Local News Archive

Gardaí Warn Drivers After 150 Caught Drink or Drug Driving Over Christmas Period

Wednesday, 31 December 2025 09:56

An Garda Síochána Release Image of Getaway Car Found Burnt Out In Naas Used In Fatal Offaly House Fire

Wednesday, 31 December 2025 09:40

Pedestrian Dies After Collision On R445 Monasterevin Road Outside Kildare Town

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 22:36

Gardaí Continue Their Road Traffic Enforcement Operation Throughout The Christmas Period

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 12:23

New Quality Mark To Be Introduced To Crack Down On Bogus English Language Schools

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 11:49

Kildare Set For Freezing Temperatures As Wintry Showers Forecast

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 10:29

Locals Are Being Advised To Make New Years Celebrations Stress-Free For Their Pets

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 09:29

Kfm Recruiting for Advertising Sales Dept.

Monday, 29 December 2025 19:33

Further Increase Expected In Number Of Landlords Leaving Property Market, As Price Of Three-Bed Semi Rises In Kildare

Monday, 29 December 2025 09:50

Over 1,700 Garda Checkpoints In Operation Over Christmas Period, With Naas RPU Detecting Multiple Speeding Motorists

Monday, 29 December 2025 09:41

€1.2m Approved For Zipline And High Ropes Adventure Centre At Donadea

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 12:26

Fury After Sallins Sunshine Club Misses Out On Funding As Other Counties Get Millions

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 10:30

Christmas Appeal To Adopt Dogs As Euthanasia Figures Rise

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 09:29

Speed Enforcement To Increase In Kildare With 21 New Camera Zones To Be Rolled Out In January

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 16:22

Over 400 Motorists Caught Speeding So Far Today, Including A Driver In Kilcock

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 14:14

Transport Minister In Discussions With Irish Rail About Extending Late-Night Trains Beyond Christmas

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 12:39

Bus Shelters Treated As Luxury Rather Than Standard, With 500 Kildare Bus Stops In Need Of Upgrades

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 11:15

Recruitment Announcements Don’t Add Up As Garda Numbers Stagnant In Kildare South, Says Local TD

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 08:46

Court Orders Demolition Of 29 Unauthorised Modular Homes Built By Kildare Developer

Monday, 22 December 2025 16:30

170 People Arrested In Past Week For Driving Under Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs

Monday, 22 December 2025 12:34

€239k For Clane Playground As Kildare Secures Funding For Just Two Projects

Monday, 22 December 2025 11:30

Minister’s Letter: DART+ South West Entirely Dependent On Successful Delivery Of DART+ West

Monday, 22 December 2025 10:18

Kfm Weekend Obituary Notices

Saturday, 20 December 2025 14:18

Two Men Charged In Connection With €4 Million Cocaine Seizure In Kildare And Wexford

Friday, 19 December 2025 16:27

Driving Testers At RSA Balloted For Industrial Action Over Concerns About Uninsured Vehicles

Friday, 19 December 2025 14:12

Homes Undelivered After Substantial Deposits Paid, Kildare Council Warns Of Potential Unauthorised Works

Friday, 19 December 2025 12:21

Over 1,000 E-Scooter Fines Issued As Kildare TD Calls For Tougher Penalties After Child Injured

Friday, 19 December 2025 08:49

Celbridge "Affordable" Homes Come With Council Equity Stakes

Thursday, 18 December 2025 15:10

M4 Access Road To Castletown Will Reopen Next Week

Thursday, 18 December 2025 15:02

Lucan Woman Pleads Guilty To Sending Threatening Messages To Tanaiste

Thursday, 18 December 2025 14:30

Over €4 Million In Suspected Cocaine Seized In Kildare And Wicklow

Thursday, 18 December 2025 12:03

Kildare Student’s Veterinary Dream In Doubt As School Struggles Without Basic Facilities

Thursday, 18 December 2025 10:58

Spain To Launch €60 Unlimited Travel Pass As Irish Campaigner Calls For Better Service Frequency

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 17:12

Fines And Jail Terms Proposed For Sellers As Crackdown On Disposable Vapes Begins

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 16:35

Lower Childcare Fees Promised - But Providers Say They Are Being Ignored

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 14:37

Man Accused Of Assaulting 10-Year-Old In Saggart Tells Gardaí Child Said "She Was 18"

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 12:29

Up to 100 Maynooth Students Face School Travel Chaos After Bus Service Pulled

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 10:53

Children Eating At Desks And Walking On Public Roads As Curragh Community College "Bursting At Seams"

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 10:34

Four Kildare Schools Included In New Round Of Safe Routes To School Programme

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 08:44

Three Motorists Fined During Naas School Run As Children Were Not Wearing Seatbelts

