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      <title>New TII Report Confirms Congestion Is The Main Factor Influencing Risk Of Collisions On M7/M9 Merge</title>
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      <title>St Patrick's Day 2026: What's Happening In Kildare This Year</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A number of road closures are expected, with all information provided]]></description>
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      <title>Public Consultation Launched For The New DART+ Depot In Kilcock</title>
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      <title>Concerned Response From Parents Regarding The Hot School Meal Scheme</title>
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      <title>Man Seriously Injured In Overnight Assault In Naas</title>
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      <title>Kildare Drugs Arrest</title>
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      <title>22 People Arrested For Driving Under The Influence Since Yesterday</title>
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      <title>Health Minister Meeting With Kill-Based Contractors BAM, Amidst Concerns Of Further Delays To New Children's Hospital</title>
      <description><![CDATA[DCU Public Procurement Expert Paul Davis says both sides have questions to answer over how the project has been delayed for so long, and suffered spiralling costs]]></description>
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      <title>Relay For Life Officially Launched In Newbridge On Wednesday Night </title>
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      <title>Celbridge Facing 300+ Year Wait For New Homes Based On Current Building Rates</title>
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      <title>Much-Loved Clongowes Staff Member Fiona Doyle Retires After 22 Years</title>
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      <title>Flanagan Concrete Products Ltd. Fined €80,000 Following Fatal Workplace Incident In Rathangan</title>
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      <title>St Mark's Special School In Newbridge Celebrates Official Opening Of New School Campus</title>
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      <title>Over 2,000 Kildare Recipients To Receive Their First Fuel Allowance Payment Today</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kildare gardaí made the post on social media, saying "we don't make this up"]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council Drafting Letter To An Garda Síochána To Install Permanent Speed Camera On The Kilcock Road</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The council confirmed that it has exhausted all measures in their power to address speeding on this road]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gardai Appeal For Information On Man Missing From Monasterevin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[He was last seen in Monasterevin on Monday 9th March at 7am.]]></description>
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      <title>New School Building For Celbridge School At Design Stage </title>
      <description><![CDATA[St. Patrick’s Primary still operating from “temporary” modular buildings nearly two decades later.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare To Receive €1.47m To Bring Vacant Social Homes Back Into Use</title>
      <description><![CDATA[More than €1.47 million has been allocated to Kildare to help bring vacant social housing back into use next year.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>RSA's 'Check It Fits' Service Coming To Kildare This Week</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The free, walk-in service takes between 10-15 minutes and runs from 10am – 5.30pm]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil Prices Ease As Trump Says Iran War Could End “Soon”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Markets recover slightly amid fears an Iranian blockade of Middle East energy routes could drive up global living costs.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kfm Obituary Notices</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Lucan Man Found Guilty Of The Murder Of His Friend In 2024</title>
      <description><![CDATA[He will be handed the mandatory sentence of life in prison.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New Instant Payment Method Introduced To Members Of AIB, BOI And PTSB</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The banks have collaborated to create Zippay.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Naas General Hospital To Receive New Endoscopy Unit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Construction is expected to take 30 months]]></description>
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      <title>Parents Raise Safety Concerns After “Emergency Works” At Celbridge Primary School</title>
      <description><![CDATA[School community says temporary fixes at St Patrick’s Primary School highlight need for long-term solution for ageing modular building]]></description>
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      <title>Kildare To Receive More Than €6.3m To Help Older And Disabled People Adapt Their Homes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Hauliers Warn Of Protests Over Rising Fuel Costs</title>
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      <title>Kfm Obituary Notices (Sunday)</title>
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      <title>Kildare Hurling Team vs Carlow</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Building Work Will Continue Over The Weekend At Celbridge Primary School</title>
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      <title>Call for Fadas to Be Protected in Law</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kildare North TD says accents in Irish names must be respected in official systems]]></description>
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      <title>Celbridge Primary School To Re-Open On Monday</title>
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      <title>Gardai Appeal For Information On Girl Missing From Castledermot </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ruby has been missing since Tuesday - March 3rd.]]></description>
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      <title>Deadline Approaching for Defence Forces Cadetships</title>
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      <title>Fire Breaks Out Near Sarsfields GAA Clubhouse In Newbridge</title>
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      <title>Burglary in Rathangan: Cash and Firearms Stolen </title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>BREAKING: Celbridge Primary School To Close Due to Safety Concerns</title>
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      <title>Kildare Ranks Third in Ireland for Maternity and Paternity Benefit Claims in Latest Figures</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare Brings 575 Vacant Social Homes Back Into Use Since 2014</title>
