The court heard that Mr Smith, who was not present, has 11 previous convictions

A very successful businessman

The defendant did not appear in court

Judge McMullan noted that he “does not come to the court as a person of previous good character”

Congrats to all the students!

Boarded-up properties in Castledermot must remain that way until essential repair works are completed

The Mass, written by local musician, organist and music teacher Brian Kehoe, and performed by the 80-person Assumption Choir, received its first full public performance in Castledermot Church

Residents near the proposed site in Ballyvass have rallied together once again to make observations against an appeal made to An Coimisiún Pleanála

Residents near the proposed site in Ballyvass have rallied together once again to make observations against an appeal made to An Coimisiún Pleanála

The local authority said the scale, bulk and massing of the development represented ‘an incongruous form of development and an overdevelopment of the site’

In first place with almost 350,000 visits, Avondale Forest Park in Wicklow is home to the visitor destination ‘Beyond the Trees’ which officially opened in July 2022.

Company, CycleØ, has submitted an appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála after Kildare County Council's decision to refuse planning for the development

The local celebration will be special as Castledermot prepares to host a French delegation from a place called Eu in France

Students from all four academic schools—Business & Humanities, Engineering, Informatics & Creative Arts, and Health & Science—graduated with awards ranging from certificates to PhDs

Nationally, more than 100 incidents of deliberate damage to national historic properties were recorded in the past two years

The defendant was an apprentice mechanic

“While I welcome this news, I am disappointed in the long delays in carrying out the repair work and now the additional time to get the lights reconnected,” said Deputy Mark Wall

Mr McKenna said: “It went really well; there was a huge turnout."

Gardaí believe that the incident occurred between 8am and 10pm last Friday

One of the highlights was the jiving competition