THE man sitting opposite me speaks in a cool, calm voice, telling his story with an openness and honesty that is compelling, sometimes shocking, sometimes poignant, sometimes brutal. Five years ago Kenny Harnett was strung out on drugs. Today he is clean and has just completed a Diploma in Drug and... Read More

Several Kildare musical societies have featured in the nominations for the Oscars of musical theatre. The Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) announced the nominations for theIR annual awards at the recent AIMS choral festival in New Ross.LARK Kildare was nominated for Best Visual for... Read More

Naas Cycling Club launched details on Sunday morning of their forthcoming ‘Wicklow Peaks Cycle Challenge 2013’ in aid of Saplings School for Children with Autism. The event will take place on Sunday, June 30, starting at the Town Hall. Email to a friendPrint this... Read More

NAAS town councillors will be asked to decide on whether a significant residential development is to go ahead on the outskirts of the town. Clane-based building company, Le Monde Holdings, applied to construct 43 houses and also sought outline permission for 58 apartments at Naas West, near... Read More

One Day at a time rang out from The Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Moone as Jim and Betty O’Brien made their last journey together to their final resting place. The couple, who were aged 85 and 81 respectively, died following a horrific crash on the N78 Link Road between Athy and the M9 motorway... Read More

An inquest into the death of a Naas woman has been adjourned because of an ongoing criminal investigation. At the Kildare Coroners Court on Monday last, 10 June, the inquest into the death of 47-year-old Elizabeth Duff on 19 August last was adjourned following an application by Garda Inspector Mark... Read More

ACCORDING to a helpline operating in Naas, the impact of loneliness is taking an increasing toll on older people in society. Statistics from the Senior Help Line (SHL) call centre reveal that in the last quarter of 2012, 32% of calls related to loneliness, rural isolation and minimum social contact.... Read More

Clongowes Wood College is Kildare’s top school in terms of sending students on to university. The school is ranked number one in Leinster and 21st in the country. The table, which featured in The Sunday Times last weekend, listed Ireland’s top 400 schools based on the average proportion of pupils... Read More

THERE have been mixed reactions to the announcement of electoral boundaries for the planned new local authority system. Labour and Leixlip Town Council chairperson, Colm Purcell, has condemned the proposal for the North kildare area. “They made a complete and absolute mess of it,” he said.Maynooth... Read More

GARDAI at Naas are seeking information in relation to what appeared to be an armed robbery at Kilmeague post office on Saturday. Around ten o’clock in the morning, two masked men approached the post master and demanded money.They made off with a quantity of cash. Nobody was hurt in the operation and... Read More

Naas woman Laura Dalton, former US president Bill Clinton, singer Leona Lewis and actor Joaquin Phoenix have all something in common. They are all sexy vegans! Laura, 26, is one of four female finalists in the PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) Sexiest Vegan in the UK and Ireland... Read More

NAAS has been shortlisted as a pilot town by Retail Excellence Ireland in a bid to rejuvenate its business life. The application to become a pilot town is part so plan by business owners and traders in Naas to encourage more people to shop in the town centre.Town centre traders are battling against... Read More

Two people have been killed and a third seriously injured in a road crash which took place near Athy this afternoon, Friday, May 31. The crash took place on the link road between the M9 motorway and Athy at Ballycullane, shortly before 2.30pm.The motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was killed, as was... Read More

Missing Naas teenager Cian Irwin has been located safe and well. The 17 year old was reported missing by Gardai two weeks ago.He was last seen in Baldoyle on the afternoon of May 10 last.The Gardai have thanked the public for their assistance. Email to a friendPrint this... Read More

Four players will make their senior championship debuts for Kildare when they take on Offaly in the Leinster SFC quarter final at Croke Park, Saturday, 1 June, writes TOMMY CALLALGHAN. The four that Kieran McGeeney and his selectors have named are goalkeeper Mark Donnellan; midfielder Daniel Flynn,... Read More

Kieran McGeeney has handed championship debuts to five new faces ahead of Kildare’s Leinster Championship quarter final against Offaly at Croke Park on Saturday (throw in 5pm). Goalkeeper Mark Donnellan, midfielder Daniel Flynn and forwards Paul Cribbin, Niall Kelly and Paddy Brophy were all part of... Read More

