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• Declan Ryan Co-Opted To Celbridge–Leixlip Fine Gael Seat After Fahey Resignation

  Declan Ryan joins the council following decades of involvement in the party.

• Women's Aid Launches New Free Online Programme To Help Identify Signs Of Domestic Violence

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• Kildare’s Best Christmas Ho Ho Home Competition

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• Watch: Emotional Scenes At Dublin Airport As Soldiers Return From Lebanon

  Plenty of tears were shed, as parents were reunited with their children after a long six months.

• Tánaiste Calls For “Common Sense” As Kildare Woman With Stoma Bag Denied Toilet Use

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• Mobile-Phone Driving Offences Surge In Kildare–Carlow, According To New Figures Seen By Kfm News

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• Three People Arrested As Part Of Investigation Into Murder Of William Delaney Released Without Charge

  The 56-year-old was last seen in Monasterevin in January 2019, but Gardaí were later told he had been killed and buried in County Laois.