Local News from Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Met Éireann’s Status Orange and Yellow weather warnings remain in place, and ESB Networks says further outages are likely as conditions continue to change.

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Councillor Bill Clear said free parking will operate via a hybrid system. He said that offering free parking helps local businesses and can influence whether residents shop at their local bookstore or choose to buy books on Amazon instead.

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Kildare South Labour TD Mark Wall said that "without the structures in place, this will not be worth the paper it’s written on".

The proposal, put forward by Social Democrats Councillor Peter Melrose, calls for a morning and evening service to allow commuters to connect with Maynooth rail services.

Customers in Moneycooley and Blake are also without power

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The Nitrates Committee of the European Commission met to extend the derogation, which expires this month, until the end of 2028 with some new conditions attached.

Over 80% of 25-year-olds in Kildare are still living in their family home.

The council says there have also been a number of repeat offenders, while 15 incidents could not be pursued because those responsible could not be identified.

The aim of the extensions is to increase capacity for Long Term Projected Enrolment (LTPE) of 1,000 pupils.

Men leaving their Christmas shopping to the last minute helped break festive spending records last year.

It's all part of Storm Bram, the second named storm to hit the country in two months