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• Eight Special Needs Assistants To Be Axed Across Two Kildare Schools Despite Budget Boost

  Scoil Mhichil Naofa in Athy is set to lose five posts, while Patrician Secondary School will lose three following recent allocation reviews.

• Maynooth, Leixlip, Athy And Kildare Town Exempt From Stricter Airbnb-Style Letting Laws

  The threshold had originally been set at 10,000, but was doubled after political pressure.

• Obituary Notices

  Kfm obituaries notices are broadcast daily following the 8am, 10am, 1pm, 5pm news

• Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon To Convene Urgent Talks Amid Bord Bia Dispute

  The Irish Farmers Association and dairy-farmer group the ICMSA - are calling Bord Bia chair to step down.

• More Than 1,300 Crimes Committed By People On Bail In Kildare/Carlow Last Year

  In total, 38,221 crimes were recorded nationally in 2025 where the suspected offender was on bail at the time.

• Hundreds Of People In Ireland Died By Suspected Suicide After Contact With Health Services

  In December, figures obtained by Kfm News revealed how more than half of all people who presented to Naas General Hospital with self-harm last year were not admitted to an in-patient ward

• New Framework To Reform Irish Defence Forces Heads To Cabinet

  Workforce planning, new command structures and development pathways for serving soldiers are all part of the programme.

• Overbidding At Auctions Putting Homebuyers Under Intense Pressure

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  The ESRI has also found almost two thirds of people who previously bought a home had at least one stressful hurdle, but this rose to 80 per cent for those who bought in the last 3 years.