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OPINION: 'We should rethink our attitude to commercial rates in County Kildare'

Kildare County Council recently passed its budget for 2022. One of the call-out lines that county councillors have become accustomed to reading in the chief executive’s foreword to the budget is the one that states “for the (12th, 13th, 14th...) ...

05 Dec 2021 at 10:45

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Kildare opinion: Forget those manicured lawns, it’s time to love messy biodiversity

We’re slap bang in the middle of the Tidy Towns judging period, and thanks to the hard work of volunteers across County Kildare, towns and villages are looking at their absolute best for the visit of the mystery men and women with the ...

26 Jul 2019 at 14:03

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Opinion: Game of Thrones... Avengers... give us a break from spoilers paranoia!

In an age of Brexit, climate change and a housing and health crisis, it’s the one topic that occupies many minds up and down the country. How do you avoid the spoilers to Game of Thrones or Avengers Endgame? There is a large cohort ...

05 May 2019 at 05:00

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Kildare opinion column: If you want a unique baby name, forget Ava and Adam, choose Elaine or Blaise

Jack and Grace were the most popular names for Kildare nippers in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, issued two weeks ago. There’s a very ‘traditional English’ bent to today’s most popular ...

10 Mar 2019 at 06:00

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Kildare opinion column: If you’re ever asked to join the board of something, read this

I am precluded for legal reasons from commenting on all of the many examples I can think of where boards of organisations have been ineffective, and where various shenanigans have ensued. I am precluded because there are ...

09 Mar 2019 at 06:00

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Shackleton outshines women on Icons list

Kildare polar adventurer Ernest Shackleton was voted the greatest explorer of the 20th century via a public vote as part of the BBC series Icons recently. The Kildare Antarctic pioneer then went up against Nelson ...

17 Feb 2019 at 06:00

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Forget Christmas, autumn's the most wonderful time of the year in Kildare

It’s an insidious creep that sneaks up on us at this time of year. It’s a quick snatch of festive music, a seemingly innocuous perfume ad on the telly, a chat with your hairdresser about what ‘the plans’ are ...

27 Oct 2017 at 07:00

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Little good news on the horizon for the Kildare curlew as predators take them down

There are only a handful of curlews left in County Kildare; to be precise five breeding pairs. And they are known to be living in bogland areas in mid-Kildare. Given that bogland and the Bog of Allen is ...

28 Oct 2017 at 11:00

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Kildare opinion: Just follow the money in cervical cancer scandal

I do not envy the role of Dr Gabriel Scally, the Belfast-born, former NHS doctor who is to carry out a scoping inquiry into CervicalCheck. We are told that he has already arrived and apparently “hit ...

26 May 2018 at 07:45

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The GAA is much more than a sporting organisation

Nothing beats being there. The GAA’s slogan is a marketing ploy. It’s true too, though. You may see more on TV, what with crystal clear images, multiple camera angles and a battery of talking heads ...

17 Sept 2017 at 20:00

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Opinion: How to solve the vehicles crisis in Kildare towns

In this terrible world we live in with all the terrible people in it, there is only one way to change human behaviour for the betterment of the species. There is no point appealing to their better ...

21 Jan 2018 at 08:00

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A national Tidy Towns title for Naas would be a County Kildare first

Last week flower boxes were being placed outside businesses in Naas, as the latest piece in the jigsaw which will push Naas closer to winning the over national Tidy Towns award. For the past few ...

25 Jun 2017 at 07:00

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