[10:50] Gardaí ‘investigating all circumstances’ following discovery of man’s body in Kildare

An investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man’s body in a home in Co Kildare yesterday.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kildare/news/gardai-investigating-all-circumstances-following-discovery-of-mans-body-in-kildare/a251876655.html

#CoKildare #yesterday

[20:43] ‘They’re still not aware of their future’ – but talk of Intel job cuts ‘all speculation’, say locals in Leixlip

The community living in Leixlip, Co Kildare, has been pitched into uncertainty as to whether job cuts in Intel could impact their town.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/theyre-still-not-aware-of-their-future-but-talk-of-intel-job-cuts-all-speculation-say-locals-in-leixlip/a947266124.html

#Leixlip #CoKildare #Intel

1857 – Courthouse, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: Frederick Darley

Curvilinear gables on this neo-Tudor style market building are at odds with its later and more severe use as a courthouse. Originally used as the town’s corn exchange and commissioned by Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster, officially opened on 6 Octobe
https://www.archiseek.com/1857-courthouse-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1857 #Athy #CoKildare #FrederickDarley17981872 #IrishCourtHouses #LawCourts

[13:10] Man (30s) charged in relation to Co Kildare hit and run

A man who had been arrested after a woman was seriously injured in a hit and run incident in Co Kildare has been charged.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kildare/news/man-30s-charged-in-relation-to-co-kildare-hit-and-run/a994244239.html

#CoKildare

[16:19] Irish man and Dutch national charged over €5m cocaine seizure in Co Kildare

Two men have appeared in court charged with possession of 72kg of cocaine worth €5m following a major garda operation in Co Kildare.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/irish-man-and-dutch-national-charged-over-5m-cocaine-seizure-in-co-kildare/a1613843141.html

#Two #72kg #€5m #CoKildare

[13:03] Man found guilty of manslaughter after Kildare fight

A 24-year-old man has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of a Limerick man who died after he was punched and kicked during a fight in Co Kildare more than two years ago.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0207/1495288-calvin-dunne-court/

#24_year_old #Limerick #CoKildare #morethantwoyearsago

[18:43] Man charged over St Patrick’s College assault on four men which left priest in hospital in serious condition

A 28-year-old Co Meath man has been remanded in custody after being charged with assault causing harm to a priest and three other men on the campus of St Patrick's College in Maynooth, Co Kildare, on Monday.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-charged-over-st-patricks-college-assault-on-four-men-which-left-priest-in-hospital-in-serious-condition/a296839687.html

#28_year_old #CoMeath #three #StPatrick's #Maynooth #CoKildare #Monday

[08:24] Man (20s) due before court after man (50s) seriously injured in Maynooth assault

A man is due before court after an incident in Maynooth, Co Kildare yesterday which left another man seriously injured.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-20s-due-before-court-after-man-50s-seriously-injured-in-maynooth-assault/a1597725672.html

#Maynooth #CoKildare #yesterday

[20:08] ‘Excessive, visually incongruous’ – Conor McGregor refused planning permission for Kildare mansion with two swimming pools

Council planners shot down MMA fighter, Conor McGregor's plan to construct a sprawling mansion in Co Kildare after concluding that the scheme was 'excessive' and 'visually incongruous’.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/excessive-visually-incongruous-conor-mcgregor-refused-planning-permission-for-kildare-mansion-with-two-swimming-pools/a1859586106.html

#MMA #ConorMcGregor's #CoKildare

1940 – Vocational School, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: Buckley & O'Gorman

Designed and constructed between 1938 to 1940, the new Vocational School, later known as St. Brigid's Post Primary School, was formally opened by the then Minister for Education Thomas O'Deirig. Finished in brick. Initially catering for 40 students, it was later extended by Rob
https://www.archiseek.com/1940-vocational-school-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #Athy #BuckleyOGorman #CoKildare #schools

1964 – St. Michael the Archangel Church, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: O'Connor & Aylward