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 15:53

New €53m Falcon 6X Joins Irish Air Corps Fleet

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 15:41

Sixteen Kildare Residents Died From Drug Poisoning Over A Two-Year Period

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 15:28

Fatal Celbridge Crash: Driver Jailed After Leaving Scene Without Reporting Friend Inside Car

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 12:35

Gardaí Search Five Premises In Kildare, Dublin And Tipperary As Part Of Housing Sector Probe

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 11:37

80 Drug-Driving Cases Before Naas Court So Far This Year Amid Calls For Tougher Penalties

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 08:57

Kildare Gets One Of Smallest Shares In €3.2m Domestic Violence Funding

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 08:29

Electricity Bills To Increase Next Year As Households To Shoulder Majority Of Power Grid Overhaul

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 08:28

Bus Éireann Confirms January Expressway Fare Increase, Cites Insurance And Fuel Costs

Monday, 15 December 2025 16:44

NTA Plans 24-Hour Bus Linking Newbridge, Naas And Dublin City Centre

Monday, 15 December 2025 15:34

Visiting Only Allowed For Critical Or Compassionate Reasons At Naas Hospital Amid Surge In Flu Cases

Monday, 15 December 2025 15:24

Turn2Me Reminds Locals Feeling Down Over Christmas Period To Avail Of Supports Available

Monday, 15 December 2025 14:53

Four Naas Car Parks Go Free For Christmas - But Illegal Parking Still Enforced, Says Council

Monday, 15 December 2025 14:38

Tractor Convoy To Reach Naas At Around 11am As Irish Farmers Head For EU Protest

Monday, 15 December 2025 08:45

29 New Jobs To Be Created As Chemist Warehouse To Open In Naas Tomorrow

Friday, 12 December 2025 17:49

Vulnerable Adults, Some Using Wheelchairs, Forced To Share Inaccessible Vehicles At Kildare HSE Service

Friday, 12 December 2025 15:54

“Grabbed By the Neck”: Founder Tells Kildare Today Why She Launched New Female-Focused Taxi Service

Friday, 12 December 2025 15:39

Just 75% Of Landowners On Board So Far As Uisce Eireann Submits Plans For Major Water Supply Project

Friday, 12 December 2025 14:56

Two Kildare Animal Charities Share €170k Fund As Animal Welfare Costs Continue To Mount

Friday, 12 December 2025 14:46

Call To Make Extended Christmas Train Timetable Permanent For Commuter Towns

Friday, 12 December 2025 12:40

Roadside Memorial Ban Proposal Criticised Over Christmas Timing

Friday, 12 December 2025 12:36

Man (30s) Dies Following Collision Involving Bus, Car And Pedestrian At Kishawanny, Carbury

Friday, 12 December 2025 12:10

R402 Closed At Kishawanny, Carbury Following Road Traffic Incident

Friday, 12 December 2025 10:27

Principal Says All Students Safe After Road Traffic Incident Involving School Bus Near Rathangan

Friday, 12 December 2025 09:49

Houses Searched In Kildare And Offaly In Relation To Edenderry House Fire

Friday, 12 December 2025 07:59

Kildare Council Shuts Down Push By Naas Mayor To Prioritise Certain Workers For Affordable Homes

Thursday, 11 December 2025 16:40

Hours Apart: Laptops And Jewellery Stolen During Two Break-Ins At Homes In Kildare North

Thursday, 11 December 2025 14:31

GP Gaps Post-Pregnancy Flagged As Concern For New Mothers Across Kildare

Thursday, 11 December 2025 14:26

€1.7bn Defence Plan: What We Know So Far After Curragh Camp Launch

Thursday, 11 December 2025 13:04

Healthcare Assistant Home Support Strike Risk: SIPTU Says Kildare Not Immune If Dispute Escalates

Thursday, 11 December 2025 12:54

Today Marks 40 Years Since The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made - What Was Your First Phone?

Thursday, 11 December 2025 11:03

Maynooth Station Overhaul Delivers New Lifts, Lighting And Improved Access

Thursday, 11 December 2025 10:36

Defence Minister To Unveil €1.7bn Plan To Modernise Defence Forces As Espionage Threat Grows

Thursday, 11 December 2025 09:38

CCTV Shows Edenderry Attack As Gang Behind Firebomb Allegedly Suspected In Kildare Murders

Thursday, 11 December 2025 08:57

NTA Confirms 2026 Launch Of Kildare-Newbridge Route 893

Thursday, 11 December 2025 08:36

Staff Say Unsafe Pressure At Naas Hospital Is Worsened By Uncovered Sick Leave And Vacant Positions

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 16:37

Inside The Celbridge Lab Where Evidence Helped Identify 32 Missing People Last Year

