Frank O Rourke
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Developer revives plan for €10m Naas Shopping Centre
- Commercial Property
- November 16, 2020, 05:15
A €10 million plan to revive a boom-era shopping centre in Co Kildare will create up to 850 jobs, according to the developer behind the project. The (...)

Election 2020: Spell in ‘proper’ opposition finds growing support in Fianna Fáil
- Irish News
- February 11, 2020, 03:20
As a poor election got substantially worse for Fianna Fáil on the second day of counting, the mood within the party darkened. TDs emerged from count (...)

Kildare North results: FG’s Bernard Durkan and FF’s James Lawless take final seats
- Politics
- February 9, 2020, 10:00
The count is all over in Punchestown and there are several familiar faces – and one new one – bound for Dáil Éireann to represent Kildare North. Soc(...)

Election 2020: Kildare North constituency profile
- Politics
- January 18, 2020, 23:52
Kildare North (four seats) Current: 1 FG, 2 FF, 1 Soc Dem Kildare is the heart of the commuter belt, and as such, infrastructure and quality of life(...)

‘How can my own country put a price on the lives of rare disease sufferers?’
- Health & Family
- August 8, 2019, 06:01
I was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia about 10 years ago when I was 13. FA is a progressive neuromuscular disease, for which there is currently no (...)

Aylward calls FF meeting of ‘like-minded’ on abortion
- Politics
- January 22, 2018
Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators opposed to repealing the Eighth Amendment have been invited to a “coming together of like-minded people” on Tuesday. Car(...)

HP job losses became apparent five weeks ago, says Kenny
- Politics
- February 8, 2017, 08:34
The job losses at HP Inc in Leixlip, Co Kildare, became apparent about five weeks ago, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said. He said IDA Ireland chief exec(...)

Iarnród Éireann cuts to be resisted by seven Ministers
- Politics
- January 20, 2017, 01:00
Seven Ministers of State have said they will resist any reduction in services at Iarnród Éireann, which has been identified as needing hundreds of mil(...)

Miriam Lord’s Week: Funchion trips the light fantastic
- Politics
- March 4, 2016, 23:50
Some of the crowd at the count in Carlow-Kilkenny thought Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion was being a bit presumptuous when she sashayed into the Cillin(...)

Profile: Frank O’Rourke (FF)
- Oireachtas
- February 29, 2016, 11:35
Frank O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil, has served as a councillor on Kildare County Council since he was co-opted in 2012. He successfully ran for election in 2(...)