Local News Archive

The Proposed Grand Canal Greenway Phase 2

Saturday, 31 August 2024 15:20

Public Transport Expected To Be Busy Today

Saturday, 31 August 2024 11:54

2024 Ploughing Championships from The 17th To The 19th September

Saturday, 31 August 2024 11:39

Homeless Figures Reach Record High With 14,429 People In Emergency Accommodation

Friday, 30 August 2024 16:29

Kildare South TD Supports Halting Israeli Defence Deals: "Values Over Value"

Friday, 30 August 2024 15:29

Maynooth's Bartons Coaches Highlights Looming School Transport Crisis

Friday, 30 August 2024 11:45

Like A "Punch To The Stomach": Support Worker Cancellation Delays Preschool Start For Zachary Alexander

Friday, 30 August 2024 11:40

Dail's Oldest TD, Bernard Durkan, Reflects On Time Spent In Prison And Plans To Run In Next Election At 80

Friday, 30 August 2024 09:49

"You get to 64, and you don't think you'll have to fight for everything," Says Local Woman Fighting For Full Disability Allowance

Thursday, 29 August 2024 16:52

Irish Fiddler Secures €44,000 In Dispute With Castledermot Country Star’s Management

Thursday, 29 August 2024 16:17

Vanished Without A Trace: The Unsolved Disappearances Haunting Kildare

Thursday, 29 August 2024 15:41

Breaking: New Cost Rental Houses In Newbridge To Be Allocated Via Lottery System This September

Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:46

"Last-Ditch" Effort To Save Leixlip Post Office As Petition Gains Momentum

Thursday, 29 August 2024 10:21

Fake "Benzos" Linked To Sudden Death Targeting Local Youth, From Schools To The Pitch

Thursday, 29 August 2024 09:45

Equine Objections Overruled As Massive Kildare Solar Project Approved Near Kilcullen

Thursday, 29 August 2024 08:56

Interim Report Highlights Training Error In Fatal Helicopter Crash That Killed Two Men, Including One From Straffan

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 16:58

Kildare’s Eoghan Corry Highlights Troubled Routes As Ryanair CEO Pushes For Alcohol Limits

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 14:16

Teacher Shortage Crisis Hits Kildare Schools, INTO Warns Of Unqualified Staff In Classrooms

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 14:12

61-Year-Old Martin McCauley From Naas Further Remanded In Custody Over 1982 RUC Bombing

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 14:07

Naas Bollard Installation Sparks Local Debate On Traffic And Safety

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 12:24

Kildare Among Top 5 Counties With Fewest Homes To Buy, Rental Market Also Strained

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 10:26

Kildare's Class Of 2024 Set To Access First Round CAO Offers At 2 PM Today

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 08:43

Two Local Athletes Part Of Team Ireland As Paralympic Games Open This Evening

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 08:29

Household Electricity Bills To Rise By €100 To Support Network Upgrades

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:34

Hot Meal, Hefty Fine: Motorist Caught Speeding On Sallins Bypass To Keep Pizza Warm

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 15:15

Serious Collision On M7 Between Castlewarden And Athgoe

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 14:16

Athy’s "Crown Jewel" At Risk: Calls Grow For White Castle Preservation

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 11:46

Moyvalley Animal Welfare Group Calls For Licensing System For Horse-Drawn Carriages After Dublin Incident

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 10:43

Gold Bars And Cash Recovered At Rathangan Home Seized By CAB

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 08:40

Gardai Seeking Information On Missing Teenager From Lucan

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 08:21

Gardaí Advise Local Parents: Protect Your Children’s Privacy When Posting School Photos

Monday, 26 August 2024 17:13

Increasing Numbers Of Over-50s Contact Alone Over Housing Struggles

Monday, 26 August 2024 17:10

St Wolstan’s School In Celbridge Honoured For Lifesaving CPR Training Efforts

Monday, 26 August 2024 15:21

Tánaiste Responds To Kildare TD's Claim Ireland Is Freeloading On Lebanon Evacuations

