Athy

There’s a category in The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards (aka the BAFTAs) for the best ‘Reality and Constructed Factual’ telly, a (...)

The new Catholic Bishop of Achonry diocese in the west of Ireland is to be Fr Paul Dempsey (48), current parish priest of Newbridge Co Kildare. He wil(...)

Insurance reform was one of the hot topics of last year as Michael D’Arcy, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, was charged with finding so(...)

It started off as a kind gesture when the Duke of Leinster offered an ancient stone table to the RDS during the sale of Kilkea Castle in 1961, but Sta(...)

No Child 2020 is an Irish Times initiative to provide a sustained focus on child welfare and children’s issues in 2019. Inspired by the Democratic Pro(...)

The 140-year-old Athy Rugby Club is facing an uncertain future as it struggles to find an insurance provider, it has confirmed. The Co Kildare club,(...)

Gardaí on Monday arrested four men in connection with a serious assault and criminal damage at a halting site in Co Kildare. On Saturday afternoon ga(...)

Snow and sleet caused difficult road conditions for evening commuters in the midlands on Wednesday amid the first fall of the winter. AA Roadwatch a(...)

Srowland, a couple of kilometres north of Athy, Co Kildare, and Bog of the Ring, west of Balbriggan near the Dublin-Meath border, are two of the eight(...)

A Co Kildare man who died in an air crash in Co Wexford over the weekend will be “sadly missed”, his family has said. John Finnan (58), from Athy, an(...)