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• Local School Secretaries And Caretakers Stand Firm As Protests Continue Outside Offices Of TDs

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  Protests will continue until 2.30pm today.

• EV Sales Increase As Motor Industry Presses For More Incentives To Encourage Drivers To Go Electric

  The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) wants next month's Budget to extend incentives currently in place like the SEAI Grant and relief on Vehicle Registration Tax.

• "Vandalism" And "Factually Incorrect" – Kildare North TD Hits Out At Gaza Posters Featuring His Image

  Kfm understands that other Kildare North TDs, including James Lawless and Joe Neville, have also been targeted.

• School Caretakers And Secretaries To Picket Outside Offices Of Their Local TDs Today

  The Forsa trade union which represents them says there has been no engagement from government since discussions at the WRC last week.

• Kildare Among Top Counties For Speeding Fines As Speed Cameras Operate At A Loss

  Naas accounted for €1.7 million, followed by the Kildare Town (€591,520) and Leixlip (€197,040).

• Unethical Backyard Breeding: Pup's Death Piles Pressure On Government For New Law

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  A petition backing Stout's Law has been launched online, urging the government to introduce stricter animal cruelty laws.

• Kildare Sinn Fein TD Says She Knows "What It Means To Resist Colonial Violence" Ahead Of Gaza Flotilla Trip

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  Ní Raghallaigh, who also works as a teacher, is taking annual leave to take part.

• Drivers Caught Speeding Up To 40km/h Over Speed Limit In Donadea On National Slow Down Day

  Nationally, 268 drivers have already been caught travelling over the speed limit