National News Archive

Worst Prison Overcrowding In History Of State, According To Prison Officers Association

Thursday, 30 April 2026 14:34

Over 12,000 Defects Remain On New National Children's Hospital project.

Thursday, 30 April 2026 14:27

Minister Martin Heydon Speaks As Fuel Scheme Announced

Thursday, 30 April 2026 11:37

Sallins Man Part Of Intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla

Thursday, 30 April 2026 09:39

One In Seven Households Unable To Afford Adequate Home Heating

Thursday, 30 April 2026 09:38

Fifth Arrest Made In Connection With Fatal Edenderry Fire

Thursday, 30 April 2026 09:12

Two People, Including A Teenage Boy, Arrested After Gun Incident In Ballymun

Wednesday, 29 April 2026 15:16

Man Charged With Fatal Assault Of Woman In Waterford

Wednesday, 29 April 2026 14:42

Fuel Support Scheme Announced, With Payments To Some Sectors Expected By June

Wednesday, 29 April 2026 14:20

Pedestrian In His 80s Dies After Being Struck By Car In Longford

Wednesday, 29 April 2026 09:45

First All-Island University Announced

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 16:41

Garda Spending Report Flags Several Areas Concern

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 14:35

Kildare Students Receive Awards In European Parliament Ambassador School Awards

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 14:14

Investigations Continue Following Fatal Assault Of Woman In Waterford

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 12:51

Two Men Arrested In Connection With The Death Of Scarlett Faulkner

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 11:59

Clane Development Among Thousands Of Fast-Track Homes Stuck In Planning Limbo

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 09:39

Ministers To Update Cabinet On Fuel Support Scheme

Tuesday, 28 April 2026 08:25

Kildare South To Receive Newly Sanctioned Special Class

Monday, 27 April 2026 17:02

New Trial For Men With Prostate Cancer Aims To Reduce Side-Effects Of Radiotherapy

Monday, 27 April 2026 16:40

Calls For Survivor-Led Framework To Tackle Gender-Based Violence

Monday, 27 April 2026 13:06

Minister Heydon To Announce Support Schemes For Farmers, Hauliers And The Transport Sector This Week

Monday, 27 April 2026 12:05

Tánaiste Promises Supports To Transition People Away From Fossil Fuels

Monday, 27 April 2026 10:15

Women Dies Following Serious Assault in Galway

Sunday, 26 April 2026 13:33

Legislation To Establish First All-Ireland University To Be Brought To Cabinet Next Week

Friday, 24 April 2026 16:00

Latest Report Shows 227 Adults Faced Homelessness In Kildare

Friday, 24 April 2026 14:38

Three Groups In Kildare To Receive Funding for Water Quality Improvements

Friday, 24 April 2026 13:03

Kildare To See Good Weather For The Weekend, As Temperatures Could Reach 21 Degrees

Friday, 24 April 2026 12:33

Ireland Meets EU Air Pollution Targets

Friday, 24 April 2026 08:32

Meta Reportedly Set To Cut 10% Of Global Workforce

Friday, 24 April 2026 08:15

Nearly One In Three Women Face Barriers To Free Contraception Scheme

Thursday, 23 April 2026 16:37

David Mongey Appointed Chair of Irish National Stud Board

Thursday, 23 April 2026 14:39

Only 25 Apprentice Plasterers Nationally, Report Finds

Thursday, 23 April 2026 14:09

MEP Criticises Increased Broadcast Levy For Stations Like Kfm

Thursday, 23 April 2026 10:34

Taoiseach To Attend EU Member State Meeting In Cyprus

Thursday, 23 April 2026 09:36

Born Clothing Announces Closure Of All Irish Stores

Thursday, 23 April 2026 09:14

Man Dies After Being Struck By Bus In North Dublin

Thursday, 23 April 2026 08:32

Ryder Cup Ticket Rush As Irish Fans Get First Access to Adare 2027

Wednesday, 22 April 2026 14:39

Focus Ireland Launch New Strategic Plan Amid Record Homeless Figures

Wednesday, 22 April 2026 14:21

Straffan Couple Win Home Of The Year

Wednesday, 22 April 2026 08:36

Broadcast Levy To Increase Costs For Small Radio Stations By Over €14,000 Per Year

Wednesday, 22 April 2026 08:26

Figures Reveal A Drop In Kildare Burglaries

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:45

Mother And Campaigner Speaks Out About Uncertainty For Surrogate Parents

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 16:11

Kildare South TD Martin Heydon Has Criticised Leo Varadkar Following His Comments About Rural Ireland

