http://kildarepost.com Kildare's Biggest and Brightest Newspaper! Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Sinéad Flanagan Editor KILDARE design student, Clara Traynor, has been selected as one of 20 finalists in the Nokia Young Fashion Designer Award 2010. The design from the final year Naas native was chosen from thousands of designs submitted by design college students across Ireland. “I wasn’t expecting it at all,” ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/kildare-student-among-finalists/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor COUNCILLOR Suzanne Doyle raised the issued of sheep accessing the old N7 between Kildare and Newbridge at a meeting of Kildare area committee last week. Cllr Doyle asked that the matter be looked at by Kildare County Council with a view to eliminating access for the sheep ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/sheep-run/ MONASTEREVIN Macra team were celebrating last weekend having won the national final of the Kerrygold Club Question Time. The event was held in Cork with 26 Macra teams from all over the country competing for the prestigious title and a place on the Macra prize-winners trip. Members of the winning team, ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/team-celebrate-win/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor COUNCILLOR FIONA O’ Loughlin asked at a meeting of Kildare area committee last week that the Council half the amount charged for pay parking in Newbridge “in order to better support business” and also to half the fine penalty. In replay to the question, a spokesperson for ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/pay-parking-rates-to-stay/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor TALKS look finally set to take place between Green Isle and irked striking engineering employees. In a dispute that has been ongoing since last August, over three employees who were dismissed by the company, months of picketing at the entrance to the company appears to have done little ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/talks-look-set-to-begin/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor THE AUNT of a young boy diagnosed with leukaemia is working hard to raise funds to make his dream of a trip to Disneyland come true. Cormac Doyle from Kildare town was told initially he had an infection in his leg last September, after he found himself unable to ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/25/trip-of-a-lifetime/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor A LOCAL schoolgirl was commended for her efforts recently on road safety in a competition run by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Zoe Tobin from Primrose Hill National School in Celbridge received an award in the ‘Hi-Glo Silver’ competition by the RSA. Zoe, who was accompanied by her ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/18/local-girl-comes-out-tops/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor THE DECISION to uphold planning permission for a new €75 million development in Athy has been welcomed by locals, though work is unlikely to begin this year. An Bord Pleanala gave the go ahead last week to Tegral Group to build a new state of the art ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/18/go-ahead-for-e75m-plant/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned not to leave their car keys where burglars can get easy access to them, following a spate of burglaries in North Kildare over the weekend. “They popped the barrels on front or back doors with the sole purpose of taking keys,” says Srg Willie ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/18/break-ins-for-car-keys/ By Sinéad Flanagan Editor A LOCAL racecourse has announced plans to invest €300,000 in facilities. Punchestown is to put €150,000 into their ‘Dobbins Food Hall’, building a trackside festival reserved enclosure for the first time, giving the public bar a revamp, and examining festival start times. The work is to take place in ... http://kildarepost.com/2010/02/18/e300000-revamp/