The 2024 Taste of Kildare Festival is taking place in September at Naas Racecourse

FOR the first time in an estimated 40 years, a scheduled court day in Athy was cancelled when no judge turned up to hear the cases of 120 defendants. The normally very reliable Judge Desmond Zaidan was listed for the bench last week (9 July).

A VERY well attended selection convention in the Clanard Court Hotel in Athy on Friday night (12 July) saw Senator Mark Wall nominated to contest the forthcoming general election in Kildare South for the Labour Party.

The scheme allowed thousands of customers to illegally access channels

A MAN who left a neighbour “for dead in a ditch” after crashing into him on a country road while driving after drinking 20 pints has been jailed for five years.

The Naas-based company is set to go global

They were left after the election posters were removed

Local reps are seeking that Uisce Éireann establish a dedicated helpline on weekends 

The women were the first sixth years that moved into the new build that would become Ardscoil Na Tríonóide

The recommendations are contained in The ASI’s Pre-Budget Submission 2025

She has just retired as principal of that same school, now St Brigid’s NS Ballysax, after 35 years

Fellow veteran of 27 years, school secretary Fiona Donnelly spoke glowingly of her two colleagues

Cllr Seamie Moore will continue as as Deputy Mayor of the Municipal District, as he was elevated to that position in June 2023 under the Mayorship of Cllr Bill Clear.  

She topped the poll in the recent local elections,

The schools selected will be given a deep retrofit

The judge asked if he had mental health issues