The explorer was born in Kilkea, February 1874

THE Green Party Representative in Kildare has welcomed the EPA annual report which shows that emissions in 2023 are down 6. 8% on the previous year. This is the lowest that greenhouse gas emissions have been in three decades.

Local Fianna Fáil Senator Fiona O’Loughlin is engaging with the Minister of Agriculture Charlie McConalogue about her concerns in relation to the planned deferral of the Straw Incorporation Measure.

"I do believe the new cemetery should be owned and run by the local authority and not by a private company."

People across Kildare have been warned that headaches, nausea and vomiting are among the potential side effects slush ice drinks – slushies – containing glycerol can have on children.

A KILDARE mother-of-one who was involved in a brawl in a Carlow hotel was last week convicted and fined €300 when she appeared before the local district court.

It's the busiest time of the year for the Kildare man

An army officer has gone on trial before a court martial over the alleged stealing of military equipment including ammunition at the Curragh Camp in Kildare three years ago.

JUNE was the most successful month to date for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) at ALDI, as shoppers across Ireland collectively returned 16. 7 million items.

A SUM of €20,600 of residual LPT funding earmarked for festival grants in the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District has been carried forward to next year, following agreement by councillors at their July meeting.

"The squad car arrives out but they have scouts on duty"

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