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 14:16

Audit Shows Kildare Senator Had To Repay Some Parliamentary Allowances That Didn't Qualify

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 12:26

Conservation Project Launched For Bird On Brink Of Extinction

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 12:10

Proposed Modular Home Exemptions To Be Brought To Cabinet Today

Tuesday, 21 April 2026 09:36

Kinahan Due in UAE Court This Week

Monday, 20 April 2026 14:08

Brother Of Scarlet Faulkner Dies Two Days After Sister's Funeral

Monday, 20 April 2026 10:09

Kildare Site Included in National Heritage Funding Announcement

Saturday, 18 April 2026 12:39

Events to Mark 1926 Census Bring History to Life

Saturday, 18 April 2026 12:25

Day Of Talks Between Trade Unions, Employers and Government Concludes

Friday, 17 April 2026 16:25

Strait Of Hormuz Fully Open To Shipping During Ceasefire

Friday, 17 April 2026 15:04

Kildare Farmer Wins Teagasc Farm Forestry Award

Friday, 17 April 2026 14:19

Naas Library And Cultural Centre Chosen As One Of The Venues To Host The 1926 Census Exhibition

Friday, 17 April 2026 11:31

Trade Unions Meeting Employers And Government Today Over Rising Cost-Of-Living

Friday, 17 April 2026 10:20

Taoiseach Leadership Under Continued Pressure

Thursday, 16 April 2026 15:51

Figures Reveal Kildare County Council Spent Over €500,000 Cleaning Up Illegal Dumping In 2025

Thursday, 16 April 2026 14:41

Taoiseach's Leadership Facing Renewed Pressure As Fianna Fáil Members Call For Parliamentary Meeting

Thursday, 16 April 2026 12:02

€64M Alllocated For Upgrade of Leixlip Water Treatment Plant

Thursday, 16 April 2026 10:26

Just One Special Class Allocated To Kildare Out Of 40 Announced Nationwide

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 15:47

Ryan Murphy Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Of Ryan Weir Gibbons

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 14:33

McGregor Settles Whiskey Dispute With Lobov

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 14:22

Research Highlights Substance-Related Deaths And Premature Mortality Among Homeless Community

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 12:27

School Bus Fees To Double For Primary School Children From September

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 09:20

Former Castledermot Resident Linda Costello Has Died Following Assault In Carlow

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 08:28

Missing Person Appeal: 15-Year-Old Maria Bonilla Is Missing From Kildare Town

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 08:10

Multi-Million Euro Lawsuit Against Straffan's Conor McGregor To Get Underway This Morning

Wednesday, 15 April 2026 08:09

BREAKING: Michael Healy Rae Resigns From Ministerial Role

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:47

Kildare Minister Martin Heydon Announces €4M Beef Weighing Scheme

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:39

Housing Crisis Increases Women's Risk Of Homelessness, Yet Women's Refuges Still Falling Short In Kildare

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 14:52

PTSB To Be Sold To Austrian Bank, BAWAG, For €1.6 Billion

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 13:52

Confidence Motion In Government To Take Place Today

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 11:10

Scarlett Faulkner Dies In Hospital

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 09:31

Minister James Lawless Announces €17m Research Investment

Tuesday, 14 April 2026 08:45

SIPTU Ambulance Members Announce Strike To Take Place Next Month

Monday, 13 April 2026 17:01

Vehicle On Fire Causing Delays On M7 Southbound

Monday, 13 April 2026 16:57

'Lopsided' Media Coverage Of Protests Says Media Minister, Whilst No-Confidence Vote To Be Debated By Sinn Féin Tomorrow

Monday, 13 April 2026 16:32

Newborn Babies To Be Screened For Two New Conditions Through The Heel Prick Test

Monday, 13 April 2026 13:59

Ryanair, Currys And Carlow's Rathwood Most Complained About Companies In 2025, According To Consumer Watchdog

Monday, 13 April 2026 11:23

Fuel Protests In Kildare This Morning

Monday, 13 April 2026 09:37

O'Connell Street Cleared After Major Garda Operation

Sunday, 12 April 2026 10:16

Galway Port Protest Cleared Following Garda Operation

Sunday, 12 April 2026 10:09

Rosslare Europort Faces Disruption Amid Fuel Protests

Saturday, 11 April 2026 16:24

Fuel Protests Force Major Road Closures Across Leinster

Saturday, 11 April 2026 15:37

Artemis 11 Lands Safely

Saturday, 11 April 2026 12:08

Fuel Blockades Continue

Saturday, 11 April 2026 11:58

Protestors, Including Kildare's John Dallon, Refused Entry From Government And Agriculture Bodies Meeting

