Kildare Now

2 days ago | kildarenow.com | Lili Lonergan

SIPTU members employed at Ireland's Bord na Móna Recycling have rejected (61% to 39%) a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposal aimed at resolving the protracted privatisation dispute. The workers will now serve notice of strike action on the company, which could affect bin collections in County Kildare. SIPTU Divisional Organiser Adrian Kane said: “The strike committee met last night and unanimously agreed to reinstate the notice of strike and industrial action.

3 days ago | kildarenow.com | Tommy Callaghan

Talking to manager Brian Dowling and members of the panel, experienced and those relatively new to the panel, certainly to this level of hurling a few things come to mind. Confidence. Belief. Fitness. Skill. These are the what comes up in conversation over and over again. When Brian Dowling arrived in Kildare two seasons ago his no. 1 mantra to the players was all about belief and all about confidence.

4 days ago | kildarenow.com | Tommy Callaghan

“Really looking to the final, a lot of stuff to get through between now and then but really looking forward to the final.”The words of Kildare manager Brian Dowling who led his side to Christy Ring success last year; gained promotion to Division 2 for 2026 and now into a Joe McDonagh Cup final on Sunday week.

4 days ago | kildarenow.com | Tommy Callaghan

Kildare 4-19Sligo 1-24It's a bit like the Celbridge bus, as they say in the north of the county, once one comes others quickly follow and that was certainly the way at the quaintly named King & Moffat Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon, on Sunday as warm favourites Kildare, hit not one, not two, not three but no less than four goals as they booked their place in the quarter-final of the Tailteann Cup following this four point win over Sligo.

4 days ago | kildarenow.com | Tommy Callaghan

The Kildare footballers booked their quarter-final spot in the Tailteann Cup with a hard-earned four point win over Sligo at King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon, on Sunday afternoon last. It was a game that saw Kildare lead at one stage by no less than fifteen points but, Sligo, playing with the aid of a massive wind in the second half, cut that back to two but in the end The Lilies held out to win by four.