BY NOEL O’DRISCOLL
ATHY Parish is under the spotlight this week as the Dublin Archdiocese announced that it has initiated a public consultation process on foot of complaints made by parishioners.
BY VICKI WELLER
CONCERN about the ‘alarming’ number of accidents on the new stretch of the M9 motorway has lead to a top level meeting of county council officials, the NRA and the emergency services, according to a local group.
BY AOIFE BARRY
PEOPLE involved in the cultural, community, academic and sporting life of Naas were honoured at the annual civic awards ceremony last Friday.
BY VICKI WELLER
INVOICES for annual refuse collection charges in 2010 have not yet been sent out by Kildare Co Council as staff cutbacks and an additional workload begin to bite into services.
BY VICKI WELLER
CONFUSION reigns over the siting of the proposed new Traveller halting site to be located in the Newbridge area.
BY VICKI WELLER
WOULD-BE thieves who attempted to steal furniture from a vacant house in Newbridge found themselves the target of a helicopter chase across the fields on Friday afternoon.
BY AOIFE BARRY
PLANS are underway for a Youth Café in Naas, and a “fundraising hooley” will be held in the Town House Hotel on Friday 19 March to raise further funds for the project.
BY VICKI WELLER
OPPOSITION plans for the reform of the country’s health service were outlined to local party activists and prospective voters during a meeting held in Newbridge last week.
BY AOIFE BARRY
THINK that hair is just, well, hair? It looks like you could be wrong because a fine head of hair has landed one Kildare man in with a chance of winning a trip to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
BY AOIFE BARRY
DOES the thought of pain put you off getting a tattoo? Well spare a thought for Christos Socratous, who will undergo 45 hours of non-stop tattooing on St Patrick’s Day this year – but rest assured it’s all for a good cause.