
Moore Park, and formerly of Barrettstown, Newbridge.
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Mary Gallagher
Taghadoe, Maynooth, and late of Milltown, Co. Galway.
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Martin (Marty) Leahy
Maryville, Kildare Town, and formerly of Rathangan
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Peg Kelly
Barnhill, Castledermot.
Lifestyle
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A new collection of furniture gets the seal of approval from Ireland’s most famous architect
When two Irish interiors stalwarts come together to talk furniture design, one of them architect, Home of the Year judge, and presenter of My Bungalow Bliss and The Great House Restoration, and the other a leading Irish retailer, interiors enthusiasts are sitting up and taking notice.
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Feel Good With More Fibre
Fibre has plenty of health perks. As well as helping to sustain energy and reduce appetite, fibre is your bowel’s best-friend, it nourishes your ‘good’ gut bacteria, it helps heart health, and it can even reduce cancer risk.
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