Monday, 26 August 2024 15:09

CAB Seizes Rathangan Home From Alleged Kinahan-Linked Showbiz Drug Dealer

Monday, 26 August 2024 12:35

Watch: Violent Scenes In Tallaght Over The Weekend, With Cars Set On Fire And A Garda Car Rammed

Monday, 26 August 2024 11:49

Leixlip Post Office To Close September 13th, Relocating to Barnhall on September 16th

Monday, 26 August 2024 11:34

Victoria Bridge Road Closure: Teleporter Overturns On Naas To Rathangan Route

Monday, 26 August 2024 10:25

Kildare Rents Jump By 10.1%, With Locals Forking Out On Average €1,983 Per Month

Monday, 26 August 2024 10:12

Half of Kildare Employees Fail To Use All Their Annual Leave, New Report Reveals

Monday, 26 August 2024 09:35

How Ten Teens Turned Summer Break Into A Building Project For St. Paul’s School In Monasterevin In 1993

Sunday, 25 August 2024 16:05

Penelope Guinness Inherits Leixlip Castle As Rediscovered Will Details Desmond’s Fortune

Sunday, 25 August 2024 12:26

Clane And Monasterevin Secure Funding For Town Centre Revitalisation Projects

Sunday, 25 August 2024 11:42

Criminal Assets Bureau Probes 69 Targets In Kildare Amid Nationwide Crackdown

Sunday, 25 August 2024 11:15

Two Arrested After Garda Car Rammed And Cars Set On Fire In Tallaght

Sunday, 25 August 2024 10:16

Kildare Business Will Get The Chance To Shine At 2024 Ploughing Championships

Saturday, 24 August 2024 11:35

Parents Across Kildare And Ireland Are Preparing For The New School Term

Saturday, 24 August 2024 10:50

BMW Ireland Responds After Local Driver Receives Recall Notice Following Motorway Car Fire

Friday, 23 August 2024 17:15

After Struggling To Find ASD Class In Kildare, Clane Mother Stands With Parents Protesting In The Capital

Friday, 23 August 2024 15:44

New Research Shows Number Of GPs In Kildare Not Sufficient To Meet Needs Of Growing Population

Friday, 23 August 2024 12:46

With Seven Lives Lost On Roads In Kildare, Families Are Demanding Action Amid Drop In Roads Policing Unit

Friday, 23 August 2024 11:53

Cars Stolen In Kill Believed To Be Used In Attempted Burglary By Seven Masked Men At South Dublin Home

Friday, 23 August 2024 11:18

Gardaí Renew Appeal For Witnesses And Audi Driver After Fatal N7 Crash On Saturday

Friday, 23 August 2024 10:45

Kildare Students Opening Their Leaving Cert Results This Morning Reminded That Their Results "Don't Define Them"

Friday, 23 August 2024 10:31

Naas General Hospital Tops Hand-Washing Compliance Among Staff With 98.9% Score

Friday, 23 August 2024 09:41

McDonalds In Newbridge Will Reopen On September 4th

Friday, 23 August 2024 08:53

Exclusive: Kilcullen BMW Fire Draws Attention Amid Separate Recall Notice Over Fire Issues

Thursday, 22 August 2024 17:26

Tender Years In Naas Becomes Latest Creche To Exit Core Funding, Implementing Fee Hikes Starting September

Thursday, 22 August 2024 16:22

Naas Man Allegedly Linked To Deadly 1982 Bombing That Killed Three RUC Officers

Thursday, 22 August 2024 13:19

Storm Lilian To Hit Ireland Overnight, With Kildare Included In Weather Warning

Thursday, 22 August 2024 12:18

HSE Won't Reveal Hospitals Impacted By Chemotherapy Delays, Fearing Public "Panic"

