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Kildare let winning position slip in opening round of McDonagh Cup

5 days ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Ger McNally

Kildare’s wait for a win in the McDonagh Cup goes on but they are unlikely to get much of a better opportunity for that first win than this after Kerry scored the last five points of the game to stage a real smash and grab victory at Cedral St Conleths Park. After going winless through the 2021 and 2023 campaigns in this competition, Kildare were lacklustre through the first half but were much improved after trailing 1-7 to 0-9 at half time.
Appeal issued after ‘live army round’ seen near Co Wicklow trail

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Gráinne Ní Aodha

By Gráinne Ní Aodha, PAAn appeal has been issued over a possible live army round seen near a walking trail in Co Wicklow. A white Illumination round is about 12in long and weighs 3.1kg. It is used by the military to illuminate an area at night. Gardaí said the casing might still contain explosive and incendiary material, which would pose “significant danger” to the public.
Vast majority of Kildare disqualified drivers still hold licences

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

The vast majority of Kildare drivers who were disqualified from driving in 2024 have not surrendered their licence, according to figures released to Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly by the Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien. In 2024 a total of 418 Kildare drivers — including 74 with learner permits — were disqualified by a judge, but so far only 34 have surrendered their licenses to the Road Safety Authority, despite being given 14 days to do from the start of the disqualification.
Kildare school waits on vital used prefabs - News - Kildare Nationalist

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

A secondary school in Kildare is waiting on temporary accommodation to come from another local school to be able to accommodate 30 children who are on its waiting list. However, local councillor Paula Mulroe is fearful that “additional bureaucracy and red tape” threatens the delivery of the temporary accommodation, and could prevent the children on the waiting list at St Farnan’s Seconadary School, Prosperous from getting a school place.
Cork businessman and former Bord Gáis chief executive John Mullins dies

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Olivia Kelleher

Olivia KelleherFormer Bord Gáis Chief Executive John Mullins, who was a native of Cork city but lived in Castlemartyr, has died. Mr Mullins, who was in his mid fifties, was the executive chairman of Amarenco, a company which is focused on the development, financing and ownership of solar PV assets in Europe, Carribbean, Middle East and AsiaPac. He was CEO of Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) from December 2007 until the end of 2012.
Greenfields Festival returns to Athy

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | David Walsh

The May bank holiday weekend sees the return of the Greenfields festival to Athy. Greenfields is Ireland’s first summer music festival and it promises to be an even bigger event than last year’s with over 70 musical acts performing in the fully covered big top stage, including Gavin James, The Stunning, Mundy, The Whistlin Donkeys, Gerry Fish, Aslan, Michael English, Fieldsy and Tally Mor to name just a few.
Planning row between Kildare Town takeaways

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

A FOOD fight has broken out in Kildare town after the county council granted permission to a take-away to keep its €80,000 renovations, despite four chippy rivals joining forces branding it “illegal”. The four allies – Zokmo and 5-Star Pizza on the Dublin Road, Mizzoni’s on Station Road, and Macari’s on Claregate Street – have protested against Bella’s Take-away on Nugent Street, with the latter having already appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála (ABP).
Kildare writer pens Haitian memoir

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

A ONETIME contributor to this very paper has published a book about her charitable work on the Caribbean island of Haiti. is the book by former local journalist, Anne Heffernan and tells the raw facts about living in one of the poorest countries of the world. Anne is originally from Tallaght, now living in Carbury, but who spent 21 years of her life in Clane, and so it was here that she chose to launch the book in the library there on Thursday (3 April).
The Curragh to host Kildare’s first Inclusivity Festival - Whats On - Kildare Nationalist

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Finian Coghlan

Kildare is to host its first ever Inclusivity Festival at the Curragh Racecourse on 11 May, which will see areas for family fun, a zone to experience inclusive and adaptive sports, an ‘ultimate’ obstacle course, a Barretstown Magic Zone – and all for free!There will also be live entertainment, an artisan food and craft market, and stands to exhibit the service providers available on the day, which runs from 11am to 4pm.
Former Kildare firefighter jailed for rape of daughter

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | Niamh O’Donoghue |Eimear Dodd

A former Kildare firefighter has been jailed for the “repugnant” rape of his daughter, whom he met for the first time when she was a teenager, in what a judge described as an “egregious breach of trust”. Garreth Bannon (50) of Gurteeneona, Monasterevin, Co Kildare was handed a seven year sentence with the final 12 months suspended at the Central Criminal Court on Friday after pleading guilty to rape on an unknown date between January 2015 and September 2015.