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 14:51

Man Assaulted By Two Males In Newbridge After Refusing To Hand Over His Jacket

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 14:30

Taoiseach Says Patients Shouldn’t Pay for Blister Packs - But Says State Can't Pay For Everything

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 14:15

Council Executive Asked Naas Cllrs To Refuse Free Xmas Parking To Encourage Use Of "Sustainable" Travel

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 12:47

Gunman Steals Cash From Centra In Naas Before Being Tracked Down By Gardai

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 12:38

Woman Arrested At Dublin Airport Detained In Kildare Garda Station Over Alleged Series Of Thefts

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 11:58

Vulnerable People And Those With Disabilities In Kildare Left Waiting A Year For Basic Advocacy Support

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:51

After Big-Ticket Investments, Athy Locals Won't Get Free Christmas Parking This Year

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:29

Case Studies: How A Recreational Drug Ended In Hospital For Young People Using Laughing Gas

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 09:45

Kildare TD Criticises "Press Release" Politics As 18,000 Children Await Assessment Of Need

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 08:47

Kildare Among Worst Affected Counties As 54,000 Lose Power Nationwide

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 16:50

Majority Of Councillors Vote To Suspend Pay Parking In Naas During Christmas Period

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 16:45

Children's Minister Announces Reforms Of Assessment Of Need Process, Admits System Is Broken

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 15:50

Council Refers Kilcock–Maynooth Shuttle Bus Suggestion To NTA For Consideration

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 12:49

Almost 2,000 Residents In Athy Currently Affected By Power Outages

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 12:11

Ireland Secures Extension Of Nitrates Derogation To 2028, Minister Heydon Confirms

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 11:16

Watch: Backlash As Government Video Advises Young Adults How To Cope If They Move Back Home

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10:55

Dozens Of Dumping Fines And Repeat Offenders Caught In Athy CCTV Pilot At Recycling Bank

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10:37

Two Kildare Schools In Kilcullen And Newbridge Receive Letters Of Intent For Expansion Works

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10:19

Kildare Among Country’s Top Christmas Spenders As Average Outlay Tops €2,000

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 09:49

Kildare Under Orange Wind Alert From 11am Today

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 08:20

Gardaí Probe Whether Fatal Edenderry Firebombing Was Directed From Prison By Kildare-Offaly Gang

Monday, 8 December 2025 21:30

No Plans For New Domestic Violence Refuge In North Kildare In 2026

Monday, 8 December 2025 16:54

Major Kildare Rail Project Left Hanging As Tánaiste Says He Will “Keep An Eye” On It

Monday, 8 December 2025 16:50

Hundreds Tested For Alcohol And Drugs In Kildare As Report Highlights Ongoing Role In Fatal Crashes

Monday, 8 December 2025 15:41

As Storm Bram Approaches, Kildare Council Warns Of Hazardous Conditions And Risk Of Fallen Trees

Monday, 8 December 2025 15:13

Water Outage Planned For Parts Of Kill From 9pm Tomorrow Night

Monday, 8 December 2025 14:32

Kilcullen Driver Caught Speeding 159km/h In 80km/h Zone

Monday, 8 December 2025 14:30

Maynooth's Paul Mescal Nominated For Golden Globe

Monday, 8 December 2025 14:01

End of An Era: Perry’s Supermarket In Athy To Shut Its Doors At The End Of This Month

Monday, 8 December 2025 13:19

Canal Side Homes In Athy Conservation Area May Be Replaced With New Builds, Council Says

Monday, 8 December 2025 12:36

Ho Ho No: Environmentalists Write To Naas Councillors Urging Rejection Of Free Christmas Parking Plan

Monday, 8 December 2025 12:16

Deadline Tomorrow For Remote Working Views As Kildare TD Links Inflexibility To Traffic Congestion

Monday, 8 December 2025 09:47

New Figures Reveal How Parts Of Kildare Rank Among Worst In State For GP Coverage

Sunday, 7 December 2025 12:57

Tomorrow Marks 25 Years Since Naas Man Trevor Deely Went Missing As Gardai Issue Appeal

Sunday, 7 December 2025 10:34

Rent Hike Fears For Students As Lawless’s Department Weighs Change Sought By Private Operators

Sunday, 7 December 2025 10:17

Taxi Driver Protest Suspended Pending Outcome Of Talks

Friday, 5 December 2025 16:50

Lights Could Make Anti-Social Behaviour Worse: Council Says No To Security Lighting At Kilcock Playground

Friday, 5 December 2025 16:47

BREAKING: Green Light For €1.3bn Drainage Scheme Serving Kildare After Court Agreement

Friday, 5 December 2025 16:36

Kildare Man Nigel Cullen Awarded With National Bravery Award After Saving Young Man From House Fire

