"Why, after centuries of community use, is there now a push to regulate and sterilise the market square?”

Young barrel racer, Christopher Kelly, will be representing Ireland at the World Championship

Athy's first pride event was shown wide support by the community

Kildare gardaí had requested the public's assistance in tracing Betty O'Shea on Monday

Aaron Browne scored 1-6 in a statement win for Celbridge

For more than 500 years a market has been held in Athy every Tuesday by virtue of a charter granted by King Henry VIII in 1515 but the location needs to change according to Frank Taaffe

AN Athy man has started a GoFundMe page to finance his first year in medical school and has already raised more that half his €16,000 target.

Anyone with information, or who has spotted this motorcycle, is urged to contact Athy Garda Station on 059 863 4210

It is a remarkable milestone, known as the blue sapphire wedding anniversary.

A day to remember for the group

It boasts a brand new fitted kitchen with modern appliances

Richard firmly believed that as school principal it is part of his responsibility to be active in the town affairs. 

“I’ve been in Athy all this time – no ambition,” laughed Richard 

Athy will welcome back one of its own for an incredible dining experience at the Shackleton museum

TWO tourism projects in Athy have benefitted from a grant for tourism projects to the combined tune of almost €350,000, nearly 10 per cent of the entire fund.

“People just looked at a girl sitting with a cup, they just looked at a tent. They didn’t know what was going on, they didn’t know the story."

James Mahon gave Antoinette Foley a fiver one day in late 2021, sparking a deep friendship – and a photography project.

When I turned the key for the last time at No 6, I reflected on the changes that have occurred in Leinster Street during my childhood there

Event highlights will include live performances by local youth artists, a pop-up art workshop to create a Pride-inspired mural, and of course, an ice-cream van and pizza

It was a wonderfully peaceful trip enlivened by Cliff Reid’s informative commentary on different aspects of canal and River Barrow life.

Blueways and Greenways have generally become extremely popular as quiet, safe locations for exercise or contemplation, and really boomed during the Covid lockdown.

Four lucky competition winners are doing a tour of the UK and Ireland to learn more about Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton

Learn about bats in their natural habitat this August

The installation of CCTV would “protect the sacred space” said the councillor

This was so well-attended the organisers had to use Bradbury’s Café beside them for the crowd overflow

Local representatives are calling for the inclusion of rural South Kildare stops to expand the current service

Floods of condolences have come in, remembering Reggie as the great man he was

The idea came from artist Anthony Haughey

WORK is now underway on the National Cycle Network (NCN) pilot project along the R448 in south Kildare between Moone and Timolin with Kildare County Council confirming that contractor Glas Civil Engineering is currently mobilising on site.

The joy experienced on Sunday with Kildare's win was offset by the sorrowful news I received on Monday that my old classmate and friend Billy Browne had died in Naas Hospital the previous day

The event will take place at Athy Community Library between 12pm-7pm

A former Fine Gael public representative, Minister Martin Heydon described him as a “gentleman, a mentor and a friend”

A childcare facility must be built as part of plans

“Was in the throes of addiction at the time”

The child was allegedly delivered after a delayed Caesarean Section amid rowing doctors

A great choice!

By his actions, he taught us about responsibility and integrity and fairness

An unusual but effective approach

DESPITE difficulties posed by Cromwellians forces the economic recovery of the latter part of the 17th Century had its beginning in the 1650’’s . Unfortunately for the Catholic Irish they were not to share in this development.

The application was refused by Kildare County Council in relation to sustainability, design and lack of supporting information

I WAS passing the ARCH (Athy Recreational Community Hall) the other day and noticed that the old ballroom is getting a lick of paint, which I was delighted to see, and the Lions Club has done a lot to the building since taking it in hand, including ...

A POWERFUL new exhibition confronting addiction in small-town Ireland will launch at the Art House in Athy on Saturday (19 July) at 3. 30pm, with acclaimed Athy photographer John Minihan.

Athy Roads Policing Unit monitored the area over the weekend