Local News from Thursday, June 19th, 2025

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Donations can be dropped off during working hours at either the Parish Office at Ballycane Church in Naas or the Parish Office on the Sallins Road in Naas.

Among them: 79 homes in Athy and 106 in Blessington.

A total of eighteen companies which are providing accommodation, have earned over five million euro between January and the end of March.

The incident occurred at around 12pm on June 18th in the Moorefield Road area and involved an escooter.

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Support is flooding in online, with locals offering other suggestions in addition to the hourly service.

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Kildare currently has over 4,000 people waiting to sit their driving test, with average delays stretching up to 30 weeks at some centres – significantly higher than the national average of 20.6 weeks.

The union says concerns remain about the proposal to privatise "this state asset" and the wider direction of domestic waste services in Ireland - adding it has requested an urgent meeting with Environment Minister Darragh O'Brien.

As previously reported by Kfm, the 486-home project - planned across six sites in Kildare, Dublin, Wicklow, and Sligo - was just weeks away from breaking ground when Housing Minister James Browne pulled the plug, citing overall cost concerns.

The projects aim to address unmet literacy needs among adults, particularly in areas such as financial literacy, mental health awareness, and climate education.