      <description><![CDATA[€8.1 million invested locally as refurbishment programme accelerates in recent years]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>660,000 Fewer Cars Trips Each Day As Active Travel Rises</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Naas To Gain Over 250 Car Parking Spaces</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Multi-storey car park at Naas Plaza to open on March 16th]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>IFA Ends Bord Bia Protest As Governance Review Agreed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Murrin to step aside from chairing meetings as independent review gets under way]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kfm Obituary Notices (Monday) </title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>HAP Tenants ‘Won’t Keep Up’ Without Reform, Says Threshold</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Appeal comes as new regulations allow annual rent increases and market resets for new lets.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>New Research Strategy to Power Ireland’s Next Economic Model</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kildare North TD & Minister for Higher Education James Lawless says "Research Ireland will play a central role in strengthening Ireland’s research and innovation system"]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Pfizer Opens 2026 Apprenticeships in Newbridge</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Six Kildare-based positions available as part of national in take of 22 roles.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Minister Heydon Accuses IFA Of Misleading Farmers In Bord Bia Dispute</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Minister files Garda complaint after protest damage as row over Larry Murrin and governance review intensifies]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>IFA Protest Outside Minister Heydon's Constituency Office In Newbridge Today</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's understood approximately a thousand people were in attendance. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kfm Obituary Notices (Saturday)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Garda Warns Locals Of Newbridge Main Street Road Closure Due To IFA Protest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Traffic delays are expected between 2-4pm.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>BREAKING: Social Democrats Cllr Pat Balfe Announces Resignation From Social Democrats Party</title>
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      <title>Liam And Lily Were The Most Popular Baby Names In Kildare Last Year</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Reminder To Landowners: Hedge-Cutting Season Is Ending This Weekend</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Homeless Figures Continue To Rise In Kildare, As January Sees Record Number People In Emergency Accommodation</title>
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      <title>Water Supply Restored To Celbridge Residents Following Overnight Repairs</title>
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      <title>Locals Concerned Over Traffic Light Signal Times In Newbridge </title>
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      <title>Naas Couple Who Died In Waterford Road Collision Laid To Rest</title>
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      <title>Two Health Insurance Companies To Increase Their Prices From April, With Families Facing A Likely €180-€330 Increase </title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Update: Man Reported Missing From Sallins Located Safe And Well</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Gardaí have thanked the public for their assistance. ]]></description>
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      <title>Curragh Camp Road Closures Ahead For Next Week</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The closures are to facilitate Defence Forces Training Exercises.]]></description>
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      <title>Nearly 320,000 People Behind On Electricity Bills In 2025</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare Ministers Martin Heydon And James Lawless Declare Rental Income In 2025</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil's Kildare South TD, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, declared ownership of a house in Fennor]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare County Council To Host Equine Summit At Curragh Racecourse</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Search For Elderly Man Who Entered River Barrow Stood Down As Body Recovered</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is understood that no foul play is suspected at this time]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Project Manager Has Been Appointed To Address Urgent Issues At St. Patrick's Primary School In Celbridge</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Issues raised at Public Accounts Committee as calls grow for urgent works to protect students and staff]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare SNAs Join National Protest Over Allocation Review</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Demonstrations in Newbridge and Athy as Government pauses changes and Tánaiste admits “we got it wrong”
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      <title>IFA Plan Large Protest This Saturday In Newbridge </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Over 800 farmers are expected to stage a protest outside Minister of Agriculture Martin Heydon's Constituency Office ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Kildare’s Commercial Vacancy Rate Falls To 14.1% – Below National Average</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the latest GeoDirectory Commercial Buildings Report]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Gardaí Say 'Current' Phase Of Searches Linked To Missing Deirdre Jacob And Jo Jo Dullard Have Ended</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Gardaí have confirmed that while active searching at the location has paused, a further technical and forensic assessment of the site is continuing]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Father Punched In Head And Child Pushed To Ground During Newbridge Assault</title>
      <description><![CDATA[During the altercation, the child was pushed to the ground.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Education Officials Insist Damning Celbridge Primary School Findings Require "Peer Review"</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two independent reports completed last year and seen by Kfm News warned the school’s long-standing modular building shows widespread deterioration, including structural issues and fire safety concerns.]]></description>
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      <title>€20k–€30k Bill Raises Doubts Around Introducing A Video Archive Of Kildare Council Meetings</title>
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      <title>Gardaí Target Nigerian-Based Crime Gang In Series Of Raids, Including Kildare</title>
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      <title>Kildare Gets Smallest Cut Of Funding To Upgrade Non-Public Rural Roads And Farm Access Routes</title>
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      <title>Major Landlord’s €31.75m Purchase Of 77 Naas Apartments Draws Political Criticism</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The criticism comes as the latest Daft.ie figures show how rents are now one third more expensive than before covid, and are 80 per cent higher than they were 10 years ago.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Medically Vulnerable Council Tenants In Kildare Can Now Access Solar Scheme Amid Wider Expansion </title>
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      <title>Bid To Replace APCOA With Community Wardens Met With Resistance From Kildare County Council</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Council officials said the approach has already been tried in Kildare and “did not prove to be an efficient use of resources.” ]]></description>
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