Friday, 5 December 2025 15:31

Council Diverts €17K Carbury Castle Resoration Funding To Christmas Lights - Maynooth Gets Lion's Share

Friday, 5 December 2025 14:44

Lakeside–Dara Park Redevelopment: Newbridge Residents Urged To Take Part In Survey

Friday, 5 December 2025 14:29

Irish Troops Come Under "Small-Arms Fire" In Lebanon

Friday, 5 December 2025 12:53

€17,000 Paid Out For Pothole Damage In Kildare - But Some Claims Now Deemed ‘Act Of God’

Friday, 5 December 2025 12:37

€2.2bn Children’s Hospital Misses Yet Another Deadline As Kill-Based BAM Brings In International Experts

Friday, 5 December 2025 10:42

Maynooth Study: Poor Insulation And Draughty Homes Leaving Families Sick In Some Ageing Council Estates

Friday, 5 December 2025 10:18

Nikita Hand Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Against McGregor Appeal In Civil Rape Trial

Friday, 5 December 2025 08:36

Council’s Strict One-Off Rural Housing Rules Leave Naas Farmer With No Way To Rebuild Home On Her Own Land

Thursday, 4 December 2025 21:47

RTE Will Not Broadcast Eurovision Because Israel Allowed To Compete

Thursday, 4 December 2025 17:53

New Playground And Car Park Officially Opened In Leixlip

Thursday, 4 December 2025 16:15

Revealed: Naas Hospital Sent Home Majority Of Self-Harm Patients Last Year

Thursday, 4 December 2025 15:47

Van Smashed Open In Keadeen Hotel Car Park As Thieves Flee With Cash And Tools

Thursday, 4 December 2025 12:40

Kildare Braces For Childcare Price Surge As Parents Fear They May Have To Quit Work

Thursday, 4 December 2025 12:07

Silencing "Scrutiny"? Kildare Cllr Says Judicial Review Backlash Narrows Who Can "Question" Power

Thursday, 4 December 2025 10:28

Kildare Communities Urged To Apply As €1m Literacy And Digital Skills Fund Reopens

Thursday, 4 December 2025 08:48

Government Bags Record €10 Billion Corporation Tax Revenues For November - But Harris Urges Caution

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 17:15

Just One In Five Cyclists Wear Hi-Visibility Clothing, According To The RSA

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 16:46

Newbridge Fire That Gutted Six Homes Shows Limits Of Defects Scheme That Excludes Houses, Say Experts

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 16:29

"Car Park" M7 Now Ireland’s Second-Busiest Road, As TII Warns Of Capacity Limits

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 13:27

Majority Of Irish Children Have Encountered Extremism On The Internet, New Study Finds

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 11:51

Man On Crutches Allegedly Sprayed Woman In Face With Unknown Substance In Maynooth

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 10:39

Taxi Driver Allegedly Punched, Kicked And Robbed In Leixlip By Three Males

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 09:53

Ministers Target Judicial Reviews As DART+ South West, Which Has No Judicial Reviews, Put On Ice

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 09:42

Blow To Parents As Newbridge Creche To Leave Core Funding, With Full-Day Fees Jumping To €1,450 A Month

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 18:23

TikTok And LinkedIn Face Investigation Over “Hard-to-Use” Illegal Content Reporting Tools

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 16:40

Late-Night DART Services Begin This Weekend

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 14:22

23 People On Trolleys In Naas Hospital As INMO Says HSE “Failed” To Plan For Flu Surge

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 12:27

After Kfm Highlighted Case, Kildare Boy Gets ASD Place Following Months Of Closed Doors

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 12:06

Kildare Sitting On 10 Uncertified Landfills As Toxic-Leak Concerns Persist

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 11:17

New W6 Timetable Launches Today After Months Of Commuter Complaints

Monday, 1 December 2025 16:42

"You’d Need to Win the Lotto": Suncroft Mother Faces €10k Bill For Son’s Sensory Room With No State Help

Monday, 1 December 2025 15:35

Garda Launch Christmas And New Year Road Safety Drive As Death Toll Hits 166

Monday, 1 December 2025 14:20

Landlords Who Billed Student - Including A Charge For Studying At Dining Table - Ordered To Pay €7,000

Monday, 1 December 2025 12:12

Maynooth University Satellite Hitches Ride On Musk Rocket For New Star-Tracking Mission

Monday, 1 December 2025 10:43

Castletown Cost To Taxpayer Under Scrutiny As OPW Pressed On Missed Buyout Windows

Monday, 1 December 2025 10:32

E-Scooters Driving Brain Injuries In Children, Doctors Warn Ahead Of Christmas

Monday, 1 December 2025 09:14

Over 1.5 Million Social Welfare Recipients Will Start Receiving Their Xmas Bonus From Today

Monday, 1 December 2025 08:38