A YOUNG CLANE man will showcase his production of ‘Les Miserables School’s Edition’ in The Helix in DCU next week.
Set to take to the stage from 7th – 11th September, 19-year-old Andrew Linnie is hopeful the performance will be a big success.
By the age of 16 he had written and produced his own musical, by [...]
CALLS HAVE BEEN made to reverse plans for those availing of commercial vehicle tax to sign a declaration not to use their vehicle for domestic purposes.
Deputy Jack Wall describes the move as “yet another attack on rural Ireland.”
He said he found it “unbelievable that a time when those lucky enough to own a vehicle were [...]
By Sinéad Flanagan
Editor
THERE WAS MUCH cheer in Athy last week as another talented young woman scooped the title of Rose of Tralee.
With Charmaine Kenny saying her goodbyes, the gates were opened for Clare Kambamettu (25) who was representing London in the contest. The Athy woman, whose father is assistant county coroner and has a medical [...]
MANY TEARS WERE shed on Monday morning as hundreds of children across the county started school. Parents were seen from Athy to Leixlip to Naas standing at school gates waving goodbye to their little ones.
Though the rest of us may be giving out about the recession, at least we have some bright hope for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]