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• Kildare North TD To Outline Plans For State-Funded Salary Boosts To Draw Top Academics To Ireland

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  The Government would fund up to 50% of the salaries offered by Irish universities to these recruits.

• Rathangan Parents Share Baby Archie’s Story To Highlight Organ Donation

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• Kildare Among Six Counties With No Road Deaths So Far This Year

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• Save Castletown Committee Secures Full High Court Hearing For July 29th

  The full hearing is considered to have been expedited, with a source expressing some level of optimism following today's outcome.

• Access And The €10K Per Week Staff Cost: What We Know So Far From Castletown House Meetings

  Among the outcomes, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has committed to replacing cars being walked up the estate by workers with a specialised buggy service operating at 10km/h.