Thursday, 22 August 2024 10:44

Kildare Projects Eligible For €1M EU Just Transition Fund

Thursday, 22 August 2024 10:13

Gardaí Seize Motorbikes Stolen From Kildare, Meath, And Dublin

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 15:29

Gardaí Appealing For Information Following Criminal Damage To Vehicle In Carbury

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 15:26

Unused For Nearly 15 Years, Kishoge Station To Open To Public On Monday

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 15:25

Council Cracks Down On Naas Commercial Development With Five Bedrooms In Unauthorised Conversion

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 13:25

College Costs Surge to €15,632 a Year, With Maynooth The Second Most Expensive

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 10:31

Charlie Talbot, A Longtime Kildare County Council Spokesperson, Has Died

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 16:38

Inside The Celbridge Lab: How FSI’s 2023 Breakthroughs Solved Cold Cases, Murders And The Case Of A Missing Kildare Teenager

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 16:23

Celbridge-Based Forensic Science Lab Raises Concern Over New Legal Cannabinoid Linked To Teen Illnesses

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 14:51

Kildare's Social Housing Strain Highlights National Crisis

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 14:39

Mother Sleeping In Car With 8-Week-Old Baby Tells Kfm She Has "Nowhere To Go" Amid Legal Complexities

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 10:49

ALDI Secures Approval For €9.5M Kilcock Store, Creating 30 New Jobs By 2026

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 09:35

Man In His 40s Dies After Crash Between A Car And Truck In Castledermot

Monday, 19 August 2024 17:13

Irish Cancer Society Demands HSE Explanation Amid Chemotherapy Delays In Hospitals

Monday, 19 August 2024 11:44

Major Delays Expected In Castledermot Following A Crash

Monday, 19 August 2024 10:51

39 Claims Made Against Kildare County Council In 2023

Monday, 19 August 2024 08:45

Man Dies In Collision On N7, Between Junction 4 And 5

Saturday, 17 August 2024 15:40

New Natural Play Area Construction Set To Begin In Liffey Linear Park

Saturday, 17 August 2024 11:49

Major Delays On N7 Naas Road Due To Crash At Rathcoole Junction

Saturday, 17 August 2024 10:17

Heritage Week 2024: Kildare’s Rich Legacy To Shine At Over 100 Events

Friday, 16 August 2024 17:15

HSE Aware Of Chemotherapy Supply Delays Since July 31, With Nine Hospitals Impacted

Friday, 16 August 2024 14:26

'He Called Me A Tramp And Looked Up My Skirt’: 90-Year-Old Mother And Baby Home Survivor Speaks Out On Abuse And Delayed Redress

Friday, 16 August 2024 14:11

EXCLUSIVE: Temporary Pause in Production Causes Chemotherapy Delays, Patients Demand Answers From HSE

Friday, 16 August 2024 10:49

Kildare Lotto Player Wins €250,000 In Lotto Plus 2 Draw

Thursday, 15 August 2024 14:07

Kilcullen Coffee Drive-Thru Suffers Major Damage After Vandal Attack

Thursday, 15 August 2024 14:05

Kildare’s Road Deaths Double Amid Baffling Trends In Irish Road Fatalities

Thursday, 15 August 2024 11:14

Donadea Forest Park Was Among The Top Most Visited Coillte Sites In The Country Last Year

Thursday, 15 August 2024 10:39

Kildare Residents Contact Uisce Eireann Every Four Hours, Investigation Reveals

Thursday, 15 August 2024 08:44

"Putting A Plaster On A Problem" - Local Councillor Criticises Fine Gael Senator's 'Pop Up' Garda Stations Suggestion

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 14:32

Gardaí Renew Their Appeal For Information Following Violent Robbery On 83-Year-Old Woman In Kildare Town

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 12:10

Affordability Crisis: Kildare Among Toughest Areas For Couples Earning €107k To Buy A Home

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 10:37

Celbridge "Medium" Faces Trial For Company Law Violations

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 10:21

Water To Return For Kildare Residents Following The Completion Of Repairs To Major Watermain