Compare and contrast this with the wonderful church built by the Dominicans at the same time in the town. Even by Irish standards this is spectacularly conservative against the prevailing mood of the time - towards modernising Ireland.
https://www.archiseek.com/1964-st-michael-the-archangel-church-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1964 #Athy #churches #CoKildare #OConnorAylward

1968 – Tyna Knitwear, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare
Architect: Donal O'Neill Flanagan

Small office block to front of an existing knitwear factory. Described in the Leinster Leader, September 19, 1959 "....Progress has been so rapid with Tyna Knitwear that during the past year a new factory containing all modern conve
https://www.archiseek.com/1968-tyna-knitwear-monasterevin-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #LostBuildingsOfIreland #1968 #CoKildare #DonalONeillFlanagan #Monasterevin

[15:52] Murder accused claim they were acting in self-defence

A jury in the trial of two men charged with the murder of a 29-year-old man in Co Kildare in August 2022 has heard that both accused claimed they were acting in self-defence.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0116/1491253-monasterevin-murder-trial/

#two #29_year_old #CoKildare #August2022

1750 – Shell Cottage, Carton, Co. Kildare
In 1747, the 20th Earl of Kildare (created His Grace the 1st Duke of Leinster in 1766) married Lady Emily Lennox, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond and great–granddaughter of King Charles II. Lady Emily played an important role in the development of the Carton demesne and decorated the Shell Cottage with shells from aro
https://www.archiseek.com/1750-shell-cottage-carton-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1750 #Carton #CoKildare #CottageOrn

1965 – Libray, Former St. Dominic’s Church, Athy, Co Kildare
Architect: John Thompson

An expressive hyperbolic paraboloid-roofed Catholic church built 1963-65 for the Dominican order. Designed by John Thompson (1917-88) working in collaboration with Father Phillip Pollock, Prior of Athy, w
https://www.archiseek.com/1965-libray-former-st-dominics-church-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1965 #Athy #BrdNRinn1936 #churches #CoKildare #GeorgeCampbell191779 #JohnThompson

[20:11] ‘Awful tragedy’ for Kildare community as tributes paid to man who died after his car entered Grand Canal

Tributes have been paid to Jason Hallahan, who died after the car he was driving entered the Grand Canal in Co Kildare.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/awful-tragedy-for-kildare-community-as-tributes-paid-to-man-who-died-after-his-car-entered-grand-canal/a200996121.html

#JasonHallahan #theGrandCanal #CoKildare

1973 – AIB, Duke Street, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: James V. McGrane & Son

Modernist bank building, superseding an earlier bank branch on the same street, on an attractive site alongside the river. Designed by Breffni McGrane, who took over the practice from his father in 1970, after qualifying from UCD School of Architecture in 1965
https://www.archiseek.com/1973-aib-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1973 #AlliedIrishBanks #Athy #banks #CoKildare #JamesVMcGraneSon

1986 – Municipal Offices, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: Keane Murphy Duff

Built for Athy Urban District Council but with the reorganisation of local government, now the Municipal Offices for Athy. Very much of its time, the coloured treatment to the central atrium being an element for government or civic buildings of this period
https://www.archiseek.com/1986-municipal-offices-athy-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #1986 #Athy #CoKildare #KeaneMurphyDuff #MunicipalBuildings

1958 – Dispensary, Naas, Co. Kildare
Architect: Niall Meagher

Small medical centre designed by Niall Meagher, former County Architect for Kildare County Council. Still in use as a mental health clinic.
https://www.archiseek.com/1958-dispensary-naas-co-kildare/
#ArchitectureOfKildare #CoKildare #MedicalCentre #Naas #NiallMeagher

[13:37] Man charged with assault of woman in Kildare car park

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the assault of a woman in Newbridge, Co Kildare earlier this month.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1214/1486496-assault-newbridge-kildare/

#22_year_old #Newbridge #CoKildare #earlierthismonth