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• Why gardaí are taking action against 'resting' truck drivers
  The gardaí are taking action against truck drivers who are using verges on the Clane side of the Sallins bypass as a truck stop. Cllr Carmel Kelly told a Naas Municipal District meeting that drivers are using both sides of the road to stop and rest and this is causing problems for pedestrians and mo
• KILDARE: Call for town sports stadium gets a mixed response
  There was a mixed reaction to a proposal that planning start to provide a “town stadium and sports park” for Naas. It came from Cllr Seamie Moore, who said it should have “multiple sports pitches, a gymnasium and indoor facilities for all netball games and large meetings. He said Naas area councillo
• Kilcullen's Fergus Aspell central to club's success in late '90s
  Kilcullen GAA had perhaps their finest hours in the late 1990s with consecutive Junior and Intermediate Championship wins, not to mention lifting the inaugural Leinster Junior Football Championship in between. However, that boom period would be preceded by the loss of four Junior finals in six years
• School going children have to stand in the mud while waiting for the bus
  A footpath is to be provided for children who have to stand in the mud while waiting to go to school in Naas. Cllr Anne Breen initially asked for a bus shelter to be built at Monread Park for children waiting to be taken to three primary schools at the Piper’s Hill campus, Kilcullen Road. […]
• Youth activist from Newbridge, County Kildare, addresses Seanad on topic of Traveller mental health
  A youth activist from Newbridge addressed the Seanad earlier today in relation to Traveller mental health. James Stokes, who is Sinn Féin’s youngest election candidate in the upcoming local elections at just 18 years of age, called for 'the delivery of a national Traveller Mental Health Strategy wit