National News from Tuesday, February 24th, 2026

Council officials say the Solar PV Scheme for Medically Vulnerable Customers, first launched as a pilot in 2022, has since been expanded to include all households registered under the life-support category of the Priority Services Register.

Council officials said the approach has already been tried in Kildare and “did not prove to be an efficient use of resources.”

Council officials say the Flood Risk Management Team is already in discussions with the Office of Public Works about installing gauges on the River Liffey in both towns.

The single largest allocation locally is €5.614 million for Phase 1 of the Community Nursing Unit development at St Vincent’s Hospital in Athy, which has now reached tender stage.

He's described as being around six feet in height, of a medium build with brown hair and blue eyes.

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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill wrote to BAM recently to warn against any "slippage" on the building completion date of April 30th.

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Documents completed last year and seen by Kfm News point to significant deterioration in the school’s temporary modular building, which has been in place since 2008.

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Speaking on the way in to Cabinet, Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton says she is not happy with how schools were told they would be losing SNAs next year.

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Gaine was reported missing from his home in Kenmare on March 21st last year.

The latest analysis by Daft.ie found there were fewer than 1,800 homes available to rent across the country on February 1st.