Local News from Monday, August 18th, 2025

The number of road deaths is 107 as of today, including one in Kildare that happened on the Barrettstown Road in Newbridge in June

A total of six projects have been approved for funding in the county

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It's also warned of hackers who wish to access sensitive information stored here.

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Once the 10-week wait time target, the Junior Transport Minister has vowed to ban people from repeatedly renewing learner permits.

33-year-old Martha Nolan O’Slatarra was found dead on board a boat in the Hamptons on August 5th

77 per cent of second-level schools had no applications for an advertised position during the last school year, according to the ASTI.

It's understood the father died in hospital days after he was arrested from a suspected heart attack.

The figures show Kildare fire brigades dealt with a total of seven hundred and seventy-three incidents in 2024 - placing the county among the busiest in the country.

Detective Chief Superintendent Séamus Boland of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau ((GNDOCB) said the groups are distinct from the 22 major drugs and firearms gangs also under investigation.