Audi are busy little beavers, I think at this stage they have a car to suit everyone and by everyone I mean Joe Blogs that has two kids, a wife and lives in a 3 bedroom semi detached house with a small driveway. He commutes 30kms each way Monday to Friday and needs a car with a big enough boot to... Read More

A single mother of four has been jailed and banned from driving after she pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while disqualified. Philomena Kasie whose address is listed as 21 Millbank Sallins, was stopped by Garda David Kennedy on October 15 last driving a Chrysler Voyager, on the Dublin road,... Read More

Gardai are investigating the cause of a fire in Naas in the early hours of Wednesday morning, May 28, which left one car burnt out and a van badly damaged. The fire brigade was called to the private car park behind the Moat Mall in the town centre after the fire broke out at around 1.20am.The blaze... Read More

A bus driver, who is trying to set up a Naas Hospital bus service from Monasterevin, Kildare and Newbridge, is furious that plans for a bus stop at the facility have been turned down. Glen Whelan of Whelan’s Coach Hire, decided to set up the service a number of months ago, but says since then he... Read More

KILDARE will have a new captain for the 2013 championship after Naas man Eamonn Callaghan was handed the baton by manager Kieran McGeeney. Callaghan, who is back to full fitness after an injury ravaged league, has been one of Kildare’s best players since McGeeney took charge and earned an all-star... Read More

On the eve of his sixth championship adventure with Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney finds himself at a strange crossroards Where at first he was the one being wooed, courted by a county that was near the basement, now it may well be the case that Kieran McGeeney needs Kildare as much as Kildare... Read More

WhileKieran McGeeney has been a constant for Kildare in the last six years, his backroom team has always evolved. When the Armagh man first arrived in Kildare, he brought with him Paul Grimley. Aidan O’Rourke and John Rafferty also had spells working beside McGeeney and up to the beginning of this... Read More

The 2013 National Community Games Festivals kick off this weekend in Athlone with a full program of Events for children aged6 to 15. Events taking place this weekend include Swimming, Gymnastics, Talent, Cross Country, Choir , Chess and draughts. County Kildare are well represented with 199 children... Read More

Seven new champions were crowned at last week’s Cumann na mBunscol under-10 football finals Division 1 Clane 4-5 Naas 2-3 The Division 1 title was won in spectacular style as Clane hit three goals in the final minutes to stun Naas. Clane had trailed all the way through the game and were still a... Read More

JOHN CROFTON looks back on the career of Dermot Earley. I actually gave Dermot his first ever senior championship game. It was in 1996 against Raheens and I played him full-forward. Looking at him coming up through the ranks in the club we knew we had a serious player on our hands. He was a very... Read More

IT was an occasion filled with symbolism and emotion for the 3,000 people from all over Leinster who came together at Naas racecourse in the early hours of last Saturday morning, for the annual Darkness into Light walk. The event is organised at venues around the country in aid of Pieta House, the... Read More

Gardai in Naas are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 17 year old Cian Irwin. Cian was last seen in Baldoyle, Dublin 13 on 10 May 2013 at approximately 1.47pm. He is described as being approximately 5’ 7’’ tall with blue eyes, short brown hair and pale complexion. When... Read More

Gardai in Kildare town are urging motorists to avoid leaving any valuables on view in their cars after a spate of thefts from parked cars. There were six incidents reported from Athy, the Japanese Gardens in Kildare town, Milltown, Kilberry, Kill Hill in Monasterevin and outside Athgarvan National... Read More

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney has dropped midfielder Sean Hurley from his senior squad for the second time in three seasons. Although the Johnstownbridge man is still among an official panel of 37 for the county senior side, he will not play against Offaly this weekend and will line out for the... Read More

ANYONE wanting to get something of a feel for the Celtic Tiger property boom and bust as it affected Kildare, could not do much better than start with the recently published book by Tom Lyons and Richard Curran on the former head of the Irish Nationwide Building Society. Kildare has its substantial... Read More

Over 600 Kildare women travelled to the UK between 2008 amd 2011 to have an abortion. That’s according to new figures obtained by Cork journalist Joe Leogue, who sought the information for the entire country, from the UK Department of Health under a Freedom of Information request.Many women may opt... Read More

Residents of a housing estate in the heart of Newbridge were aghast when a 200-year-old tree toppled down without warning. The 40-foot chestnut tree fell over a busy road during lunch hour traffic last Friday.The aged tree, on a green area in Moore Park, crashed down towards the Capella Court... Read More

