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Kildare schools to join forces
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Campaign for new laws in wake of road fatalities
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Newbridge students scale great heights
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Nominations invited for Kildare Person of the Year
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Over 600 Kildare women received UK abortion from 200...
News
Maynooth man jailed for eight months for interfering with ESB meter
A Maynooth tenant has been jailed for eight months and fine €900 for interfering with an ESB meter in his rented home.
New fire engine and medals for Newbridge firefighters
A fire fighter who has notched up 20 years of duty in Kildare fire service was presented with a medal on Thursday to mark his years of service.
Kildare schools to join forces
The educational landscape in Kildare town is set to change forever with the amalgamation of Scoil na Mainistreach De La Salle and Scoil Bhride Naofa.
Campaign for new laws in wake of road fatalities
Kildare’s Road Safety Officer has launched a campaign for new motorbike laws with the death toll on the county’s roads now standing at nine.
Newbridge students scale great heights
Five transition year students from the Patrician Brothers Secondary school in Newbridge have earned the title of the youngest team to complete the Four Peaks Challenge in aid of Focus Ireland.
Nominations invited for Kildare Person of the Year
The goodwill and support from local businesses was heralded at the launch of the REHAB Kildare Person of the Year 2013 at the Keadeen Hotel last week.
Sport
Special CNOC outing to Monasterevin
The sun filtered through from time to time and the fresh vibrant green of the new beech leaves contrasting with the magnificent swathes of bluebells made this a very special evening to be in Monasterevin to discover the hidden parts of the forest.
Naas community Games finals
NAAS may once have been styled as the fastest growing town in Europe but it has no fully organised Community Games competition for a number of years.
Unlucky Glera lose out
An unlucky Ballinaglera lost out to their north Leitrim rivals Glencar/Manor by the narrowest of margins in an exciting GWP Intermediate championship game in almost summer-like weather conditions in Drumkeerin on Sunday.
Lilies book semi final spot
Kildare overcame a game but limited Offaly side on Saturday evening last to book their place in the Leinster SFC semi final and a meeting with hot favourites, Dublin, writes TOMMY CALLAGHAN.
Four make debut as Kildare name team to play Offaly
Four players will make their senior championship debuts for Kildare when they take on Offaly in the Leinster SFC quarter final at Croke Park, Saturday, 1 June, writes TOMMY CALLALGHAN.
PBS honour their sports stars
With another hectic sporting year coming to a close, the Patrician Secondary School in Newbridge welcomed past pupil & recently retired Kildare All-Star footballer, Dermot Earley to their recent Sports Awards ceremony.
Video
First Green Flag for KTCS video
It may have been unseasonably as the Green flag was hoisted, but the students of Kildare Town Community School (KTCS) were in good spirits.
Lifestyle
Kildare groups bag national AIMS awards
Members of Clane, Naas and Newbridge Musical Society all won awards at the AIMS/HB Awards last Saturday night in the INEC, Gleneagle’s Hotel in Killarney.
Arts festival kicks off in Dunlavin
The 31st annual Dunlavin Festival of The Arts takes place this Friday to Sunday, June 14 t0 16.
Luke Kelly’s legend alive and kicking on Newbridge stage
The music of late, great legend Luke Kelly lives on at the Riverbank this Saturday as Chris Kavanagh and the Patriots take to the stage.
Festival Dragons to invade Kilcock Harbour
An exciting new event has been added to the lineup for the Kilcock Canal Festival, which runs from the June 21 to 23.
Regrets... we’ve all had a few of them
I was recently reading a piece by Bronnie Ware, care worker who works in the area of palliative care.She has worked with countless number of patients who are sadly seeing their last days on earth. Bronnie questioned the patients about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, five common regrets surfaced again and again and I thought I would share them with you this week
Column: Annie Morris, Chatty Woman - Gum ads lead to a sticky situation
Chewing gum has been the hot topic in the house this week.
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Weather for Naas, Ireland
Thursday 20 June 2013
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 12 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 12 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: West
