Local News Archive

Petrol Bomb Thrown Into Newbridge Home As Family Escapes Blaze

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 16:10

Overnight Burglary In Leixlip: Masked Intruders Steal Car And Valuables

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 15:31

Vital Community Services Under Threat, Say Postmasters In Call for State Funding

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 14:53

Revealed: Locals Can’t Buy "Affordable" Homes As Prices Outpace Local Authority Loan Limits In Kildare

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 12:34

Council Given 10K To Tackle Dinner Plate-Sized Turtles Dumped In Kildare As ‘Cute’ Pets Outgrow Owners

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 11:16

Kfm Has Learnt Sensational Kids Will Submit €5M Bid To HSE For Long-Delayed Child Development Centre

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 09:53

Disability Minister Plans To Limit Assessment Of Need Referrals, Saying They Are Too Long And Unnecessary

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 16:49

Taoiseach Responds To Kfm Report On Athy Midwife Service Suspension, Commits To Intervene

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 16:39

Masked OPW Man Vs Care Bear: Protest Meme Posted By Save Castletown Gate Group Sparks Criticism

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 16:21

Naas Motorist Caught Nearly Seven Times Over Alcohol Limit

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 14:21

Kildare Vet Urges Caution After Frenchie Drowns In Straffan - "Some Breeds Can’t Stay Afloat"

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 13:22

Staff Confused, Women Furious As HSE Blames "Unplanned Leave" For Athy Maternity Care Collapse

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 12:30

Council Engages Estate Agent To Locate New Cemetery Site For Leixlip/Confey

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 09:41

Kildare Electricity Grid Nears Max Capacity – EirGrid Calls For Public Input On Major Upgrade

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 08:46

EXCLUSIVE: Major Blow To Expectant Mothers As Athy Midwife Service Cancelled Over "Staff Shortages"

Monday, 19 May 2025 17:33

Three Kildare Childcare Providers Share Over €1 Million To Create Nearly 100 New Places

Monday, 19 May 2025 15:53

Revealed: Government To Review School Start Times As Kildare Ranked In Top 4 Counties For Absenteeism

Monday, 19 May 2025 14:42

It Could Be 2027 Before The New National Children's Hospital Opens To The Public

Monday, 19 May 2025 12:30

23-Year-Old Sentenced To Life For Murder Of "Kind" Newbridge Resident Peter Kennedy

Monday, 19 May 2025 11:48

Exclusive: How Fraudster Samantha Cookes Infiltrated A Celbridge Church And Won Trust Of Members

Monday, 19 May 2025 11:33

Gardaí Issue Speed Warnings After Driver Clocked At 160km/h On M9

Monday, 19 May 2025 10:27

Homeowner Disturbs Teen Gang Attempting To Hotwire Car In Sallins

Monday, 19 May 2025 09:46

Local Resident's Joined Thousand's In Dublin For Pro-Palestine March Yesterday

Sunday, 18 May 2025 14:50

Uisce Éireann Advises Of Water Supply Disruption In North Kildare Due To Reservoir Issue

Saturday, 17 May 2025 15:14

Two Assaults In 24 Hours Under Investigation In Coill Dubh

Saturday, 17 May 2025 12:08

Major Fire Breaks Out Behind Sam's Takeaway In Leixlip

Friday, 16 May 2025 21:17

Remains Found In Monaghan Cemetery in search for "Disappeared"; Appeal Made On Kfm This Morning

Friday, 16 May 2025 18:46

Uisce Éireann Appeals To The Public In Kildare To Help Reduce Water Use As Warm Weather Continues

Friday, 16 May 2025 16:46

Castletown Controversy: Kildare TD Says OPW Minister Is Stoking Tensions Amid Criminal Investigation

Friday, 16 May 2025 16:44

Listen: Crucial CCTV Caught Abuse Of Autistic Children By Naas Teacher – Mother Fights For Change

Friday, 16 May 2025 15:47

Minister Moran Says OPW Workers At Castletown Feel "Bullied and Unsafe", Even Outside Working Hours

Friday, 16 May 2025 12:47

Local Mother Appeals For Organ Donation Awareness As Daughter Awaits Second Kidney Transplant

Friday, 16 May 2025 12:37

Celbridge Garda Station Will Now Open For 12 Hours To Serve Population Of 21,000 Residents

Friday, 16 May 2025 11:36

Athy Man Leads Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR)

Friday, 16 May 2025 10:52

Cost Of Housing Asylum Seekers Jumps To €36,000 Per Person Annually

Friday, 16 May 2025 09:48

Watch: Major House Fire In Newbridge Draws Large Emergency Response

Friday, 16 May 2025 08:29

Kildare Rents Now Third Highest In Ireland At €1,686 A Month

Thursday, 15 May 2025 15:23

Local Households Face Water Outages That Last Three Times Longer Than UK’s Worst-Hit Areas

Thursday, 15 May 2025 14:15

JNLR/Ipsos Report: Kfm Increases; Radio enjoying record levels of listenership

Thursday, 15 May 2025 13:09

Ex-Kildare TD Warns Of ‘Single Point Of Failure’ In Air Traffic Control System As Night Flights Under Threat

