Kildare Post

Tragedy in Clane

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
A POST-MORTUM is being carried out on the body of a man in Clane, after what is believed to be a tragic accident at his home.
The accident is thought to have happened on Sunday evening last. Gardai were called to the scene where the 38-year-old dad of two was fatally injured. Living [...]

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Bittersweet taste for Kildare’s ‘Willie Wonka’

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
KILDARE’S BEST LOVED chocolate maker has been left with a bittersweet taste in her mouth, after a woman filed a lawsuit again her business, claiming that staff asked her to leave a Manhattan café for breastfeeding her five year old daughter.
Lawyers for Julia Acevedo-Taylor filed legal papers with Manhattan Supreme Court last week [...]

Puppies left to die

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
THEY SAY CATS have nine lives, but for a bunch of seven puppies, it seems the old saying may extend to them also.
The puppies were rescued by ISPCA’s Inspector Brendan Hughes in North Kildare, having been abandoned by their owner. The cute little Lurchers were found beside their dead mother on a busy [...]

New seminarians told about “tough year”

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
WELCOMING 16 new ‘recruits’ into the seminary, President of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Monsignor Hugh Connolly remarked at the entrance ceremony on Sunday, that it had been a “tough year”.
“In some respects the fact that you are here at all today is remarkable and is a tribute to your courage and generosity of [...]

Results revealed

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND students around the county being offered places in college through the CAO on Monday, there were tribulations and celebrations as some got onto the courses they had worked for, while others have been left to consider their options.
Gardai reported four arrests in North Kildare as students celebrated their results last [...]

Tragedy on the roads

By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
A SERIES OF crashes on Kildare roads has caused Kildare Road Safety Officer to warn drivers to take care on the roads.
Last week, two men in their 40s and 50s tragically lost their lives in a crash at Lally’s Cross, Ballinakill, Broadford. The three occupants of the other car – a man, a [...]

Going pink for charity

NEWBRIDGE RFC FIRST XV are to don a pink strip for their upcoming Hosie Cup match against Portarlington for charity.
The special jerseys are being worn in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness and will be auctioned off to the highest bidders from the players and supporters in the clubhouse after the match.
Pink is the colour associated [...]

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 qualifier route in [...]

Sam welcomes new faces to the feast

By Darragh Dunican
Sports Editor
SINCE 2003, THE majority of the Irish nation has had to watch bitterly in recent years, Tyrone and Kerry take centre-stage in the month of September as the race for Sam Maguire drew to its conclusion.
While Cork briefly threatened to end the pair’s dominance, in truth, no other teams have come close [...]