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Kildare Now Feed

• GIVEAWAY TIME: Last Chance to Win Free Tickets to Punchestown Festival next week!
  Five Pairs of Tickets to the Punchestown Festival next week are being offered to readers by The Leinster Leader and KildareLive and KildareNow in conjunction with Punchestown Racecourse. The Tickets are valid for any single day on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the Festival. Winners will be c
• Track Manager, Sean Ryan, one of the unsung Punchestown festival heroes
  There are many well-known faces down the years that have been associated with Punchestown and the Punchestown Festival. Faces such as its saviour, Dick O'Sullivan; the present CEO Conor O'Neill, Richie Galway (Racing manager), Shone Dreaper (PR and Communications); Hillary Cahill, not forgetting Sno
• Christy Ring Cup: Kildare make it three from three
  Kildare made it three wins from three in Manuard Park this afternoon with a fully deserved seven point win over Derry in the Christy Ring Cup. Kildare were always in the lead in this one but it took two goals, one in each half from Jack Sheridan to ensure Brian Dowling's side victory. Kildare led […]
• Problem gamblers are spending €1,000 a month
  It’s estimated that people who have a problem with gambling are spending €1,000 a month on their habit. And some 3.3% of adults in Ireland (130,000 people) have a problem with gambling with another 279,000 showing moderate evidence of problem gambling. The figures come from the Economic and Social R
• Interview: Mark Fahey looking forward to continuing long family history with Punchestown
  Many generations of people have memories of Punchestown, whether it was when the schools used to close for a half day or getting taken out of them all together. That experience of course is all furthered when you come from a racing family. Mark Fahey, a trainer himself, is one of many in his clan […]