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Work to begin on €7.8m facility

WORK IS OFFICIALLY about to begin on a €7.8 million Primary Care Facility in Newbridge. The paperwork is now fully complete with Sammon Construction Ltd having signed the contract on Friday last to commence work on the project. This public/private venture between Clarington Primary Care, Centric Health, Kildare VEC and the HSE has been in [...]

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100 years and counting!

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS, Kildare man Thomas O’Brien is one of the first to receive communication from our new president, Michael D Higgins. Receiving a letter and cheque from the president on the occasion, The Kilteel native led the celebrations last weekend as a party was held to mark the occasion. A resident of Peamount Healthcare, [...]

Benefit night for injured player

MILLTOWN GAA ARE holding a Benefit Day on Saturday December 3rd 2011 for one of their footballers who suffered a horrendous injury during a freak accident at a training session in February of this year. Ongoing treatment Darren O’Shea has been ongoing treatment since. Darren’s rehabilitation is on-going as a result of this injury and [...]

€6,000 raised for charity

By Sinéad Ballantyne editor@kildarepost.com HAVING COMPLETED YET another campaign to raise funds for charity, Derry Nolan is back and looking toward his next challenge. Derry went to Lake Garda in Italy with a number of others from around the country to raise funds to enhance the John Durkin Laboratory for Bone Marrow Leukaemia in St [...]

Local businesses jet to LA

THE NEW BUSINESS tourism show, IMEX America (International Meetings and Events Exhibition) got some local support when they held a meeting in Las Vegas recently. Targeting the lucrative MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Conferences and Events) industry, the three-day show attracted almost 2,000 influential business tourism buyers and decision-makers from around the world, offering important networking opportunities [...]

Time to vote

THE REFERENDUM COMMISSION has urged the electorate in Co Kildare to vote in the referendums on judges pay and Oireachtas inquiries which take place today, Thursday, October 27th, the same day as the Presidential election. The Commission, the independent body set up to explain the referendum proposals, said voters should take a few minutes to [...]

Charities receive €70k

A TOTAL of 24 charities and community groups in the Naas area are to receive €70,000 between them thanks to a donation from Oxegen promoters MCD. Over the last three years, MCD has contributed approximately €400,000 to charities, community groups and sports clubs as an expression of gratitude to the local community for the overwhelming [...]

Massive medal haul for Carbury’s martial artists

By Darragh Dunican Sports Editor Sport@kildarepost.com SIX MEMBERS OF Carbury Martial Arts returned home to Ireland in an exuberant and celebratory mood after they clinched 10 medals at the recent WKC World Championships in Albufeira, Portugal. The select group, who represented Ireland at the games along with the best of the best from around the [...]

Make or break time

By Darragh Dunican Sports Editor KILDARE SELECTOR NIALL Carew revealed that the four week break his side has had to prepare for Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final clash against Down could not have come at a better time. Following a first round Leinster championship defeat to Louth, Kildare bounced back and came through the [...]