Local News from Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

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The new system is being piloted following a recommendation from an Independent Review Group.

Over 2,800 drivers were detected for speeding. Among the notable speeds recorded was a motorist driving 164km/h on a 120km/h road in Kildare.

An operation to stop the vehicle was put in place - it stopped on the M7 in the Kildare area.

Kfm first reported of the restrictions last Friday

The meeting took place in Teach Diarmada in Castledermot last Thursday

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Gardaí are currently at the scene of the incident, which happened southbound at Junction 5 near Carlow.

The original robbery, involving over IR£200,000 stolen from a mail train, was one of Ireland’s most infamous heists.

Derrinturn has just 5 Gardai, despite a number of high-profile incidents in the village recently

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Meanwhile, teacher shortages, a lack of facilities and the threats posed by AI are some of the issues set to dominate the annual conferences of the teaching unions this week.

The account, run by Thea Von Engelbrechten from Kildare, has 2.5 million TikTok followers and one million on Instagram, and features adult-themed parody videos using the dolls.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the crash, which happened at Citywest, shortly after 8pm on Sunday night.