Friday, 10 April 2026 15:14

Artemis II Prepares To Splash Down Off US Coast

Friday, 10 April 2026 12:17

Martin Heydon Will Meet Farming And Haulier Groups This Morning Amid Fuel Protests

Friday, 10 April 2026 11:18

Section Of N7 Northbound Closed Due To Protests

Friday, 10 April 2026 11:06

Kildare Filling Stations Among The More Than 100 Out Of Fuel

Friday, 10 April 2026 08:25

Nationwide Fuel Protest Continues Into Third Day

Thursday, 9 April 2026 16:41

Two Separate Weather Warnings Issued For Tomorrow

Thursday, 9 April 2026 14:38

International Wholesale Prices Are "Not Price Gouging", Says CCPC

Thursday, 9 April 2026 13:46

Costs Of Home Heating Oil Up By 67.5 Per Cent Between February and March

Thursday, 9 April 2026 13:32

91-Year-Old Lelia Doolan To Arrive In Monasterevin Today As Part Of Her Walk For Peace

Thursday, 9 April 2026 12:06

Harvey Norman Nationwide Cancer Fundraiser Launched

Wednesday, 8 April 2026 15:30

Operation Against Romance Fraud Network Leads To Arrests In West Dublin

Wednesday, 8 April 2026 14:13

Tánaiste Says Fuel Prices Should Drop Sooner Rather Than Later

Wednesday, 8 April 2026 14:12

Major Garda Crackdown In Place On 'Lucky Dip' Criminal Gang

Wednesday, 8 April 2026 12:11

Fuel Price Protests Enter Second Day with Nationwide Action Planned

Wednesday, 8 April 2026 08:59

Rising Fuel Costs Leads To Slow-Moving Protests Through Kildare

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 14:32

Missing Person Appeal: 17-Year-Old Joshua Treacy Is Missing From Maynooth

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 14:00

Man Due Before Criminal Court This Morning Following Drug Seizure

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 11:20

Gaelic Players Survey Reveals Drug Misuse Numbers

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 10:28

452 Incidents Reported In Naas General Hospital In Last Three Years

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 08:58

Over 600 Fewer Frontline Gardaí As Staffing Figures Release

Tuesday, 7 April 2026 08:41

Nationwide Fuel Protest Set To Take Place Tommorrow

Monday, 6 April 2026 16:04

Woman Dies In Crash As Over 3,000 Drivers Caught Speeding During Bank Holiday Weekend

Monday, 6 April 2026 14:59

Calls for Increased Traffic Garda Presence Ahead of Bank Holiday Weekend

Sunday, 5 April 2026 11:24

Irish Independent Exclusive: File on Kerry "Baby John" Sent to DPP

Sunday, 5 April 2026 10:13

Over €2,000 Damage Caused in Vandalism at Athy Sports Ground

Thursday, 2 April 2026 15:20

Weather Warning Issues Storm Dave Approaches Ireland

Thursday, 2 April 2026 12:55

Fresh Blow For Metrolink As Programme Director Quits

Thursday, 2 April 2026 12:43

Investigation Into Death Of Inmate In Portlaoise Prison

Thursday, 2 April 2026 09:58

Intel Reclaims Control of Key Irish Chip Facility In Leixlip

Thursday, 2 April 2026 08:57

€7m Worth Of Cannabis Seized In Athy

Thursday, 2 April 2026 07:58

Budget 2027 To Take Place On October 6th

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 16:02

Kildare Gardaí See Increase In Drivers Taking Off Without Paying For Fuel, Whilst State Of The Nation Address Not Ruled Out By Taoiseach

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 15:19

Gardaí Warn People To Be "Buyer" And "Seller" Aware After Kilcullen Incident

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 14:53

Kildare Sees 45 Per Cent Increase In Electric Car Vehicles In First Three Months Of 2026

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 14:16

Mid-Contract Price Rises Due To Impact Customers Of Three, Vodafone And Eir

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 14:04

"When I Look Back At It, I Had All The Symptoms": Kildare Resident On His Diagnosis, As April Marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 12:31

Calls For Reform After Garda Convicted Over Scrambler Pursuit

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 09:28