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 08:10

Some Locals Have Resorted To Converting Empty Shops And Pubs To Meet Housing Needs

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 16:39

Garda Liaison Proposed For Taxi Driver Protection As Kildare Minister Advocates CCTV For Passenger Safety

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 16:13

Cocaine And BZE Found In Water Samples From Two Wastewater Treatment Plants In Kildare

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 15:32

Late Secondary School Places Announcement In Kildare Sparks Criticism From Teachers' Union Amid Teacher Shortage

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 14:24

Red Tape Hampers Local Authorities From Addressing Dereliction And Vacancy, Says Local Councillor

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 12:36

Army Strength Plummets Below 6,000 As More People Continue To Leave The Defence Forces Than Join

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 10:26

Former Minister Richard Bruton: Increase EV Grants To Boost Rural Electrification

Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:41

Car Keys And Esb Helmet Left At Alter Of Young Celbridge Man, Jamie Brannigan, Who Died In Road Crash Last Tuesday

Monday, 12 August 2024 16:38

Celbridge Residents Warned Of Fraudulent Home Inspection Letters

Monday, 12 August 2024 16:35

New School Year Made Easier: 212,000 Junior Cycle Students, Including Those in Kildare, Benefit from Expanded Book Scheme

Monday, 12 August 2024 14:46

Publicly-Funded HRT Scheme Could Be A 'Game-Changer' For Women's Health, Says Local Senator

Monday, 12 August 2024 14:26

Calls for Co-Educational Schools Grow As Minister Questions Single-Sex Schooling Impact

Monday, 12 August 2024 14:18

Increasing Fines Will Not Prevent People Entering Ireland With Incorrect Documents, Says Kildare Travel Journalist

Monday, 12 August 2024 12:41

"I'm Going To Cut His Head Off" Threat Prompts Kildare South's Seán Ó Fearghaíl To Examine Enhanced Security For TDs And Senators

Monday, 12 August 2024 10:26

Researcher At Maynooth University Calls Out Media For Over-Indulging The Far Right

Sunday, 11 August 2024 14:35

Temperatures Of Up to 25 Degrees In Kildare Today

Sunday, 11 August 2024 11:45

Kildare Residents Told To Look Out For Northern Lights Tonight

Saturday, 10 August 2024 15:48

Maynooth University To Host "Brigid's Worlds" Conference In September

Saturday, 10 August 2024 12:46

Nurse Who Tragically Died In Collision On Thursday Lived In Kildare

Saturday, 10 August 2024 12:28

Planning Permission Sought For Pre-School And Afterschool In Kildare Town

Saturday, 10 August 2024 11:49

"Critical" Water Main Repairs to Impact Thousands Of Locals On Tuesday

Friday, 9 August 2024 15:42

Kildare Town’s Vision Ireland Store Reopens After Flood Damage Repairs

Friday, 9 August 2024 15:20

Kfm's Mystery Sound Competition Was Won This Morning: Congrats Kevin Bagnall!

Friday, 9 August 2024 11:32

Kildare Students Heading To College Advised To Recognise Red Flags Of Accommodation Scams This Year

Friday, 9 August 2024 11:24

Naas Resident's Wallet Stolen By Fake Rug Sellers

Thursday, 8 August 2024 15:39

Stop Spreading Misinformation Say Gardai Following Sudden Death Of Man In Saggart

Thursday, 8 August 2024 14:23

Wicklow Learners More Likely to Pass Driving Test Than Kildare Counterparts

Thursday, 8 August 2024 11:52

Young Man Who Died In Road Crash Named Locally As Jamie Brannigan From Celbridge

Thursday, 8 August 2024 11:17

Brian Flanagan To Become The New Kildare Senior Football Manager

Thursday, 8 August 2024 08:28

Gardai Appeal for Information After Day Of Crime Across County, With One Woman Left Unconscious

