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Kill company to represent Kildare at national awards

by ofarrell 30/03/16 12:03pm

Kildare county finalists Emma Murphy and Tracy Leavy of Party Mad Celbridge; Cian Dowdall of Tan Organic; Kildare county winners Gary and Alan McCormack of CarveOn based in Kill; Kildare county finalists Padraig Hennessy of Terra Liquid, Moone, Sue Dempsey and Fiona Craul of Sweet Spot Sourcing Ltd Naas, and Seán Dunleavy of Dunleavy Bespoke Caragh, pictured at the county finals of the National Enterprise Awards 2016 presentation in Áras Chill Dara, Monday, 21 March

A MANUFACTURING company from Kill, that uses modern techniques to design and craft lifestyle and corporate goods, is representing Kildare at the National Enterprise Awards. Alan and Gary McCormack from Carveon won the top prize at the County Enterprise Awards...

FIVE dedicated litter wardens are needed to tackle the mounting rubbish problem in the Athy Municipal District. That’s according to...

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Kildare punches above its weight in Junk Couture final

WHAT do Justin Bieber, Adele and secondary school students from Kildare have in common? Well on 14 April 2016 they...

Wednesday, 30/03/16 - 12:21pm Read More

Newbridge man taking to the skies to raise funds for mental health service

A YOUNG Newbridge man is planning to undertake a skydive in a bid to educate people and raise awareness of...

Wednesday, 30/03/16 - 12:17pm Read More

Athy project highly commended in national competition

ATHY Men’s Shed was presented with a highly commended award at the Local Ireland Get Involved Awards for their Barrow...

Wednesday, 02/03/16 - 10:54am Read More

Oireachtas group issues recommendations on Dáil reform

by Kildare Nationalist Reporter 05/04/16 10:06pm

An Oireachtas group set up to examine Dáil reform has issued a set of recommendations ahead of the it sitting tomorrow.The proposals include votes to be taken at fixed times, instead of various times during the day, as well as...

Two people have died in a crash in Co Cork. A male driver and his female passenger both in their...

Tuesday, 05/04/16 - 10:52pm Read More

Prosecution in Belfast of woman who bought abortion drugs online ‘in public interest’

Prosecutors in the North have insisted it was in the public interest to bring a case against a woman found...

Tuesday, 05/04/16 - 7:32pm Read More

Gwyneth Paltrow proves she’s willing to suffer for her looks by using bee-sting procedure

by Kildare Nationalist Reporter 05/04/16 4:11pm

Gwyneth Paltrow allows bees to sting her to improve her looks.The 43-year-old actress - who is no stranger to experimenting with different cosmetics - underwent the historic procedure called apitherapy, which saw her consent to being struck by the insect,...

Just when you thought lip-syncing was out and carpool karaoke was in, Melissa McCarthy decided to give it a go...

Tuesday, 05/04/16 - 1:18pm Read More

Sea Session headliners revealed

We don’t know about you but there’s nothing that confirms those longer stretches in the evening like a festival announcement...

Tuesday, 05/04/16 - 10:51am Read More

Huge weekend of sport coming up

by Ger McNally 01/04/16 3:49pm

Liffey Celtic and Naas Utd proved to be the two best teams in the KDFL last season, sharing the Senior Division league title and Lumsden Cup between them, and they meet on the first weekend of the new season
Photo: Piotr Kwasnik

IT’S a huge weekend of sport in Kildare across many different codes and there are some teams hoping to land some very significant pieces of silverware, while others will be looking to take a big leap towards doing so. On...