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• Veteran Private Investigator Says Online Sign-Ups Are A Data Goldmine

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• Kildare Among Higher-Reporting Counties For Domestic Abuse

  Kildare ranked in the top half of the country’s Garda divisions, with higher reporting levels than Carlow, Meath and Wicklow.

• Botched Home Improvements, Online Shopping Woes And Car Issues Top CCPC Complaints List

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• Man Accused Of €90k Celbridge Store Raid Allegedly Posted About It Online Before Lanzarote Flight

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• Government May End €400 Tax-Free Solar Income Scheme

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• 82 People Killed On Irish Roads In First Six Months Of The Year, With Over 20,000 Crashes Reported

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