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 16:23

Motorist High on Cocaine, Opiates, And Benzos Crashes Into Street Light Between Prosperous And Clane

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 14:23

Additional First-Year Secondary School Places To Be Created In Celbridge, Maynooth And Prosperous

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 12:20

A List of Homes In Kildare To Be Targeted In Arson Attacks Is Allegedly Circulating Among Local Gangsters

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 11:52

Kildare Records 1,599 New Residential Addresses While Second-Hand Home Market Dwindles

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 09:46

A 19-Year-Old Man Has Died Following A Road Traffic Collision On The Clane Road In Celbridge

Wednesday, 7 August 2024 08:37

Road Deaths: Worst July In A Decade With 115 Fatalities In 2024, Including 5 In Kildare

Tuesday, 6 August 2024 14:19

Naas Woman Raises Awareness On Blood Cancer Multiple Myeloma

Tuesday, 6 August 2024 11:37

RSA's 'Check It Fits' Service Offers Free Child Car Seat Checks In Kildare

Tuesday, 6 August 2024 10:13

Quick-Thinking Gardaí Prevent Tragedy In Athy River Incident

Tuesday, 6 August 2024 09:33

Kildare Man Paul Mescal Ranked Most Attractive Irish Celebrity According To Study

Monday, 5 August 2024 15:36

Naas Driver Detected Doing 147KM in 120KM Zone

Monday, 5 August 2024 15:13

Tánaiste Confirms €8.6 million Funding for Communications and Information Services Workshop at Curragh Camp

Monday, 5 August 2024 14:32

After 16 Years Naas Plaza Courtyard Now Open

Monday, 5 August 2024 09:50

Uisce Eireann Advise Potential Supply Disruption For Some Newbridge Residents

Sunday, 4 August 2024 11:47

Soft Opening Of Mall Area At Naas Shopping Centre Today

Sunday, 4 August 2024 10:24

August Bank Holiday Weekend Roads Policing Operation

Saturday, 3 August 2024 15:18

Kildare People To Be More Aware Of What Social Housing Is Available

Saturday, 3 August 2024 12:50

Irish Coast Guard Which Is Urging People To "Always Think Water Safety"

Saturday, 3 August 2024 11:27

Recipient of Creative Places Athy ‘Connect & Gather Award’ Announced

Saturday, 3 August 2024 11:23

Six Data Centres Planned Near Naas

Friday, 2 August 2024 15:49

Naas, Athy, And Celbridge to Benefit From Funding Boost

Friday, 2 August 2024 12:23

Ramming Of Gates At Government Building Does Not Seem Like A Co-ordinated Attack, Says Kildare South TD

Friday, 2 August 2024 11:57

Naas Shopping Centre To Be 'Soft' Launched On Sunday

Friday, 2 August 2024 10:55

Men Struggling With Addiction Left In Limbo As Charity 'Camino' Announces Closure Amid Rising Costs

Friday, 2 August 2024 10:35

"Hard To See How Ireland Won't Be Impacted" By Intel Job Cuts, Says Davy Stockbrokers Aidan Donnelly

Friday, 2 August 2024 09:37

The Father Of Missing Naas Man Trevor Deely Has Died

Thursday, 1 August 2024 17:06

New Car Sales Increase In Kildare

Thursday, 1 August 2024 16:11

Vandalism and Theft Leave Clongorey FC Clubhouse Flooded, With Over 30K Worth Of Damage

Thursday, 1 August 2024 15:11

Wildlife And Wheels: Artist Cian Mekitarian Transforms Naas With Vibrant Murals

Thursday, 1 August 2024 14:20

From Today, Parents Can Apply For Extended Leave If Their Child Is Under Two

Thursday, 1 August 2024 10:39

Gardai Investigating Suspected Arson Attack At A Home In Newbridge

Thursday, 1 August 2024 10:15

Diane O’Hora Steps Down As Manager Of The Kildare Senior Ladies Football Team

Thursday, 1 August 2024 09:27