As six-year-old Leah Taaffe continues her treatment for a rare form of brain cancer, the fund raising campaign continues to draw huge support. The six year-old Robertstown girl is on her last week of radiation treatment at St. Luke’s Hospital in Dublin. She previously underwent chemotherapy at... Read More

A proposed Kilcullen childcare centre has been deemed ineligble for funding - because it’s a childcare centre. Bizarrely, the Kilcullen Childcare and Education Centre received funding last year from the Department of the Environment, but have now ruled that the project is ineligble for grant aid... Read More

KILDARE midfielder Padraig O’Neill is back to full fitness and will be in the frame for a starting position against Dublin. The St Laurence’s man, who was one of Kildare’s most consistent performers throughout the league, missed the fi rst round Leinster SFC win against Offaly because of bone... Read More

A pair of armed raiders made off with a sum of cash after a robbery on Athy Post Office this afternoon (Friday). Shortly after 3.15pm, the pair entered the Post office on Main Street - one carrying a firearm.One of the men jumped the counter and demanded money from staff.The pair left with an amount... Read More

Amy Huberman, the nation’s sweetheart, was unveiled as the new face of Newbridge Silverware on Friday. The acomplished actress, author, wife to rugby star Brian O’Driscoll and new mum, was chosen to join the ranks of some of the silver screen’s most timeless leading women inlcuding Grace Kelly,... Read More

The official launch of the new Georges Street Country Market in Newbridge took place on Saturday last, June 8, at 12pm. The market was launched by Kildare Rose Hannah Ryan alongside the Mayor of Kildare Councillor Michael ‘Spike’ Nolan.The Market, which will run every Saturday fortnight on Georges... Read More

A man who was never afraid to push the boundaries. A man with artistic flair. A family man. These were some of the tributes paid to Sean Judge, Director of the Silken Thomas Players who passed away suddenly last week. A huge crowd gathered to pay their final respects to the Lullymore man at the... Read More

TWO group water schemes the county have been taken in charge by Kildare County Council. At their meeting on 27 May, the Council agreed to take over the Mount Prospect GWS south of Rathangan and the larger Wheelam/Christianstown scheme near Milltown.The Mount Prospect scheme, built in 2009, comprises... Read More

The brand new school playground was officially opened at Coill Dubh National School on Friday May 31 to co-incide with the launch of the schools’ third green flag. The pupil’s helped create the new playground from natural materials including willow trees. They also weaved a hammock and the covering... Read More

Beside Russia, there is a lovely, small Baltic country called Estonia with population of almost 1.3 million people - just a bit bigger than Dublin’s urban area. I was born and bred in Estonia, but since August 2012 I have been living in Newbridge and working as an au pair.In 2011 I finished my... Read More

THE recently announced new local authority boundary split will serve Leixlip better writes Henry Bauress. That is according to non party Leixlip Town Councillor, Denis McCarthy.Meanwhile, on a 6 June visit to Leixlip, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin TD slammed the Government’s proposal to abolish... Read More

The Cu Chulainns of Kildare hurling will be out in force tonight for the county’s Poc Fada competition in Maynooth. Warriors of Ash will descend on Maynooth GAA from all corners of Kildare in a bid to qualify for the next stage of the the All-Ireland Poc Fada Hurling & Camogie Championships. The Poc... Read More

Kildare’s shop owners deserve a better deal from the government, the Kildare town-headquartered Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association (CSNA) has said. The Government must curb the endless red tape imposed on shop owners throughout the county as the vast array of legislation and compliance... Read More

With 63 minutes gone against Offaly, Kildare were leading by eight points (18-10). At the same stage in the following game, Dublin were ten points clear of Westmeath (19-9). It had taken Kildare longer to shake off their opponents but by the latter stages of the second half, they had achieved the... Read More

JOHNHSTOWNRIDGE midfielder Sean Hurley is back on the Kildare senior football panel. Hurley was temporarily dropped from the squad ahead of the Leinster senior championship quarter-final against Offaly but having served an internal suspension, the towering midfielder returned to training last... Read More

At this time of year it’s hard for Aindriú MacLochlainn to be away from inter-county football MISSING THE BUZZ I miss everything to do with inter-county football. Every week you are being tested, even in training, you are marking somebody who has the potential to turn you over. Kieran (McGeeney)... Read More

