http://www.kildarepost.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Westmeath 4-17 Kildare 1-16 Reigning champions Kildare lost their Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship title in Cusack Park, Mullingar on Sunday when they went down to four goal Westmeath. And the young Lilywhites lost it to a Lake county side playing well within itself -who finish 4-17 to 1-16 ahead on a warm, bright ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/04/30/u21-hurlers-sunk-down-on-the-lakes/ Gardai in Athy are investigating two savage assaults in the town over the weekend which left one man hospitalised following an assault with a broken bottle. In a weekend of violence, the town was hit with two separate attacks as gardaí were called to deal with Saturday night incidents. The first assault ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/04/30/weekend-of-violence-in-athy/ The father of a young Co Kildare teacher who died when her car was struck in a head-on collision, blasted the legal system this week, which he says failed his child. “There has been no justice for my girl. I didn’t want someone to be sent away for ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/04/30/justice-denied/ By Lisa-Anne Crookes l.crookes@kildarepost.com Kildare’s You’re A Star hopeful, Sharon Condon had a perfect start to her competition campaign with full and unanimous praise from all the judges following her first performance at the weekend. The county Kildare native wooed both the voting public and the panel of celebrity judges with her performance ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/sharon%e2%80%99s-in-it-to-win-it/ By Lisa-Anne Crookes The on-going Whitewater cinema debacle rumbled on this week, with a new planning application lodged and an bord Pleanála decision just days away. Members of the Newbridge Concerned Residents (NCR) group watched with interest this week as news of a fresh cinema application spread through the town. The application, ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/newbridge-cinema-on-the-way/ By Lisa-Anne Crookes l.crookes@kildarepost.com A feud between neighbouring builders that climaxed with the midnight sabotage of expensive plant machinery landed two young men in court last week. The men had been involved in a planned attack on machinery at the ‘super dump’ in Carbury, Kildare in revenge for a previous squabble, the court ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/sugar-coated-prank/  By Lisa-Anne Crookes Students in Clane will take to the stage this week as part of an annual and much anticipated school talent show. Scoil Mhuire in Clane will stage the event this Friday 1 February in the school hall with a host of wannabe stars expected to line out. The event, ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/lots-of-talent-on-show/ Popular Wicklow footballer Ray Daniels died tragically over the weekend, just days before he was due to return to training. 'Rasher' Daniels, a former Wicklow goalkeeper, died at Naas Hospital, having taken ill in a taxi on Saturday night on his way to Naas from Blessington. The 28-year-old had recently finished dialysis treatment, and had ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/popular-footballer-dies-tragically/ A new Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre has been set up in Maynooth by Counselling Psychotherapists Antonia Colom and Evanna Lyons. Evanna and Antonia trained in the well-known Tivoli Institute in Dun Laoghaire. Their work incorporates many styles of counselling including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Gestalt, Bodywork and Psychoanalytical Therapy; and they offer ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/new-counselling-service-2/ By Paula Burns paula.burns@kildarepost.com Kildare ambulance drivers are set for a nationwide strike ballot. Kildare based drivers will join 12,000 of their colleagues in the balloting for strike. Balloting will commence on Monday 3rd February. The controversy between the Health Service Executive and SIPTU centers on claims that the HSE awarded three contracts ... http://www.kildarepost.com/2008/02/04/ambulance-drivers-plan-strike/