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      <description><![CDATA[Around half relate to suspected child sexual abuse material, Oireachtas Committee hears]]></description>
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      <title>IFA Ends Bord Bia Protest As Governance Review Agreed</title>
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      <title>Athy Nursing Unit At Tender Stage As Naas Mental Health Unit Enters Design Phase Under €11.3m Plan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gaine was reported missing from his home in Kenmare on March 21st last year.]]></description>
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      <title>Three-Bed Rent In Kildare Hits €2,393 As Supply Of Rental Properties Hits All Time Low</title>
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      <title>Tributes Being Paid To Naas Couple Who Died In Waterford Road Traffic Collision</title>
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      <title>Forensic Tests Planned After Axle Discovery In Dullard And Jacobs Probe</title>
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      <title>Analysis: Damning Reports Detail Rot, Fire Risks And Rodents At "Temporary" Celbridge Primary School</title>
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      <title>Plans For Walking Trail Within Castletown House Lands Under Consideration Subject To Removal Of Laurel</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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