CHAIRMAN of the Labour Parliamentary Party, South Kildare TD Jack Wall says he will vote against the referendum to abolish the Seanad. The referendum, which has been proposed by the Government of which the Labour Party is a member, is expected to take place in early October and people will be asked... Read More

Since its foundation, the Leinster Leader has seen and experienced much history and transformation. Recent times have proven to be no exception, and have seen the paper embrace the exciting possibilities of the digital era which is continually transforming all types of media. To keep abreast of... Read More

Big championship games demand big performances from team’s big players and Kildare’s captain Eamonn Callaghan returned to the starting line up with a majestic display from half back. Injuries meant he didn’t start a championship game last year and severely curtailed the early parts of his 2013... Read More

AFTER a shaky start and a nervous finish, Kildare emerged from Croke Park with a four-point win that sets up a daunting Leinster semi-final against Dublin. The Lilies were expected to ease past an Offaly side that had spent this season in Division 4 but it was far from the anticipated mismatch.... Read More

An entrepreneur and Trinity College graduate, who organised the importation of one of the largest amounts of cocaine ever seized in Ireland, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Gareth Hopkins, 33, with addresses at Carnlough Road in Cabra, Dublin and Leixlip in Co Kildare was caught with €29m... Read More

A large crowd of past pupils, pupils, teachers, friends and neighbours turned out at Bunscoil Bhride in Rathangan last Friday May 31 for the official opening of the brand new state-of-the-art 16 classroom extension. Principal Maria Rogerson welcomed everyone to the Rathangan school on a historic day... Read More

FUNDING for the Kildare LEADER partnership, which grant aids hundreds of community and private projects in rural areas, has been cut by 13%. A number of applications for funds, including a project to put overhead cables underground in Celbridge, have been rejected.Last week Kildare North TDs Emmet... Read More

“You’re getting a suspended sentence today. If you see me again, bring your toothbrush.” That was the warning issued to Athy man Michael Geoghegan from Judge John Lindsay at the sitting last Tuesday, May 28, of Athy District Court.The defendant, whose address is listed as 59 Coney Park, Coneyboro,... Read More

A man appeared at Athy District Court last Tuesday, May 28 charged with handing stolen property after a computer repair shop where he handed a stolen laptop into be repaired rang the orginal owner of the laptop. When JM Computer Services in Athy contacted the owner of a Black Fujitsu laptop, she... Read More

Footage from RTÉ’s Prime Time documentary, A Breach of Trust, which aired on Tuesday May 28, 2013, showed instances of appalling practices in three crèches in Wicklow and Dublin. In the wake of the documentary, a number of serious concerns have been raised about the quality of early years services... Read More

Transition Year Maths students from Kildare Town Community School, were awarded top marks as national runners-up in An Post’s 2013 anpostschoolbag.ie educational challenge. With over 5,000 secondary school students from 200 schools participating in this year’s ‘Impostipuzzle’ Challenge, they have... Read More

As little Leah Taaffe passes the halfway mark of her radiation treatment, the fund raising campaign continues at pace. The six year-old Robertstown girl is battling a rare form of brain cancer and is receiving the latest phase of her medical care at St. Luke’s Hospital in Dublin.She previously... Read More

After running through the rain and the pain on St Stephen’s Day, the organisers of Maynooth’s Run for Mum 2012 handed over a cheque for more than €8,000 to the 3Ts suicide-prevention charity. The third annual Run for Mum, in memory of the late Deirdre Cusker, was the biggest yet as more than 500... Read More

NewBridge children returned last week from a hugely successful All Ireland Finals in Athlone. This was one of the best weekends ever for Newbridge and great credit must go to the children and their dedicated managers.St Conleth’s gold medals came from Mark Glynn in U14 cross country who ran a superb... Read More

The death tole from last weekend’s Athy horror road smash rose to three yesterday after Jim O’Brien (85) lost his fight for life, just three days after his loving wife, Betty (81). The couple’s car was in a collision with the motorbike of John Paul Doyle (29), who tragically passed away at the scene... Read More

Saint Conleth’s Pantomine Troupe, the longest continously running panto troupe in the country. are holding a ‘gathering’ on Saturday August 17 at 3.00pm in O Rourke’s Bar for all past members of St Conleth’s Pantomime Troupe. “Whether you were on or off stage, behind the scenes or in front of house... Read More