Thursday, 15 May 2025 12:18

Kildare North TD Rejects Call To Let Learners Drive Alone

Thursday, 15 May 2025 11:34

Locals Urged To Keep The Factor 50 On As Sunshine Set To Last Another Week

Thursday, 15 May 2025 10:12

Early Plans For Social Housing Begin On Long-Vacant Sarto Road Site In Naas

Thursday, 15 May 2025 09:34

Teacher From Naas Caught On CCTV Assaulting Autistic Children Avoids Jail

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 22:47

Tissue Used In Attempt To Set Car On Fire Outside Home In Ballyroe, Near Athy

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 14:48

Smaller Buses On TFI Route 821 Leaving Son With Special Needs Stranded, Says Caragh Mother

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 12:44

Woman Suffers Arm Injury Protecting Pet From Alleged Dog Attack In Leixlip

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 11:52

Garda Manhunt Underway For Teen Fugitive With Car Theft History In Multiple Counties, Including Kildare

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 11:11

Kildare Minister Under Fire: €8m Plan To Attract Foreign Academics Labelled "Hypocritical"

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 10:22

Kildare Among Worst Counties For Failing Septic Tanks, As EPA Warns Of Health And Pollution Risks

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 08:39

TD Ruth Coppinger Says She Received Death Threats After Refusing Gript Interview

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 16:48

It's Costing Local Parents Nearly €170k To Raise A Child From Cradle To College

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 16:34

Public Bus Route Between Newbridge And Maynooth University Under Broader NTA Review

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 14:55

Kildare Council To Get €4.9M For Home Upgrades To Tackle Backlog For Older And Disabled Residents

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 14:32

Alleged "Witch Hunt" Claim By OPW Minister Deepens Rift In Castletown House Preservation Row

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 12:29

Kildare North TD To Outline Plans For State-Funded Salary Boosts To Draw Top Academics To Ireland

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:21

Rathangan Parents Share Baby Archie’s Story To Highlight Organ Donation

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 09:00

Kildare Among Six Counties With No Road Deaths So Far This Year

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 08:41

Woman Hospitalised Following Sallins Road Incident

Monday, 12 May 2025 19:09

Save Castletown Committee Secures Full High Court Hearing For July 29th

Monday, 12 May 2025 16:53

Access And The €10K Per Week Staff Cost: What We Know So Far From Castletown House Meetings

Monday, 12 May 2025 13:38

TDs To Examine If €1bn Asylum Costs Are "Value For Money", With Millions Spent In Kildare

Monday, 12 May 2025 12:44

Athy Playground The Only Kildare Project To Receive National Funding As Part Of €500k Scheme

Monday, 12 May 2025 12:32

Naas Hospital Among Worst For A&E Waits, With Patients Waiting Nearly Twice The HSE Target Time

Monday, 12 May 2025 11:30

Fake Nanny Who Deceived Kildare Family: New Doc Shows How Online Sleuths Caught Samantha Cookes

Monday, 12 May 2025 10:31

‘Hopeful But Not Optimistic’: Castletown Groups Share Their Views Ahead Of Back-To-Back Meetings

Monday, 12 May 2025 09:53

Uisce Éireann Update's Locals With Water Disruptions Due To Take Place Around Kildare This Week

Saturday, 10 May 2025 14:19

A Man In His 20's Has Been Arrested By Gardaí Investigating Multiple Reports Of Accommodation Fraud

Saturday, 10 May 2025 12:37

Thousands Take Part In Darkness Into Light Walks Across The Country

Saturday, 10 May 2025 09:02

Most Locals Think E-Scooters Are The Most Dangerous Form Of Transport

Friday, 9 May 2025 15:45

TP Waters, Kildare Appointed Main Fiat Dealers

Friday, 9 May 2025 15:40

Bus Driver On Phone Leads Naas Gardaí On 5km Pursuit With 40 Passengers Onboard

Friday, 9 May 2025 14:44

Social Media Ban For Under-16s Must Include YouTube And Roblox, Says Cyber Safe Kids

Friday, 9 May 2025 14:36

"I Have Many Gay Friends - But Gay Priests Are "Unbiblical", Says Preacher Hoping To Expand Into Kildare

Friday, 9 May 2025 13:38

Why Must Some Locals Take Castletown Issues To Court While The State Looks On? Asks Local TD

Friday, 9 May 2025 11:28

Broken Leg, Fractured Skull: Councillors Demand Action On Clane Crossing

Friday, 9 May 2025 10:49

Kildare Parents Invited To Pick Up Free Book Bags For Young Children From Their Local Library

Friday, 9 May 2025 10:29

Castletown Access Battle Heads To High Court As Campaigners Seek Gate Removal

Friday, 9 May 2025 09:51

Eadestown's Tadhg Beirne Secures Lion's Place While Suncroft's Sam Prendergast Misses Out

Thursday, 8 May 2025 15:10

Newbridge Man Acquitted Of Assaulting Kildare Councillor Chris Pender

Thursday, 8 May 2025 14:55

No Showers, No Clean Floors, No Brushed Teeth: Water Woes In Newbridge Plague Locals