Newbridge Credit Union hosted the official launch of Newbridge in Bloom 2013 last Tuesday, May 28. The initiative, run by Newbridge Tidy Towns and sponsored by the Credit Union, aims to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere to the town’s commercial centre. It is now in its ninth year.“In doing so... Read More

An unlucky Ballinaglera lost out to their north Leitrim rivals Glencar/Manor by the narrowest of margins in an exciting GWP Intermediate championship game in almost summer-like weather conditions in Drumkeerin on Sunday. Glencar/Manorhamilton 2-9 Ballinaglera 3-5 Email to a friendPrint this... Read More

Kildare overcame a game but limited Offaly side on Saturday evening last to book their place in the Leinster SFC semi final and a meeting with hot favourites, Dublin, writes TOMMY CALLAGHAN. The Lilies were in control for most of the game but had to withstand a late, late resurgence when Offaly... Read More

The three males who were arrested in relation to a shooting incident in Kilcock last December have been released without charge. The three were arrested by Gardai who had been investigating a serious  shooting incident in Brayton Park, Kilcock on December 6, 2011 in which a man received serious head... Read More

Irish lamb one of the truly great meats that just ooozes with flavour. It’s so well respected for its quality and is often thought of as being expensive. However, this week I have taken the humble Shepherd’s Pie and translated it using minced lamb. Throw in some garlic mash, and you really have a... Read More

Pictured at the launch of the 2013 Tesco/Bord Bia Supplier Development Programme which will feature 17 new Irish food companies covering confectionery, ice cream, seafood, bakery and health categories are Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, Jason Popplewell and Senator... Read More

Young’s Pharmacy in Newbridge celebrated 125 years in business last Tuesday week. The family-run pharmacy, which is the second oldest business in Newbridge and was once known as Youngs Medical Hall, celebrated by offering tea and cake to customers as well as a chance to win a hamper.“My great... Read More

The upcoming summer festival for Newbridge, Junefest, which takes place over this June bank holiday weekend, has added more festivities to its line up, The festival committee has promised a little something for everybody this year during the four day event from Thursday, May 30 to Monday, June 3.... Read More

Kildare Rose Hannah Ryan is hoping to become the first Lily since 2008 to grace the famous Dome stage for the International Rose of Tralee competition this August. However, first she will have to battle through the regional finals in Portlaoise this June Bank Holiday weekend.Newbridge girl Hannah,... Read More

Last week saw the arrival of three orphaned kittens at Kildare Animal Foundation. They came to us after a gentleman was out walking and heard loud cries coming from a hedge.After some investigating and much rooting around he came across three sets of eyes looking at him from the thick undergrowth.... Read More

INa perceived-to-be man’s world, the girls of Ryston Boxing Club however are bucking the trend, so much so that they are now, and have been for a few years now, setting the standards not only at local level but at national and international level too. Think of Ryston – formed originally in 1965... Read More

Deputy Catherine Murphy was asked to leave the Dail this morning after a clash with the Ceann Comhairle. The row erupted during this morning’s Order of Business.The Technical Group had nominated Deputy Murphy to represent them in the absence of any party leaders within the group. Dáil standing... Read More

Three men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Kilcock that left a man with serious injuries. A 25-year-old man was shot while sitting in his car at Brayton Park, Kilcock, on December 6, 2011.Gardai in Leixlip arrested three men yesterday, Tuesday, May 28.One of the men is in his late... Read More

A woman in Maynooth has just celebrated her 103 birthday. Mary Byrne, a resident at the TLC Home on Maynooth’s Straffan road, on 22 May celebrated her birthday with a letter from President Michael D. Higgins.On Friday morning, 24 May, she received a visit from Mayor of Kildare, Cllr. Michael ‘Spike’... Read More

The Australians may be preoccupied with thoughts of big cats touring this summer but it is some visiting dogs from Kildare that they need to be wary of. Never one to shirk a challenge, Rathangan trainer Dolores Ruth turns her pioneering gaze on global greyhound racing in a bid to match her... Read More

Everything is geared towards football for new Kildare captain EAMONN CALLAGHAN TRAINING We train on the pitch Tuesday and Thursday and then maybe another pitch session at the weekend, or a challenge match or a match between ourselves. You’re on the pitch four days a week probably. After that you’re... Read More