Thursday, 8 May 2025 14:31

"Challenging Time": OPW Minister To Meet Local Groups On Monday Over Castletown House Access Issues

Thursday, 8 May 2025 14:24

Naas Hospital To Get Prefab Endoscopy Suite While Families Still Face 24-Year-Old "Temporary" Morgue

Thursday, 8 May 2025 12:35

NTA Chief Says DART Is To Go As Far As Kilcock

Thursday, 8 May 2025 11:55

OPW Minister Vows To Meet Local Groups In Matter Of "Days" As Damage At Donaghcumper Draws Outrage

Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:46

Update: Woman Missing From Baltinglass Found "Safe"

Thursday, 8 May 2025 08:40

Gardaí Target Crime Gang In Kildare With Suspected Links To Prostitution And Money Laundering

Thursday, 8 May 2025 08:37

Vehicles Overturned, Fire Set, CCTV Cut - Donaghcumper Site In Chaos As Culprits Cause €500K Damage

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 19:55

Masked Men Steal Vapes From Celbridge Service Station Before Burning Getaway Car

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 15:18

Illegal Encampment In Aughaboura Causes Ongoing Disruption In Athy

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 14:50

New '999-Style' Number Proposed For Non-Urgent Medical Calls

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 12:44

Sallins Bus Driver Tom Cross Urges End To Cut Off Age Of 70 For School Bus Drivers

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 12:21

Public Consultation To Begin For Major Solar Farm On Kildare-Laois Border

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 11:56

Are There Enough Bins? New Data Being Compiled Will Guide Waste Strategy In Clane-Maynooth

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 11:10

Premium Pressure Mounts: Irish Drivers Braced For More Car Insurance Price Hikes

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 09:30

Intel Shareholders Approve $42M Stock Plan For New CEO As Workers Await Layoff News At Leixlip Plant

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 08:55

Kildare-Wicklow Education Board Official Pleads Guilty To Possessing Child Abuse Material

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 08:43

UPDATE: Section Of The M7 Southbound Reopens Following Earlier Incident

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 14:13

Gardai Appeal For Information On Woman Missing From Baltinglass

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 12:27

Concerns Raised Over Uncontrolled Junction Where Fagan’s Lane Meets Main Street In Maynooth

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 12:14

Government To Consider Law Allowing Gardaí To Order Mask Removal At Protests

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 11:52

19 Arrested, 29 Vehicles Seized In Kildare, Including Motorcyclist Caught At 120km Speeds In 60km Zone

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 10:45

Communities In Kildare "At Risk" Amid Armed Support Unit Shortage

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 08:50

Uisce Éireann Has Published Planned Water Supply Disruption Set To Take Place In Kildare This Week

Sunday, 4 May 2025 09:56

UPDATE: 30 Year Old Andrei Puflea From Leixlip Found 'Safe And Well'

Sunday, 4 May 2025 09:16

Rail Passengers Are Advised Of Disruptions Across The Network This Weekend

Saturday, 3 May 2025 10:52

Neighbour Claims Nikita Hand Was Attacked By Ex-Partner Hours After Alleged McGregor Rape

Friday, 2 May 2025 14:33

Dehydrated Horses Wandering Newbridge Estate Spark Concern

Friday, 2 May 2025 12:21

Gardaí Hunt Suspect In €20,000 Fuel Theft Spree Across Kildare, Meath And Wicklow

Friday, 2 May 2025 10:37

Housing Minister James Browne Tops Poll Of Worst Performing Ministers In Government’s First 100 Days

Friday, 2 May 2025 09:55

Gardai To Crack Down On Speeding, Drugs And Drink Driving Over Bank Holiday Weekend

Friday, 2 May 2025 09:48

Thieves Strip Copper From Bord Na Móna Site In Overnight Heist, Resulting In €40K Worth Of Damage

Thursday, 1 May 2025 16:45

Thousands Of Errors Found On Electoral Register, Including Deceased And Duplicate Voters

Thursday, 1 May 2025 15:17

Kildare's Naoise Ó Cearúil Appointed Fianna Fáil Spokesperson On AI And Gaeltacht

Thursday, 1 May 2025 14:33

Kildare Councillors Clash Over Proposal To Set Minimum Size For New Crèches

Thursday, 1 May 2025 13:23

Kildare TD To Question RTÉ At Pac Committee Over €3.6m IT "Scandal"

Thursday, 1 May 2025 12:36

Heydon Calls Emergency TB Forum As Cases Surge To 20-Year High

Thursday, 1 May 2025 11:53

Kildare TDs Weigh In As Cabinet Debates High-Cost Housing 'Tsar'

Thursday, 1 May 2025 10:41

After Leaving Sinn Féin And Losing Seat, Patricia Ryan Takes €48k Oireachtas Job With Ex-Party Colleague

Thursday, 1 May 2025 09:35

Flotilla Of Dublin-Bound Boats Stalled At Confey As Bridge Fault Jeopardises Boat Rally

Thursday, 1 May 2025 08:55