A small number of activists from the Kildare South Campaign against Home and Water Taxes held a presence near the Ballymany roundabout outside the Curragh Race Course on Sunday, May 26. The aim of the event was to show those attending the Guineas meeting at the Curragh that the campaign against... Read More

ILLEGAL cigarette sales are leaving local retailers fuming as literally millions of euro in potential profits go up in smoke. The persistent problem of illegal tobacco products mainly the result of a criminal trade which is netting the perpetrators a staggering €3million a week in this country has... Read More

CONGRATULATIONSand very best wishes to May Morris (nee Byrne) of Upper Main Street, St John’s, Castledermot, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday last 23 May with a fantastic party for family and her many friends at her home. Castledermot correspondant Kay Byrne joined the celebrations and... Read More

It appears the Curragh Racecourse could be headed for the redevelopment process again, almost five years after they put their previous plans on hold. Earlier today, Monday, May 27, the Curragh Racecourse ltd published notice of a “Concept Design contest” for the “proposed redevelopment of the... Read More

ATHY boxer Eric Donovan had to spend months away from his family but it was worthwhile when his team Astana Arlans Kazakhstan won the World Series of Boxing (WSB) last week. The St Michael’s fighter lost his bout but his team won a dramatic final 6-5 after the tie-breaker went down to the last round.... Read More

Johnstownbridge notched up their third in a row Kildare Camogie Division 1 League titles when they defeated Celbridge, in what was ultimately an exciting final as, Celbridge fought back from a seemingly hopeless position to give the Bridge supporters some anxious moments towards the end. After full... Read More

WILLIE Sunderland was a relieved man when the full-time whistle sounded in Arklow last Saturday, with the Kildare manager admitting that he feared that his charges were going to miss out on a place in the Christy Ring Cup semi-finals after Wicklow had reeled in nine point deficit to restore parity... Read More

KILDARE minor hurlers went into Saturday’s clash against Kilkenny as overwhelming outsiders and with The Cats findig the Kildare net three times inside the opening seventeen minutes the result was known long before the long whistle arrived. But having said that and with wins over Wicklow and Carlow... Read More

regardeD as one of the greatest players ever to don the white of Kildare, Dermot Earley has annnounced that due to continuous injury, he is to call a halt to his glittering inter county career, writes TOMMY CALLAGHAN. Dermot’s senior county career began back in the first of those famous three... Read More

Dermot Earley still hopes to play club football in 2013 despite losing his battle to return with Kildare. Earley finally admitted defeat in his bid to get back playing inter-county football at the weekend with his announcement that he was retiring from the game. A back injury sustained earlier this... Read More

IT was the day before his 19thbirthday when a gangly teenager named Dermot Earley made his debut for Kildare. A substitute for Johnny McDonald in the first of a memorable trilogy of games against Meath in the 1997 Leinster Championship, it was the beginning of a glorious football career for the... Read More

FINE Gael TD Martin Heydon has denied that he was unclear about his position on the Protection of Life in Pregnancy legislation during a recent meeting with pro-life representatives. He told the ***Kildare Nationalist*** on Friday last that he had been “open and frank*** in all such meetings and he... Read More

KILDARE town is aiming to set a world record for  the most people creating St Brigid’s Crosses  in one place at the one time. The attempt, on Saturday 21 September, will be part of the Solas Bhríde St Brigid of Kildare Gathering Festival “We are thrilled to be hosting such a significant... Read More

Gardaí in Athy are investigating a fire at the former Carlton Abbey Hotel leisure centre. The fire was reported to gardaí at approximately 9.30am on Sunday morning and gardaí and the fire service attended the scene. The former leisure centre has been earmarked as the new parish centre for Athy. Its... Read More

RESIDENTS of a Newbridge housing estate are being plagued by rats – and Kildare County Council can do nothing about it. Some of those living in the College Orchard estate have been horrified in recent times to spot the rodents in their gardens, often the same places where their children are playing.... Read More

THIEVES targeting ATM’s are coming up with new ways of defrauding unsuspecting customers of their money. Following a recent incident in Newbridge, gardaí have issued a warning about the latest twists in cash machine crime. A customer using the Bank of Ireland ATM at Main Street, Newbridge was taken... Read More

ANGRY credit union members took part in the first of a series of protests outside Newbridge Credit Union offices on Friday morning, calling for more information and the holding of an AGM. Around 50 people turned out for what will be the first in a number of protests outside the premises each Friday... Read More