David Oliver Joyce is hoping it’s third time lucky for him and his Olympic dream.

Four young women have been killed in a road accident in County Kildare.

Thirty-seven jobs are to at risk with the closure of a number of Ulster Bank branches.

A teenage girl has gone missing from her home in Co Kildare.

Gardaí are searching for missing teenager Teigan Mellor tonight.

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

Naas left it late but three points in the closing stages by Kildare senior panellist Conor Mellett were enough to give his team a 0-11 to 0-10 win over Maynooth in Newbridge last evening in the last of the Kildare SFC quarter-finals.

Reigning Kildare champions Sarsfields were pushed all the way by last year’s IFC champions Monasterevan in Newbridge but eventually booked their place in the quarter-final by virtue of a 3-16 to 0-9 win.

A man has died after a suspected assault in Co Kildare.

Gardaí have made an appeal for witnesses after a man was shot dead in a gangland-style gun attack.

James Kavanagh could be on the verge of a dramatic switch from Kildare to Galway.

A traffic problem at New Ross in September was just one of the factors in the National Ploughing Championships move to a midlands venue for 2013.

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a viable Improvised Explosive Device in Athy, Co Kildare last night.

Irish boxer Paddy Barnes is now just one fight away from London 2012.

Dublin bid to build on last week’s victory over champions Wexford when they face Laois in this evening’s Cadbury’s Leinster U21 FCquarter-final at Parnell Park.

ATHY may be young, but they certainly know how to play.

THE ploughing championships have become the highlight of the year in the world of agriculture, and is attracting an amazing level of attention from outside of the agricultural world too. Witness the number of urban dwellers and presidential hopefuls who made the trek to Athy this week.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield recovered from a shock defeat to Carbury last time out by beating Round Towers in the third round of the Kildare senior football championship.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield were sensationally beaten by Carbury in a dramatic Kildare SFC tie that saw county star Eoghan O’Flaherty kick the winner from a free.

CORK All-Ireland winning defender John Miskella suffered a dislocated elbow while lining out for his club Ballincollig in last Sunday’s Cork SFC 4th round replay win over Castlehaven yet could still figure in next weekend’s quarter-final tie against St Finbarr’s.

IT may still be less than six weeks away, but work on the Athy, Co Kildare, site works for this year’s national and European Ploughing Championships are already under way.

GREENCORE’S chief executive Patrick Coveney said consumer sales in the first half year have started to pick up for the group.

The Model School in Athy in Co. Kildare has been extensively damaged in a fire.

GREENCORE’S success in selling off its malt business last week is a step in the right direction for a group with ambitions to hone itself into an international convenience food group.

GOALKEEPER Daniel O Caoimh was Coláiste Eoin’s hero with two spellbinding second-half saves in this Leinster Colleges ‘A’ SFC semi-final in Blessington on Saturday.

Siptu, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions officials and employees at a company involved in a strike at Dublin port have denied that they have harassed or intimidated staff who are continuing to work.

IRELAND’S hopes for success in the World Ploughing Championships in Moravske Toplice, Slovenia, next week, will rest on John Tracey and Liam O’Driscoll.

The Minister for Finance Brian Cowen opened the new decentralised office for the Revenue Commissioners in Athy today.

KENNETH EGAN and surprise packets Paddy Barnes and Eric Donovan provide an interesting blend of youth and experience in what will be all-out war for places in the top eight at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.

Versatile forward Padraig O'Neill could be in danger of missing Kildare's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier on July 7.

JUST a couple of weeks after a sell-out event at the same venue, Rylane Boxing Club will stage another boxing extravaganza at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom on Friday, February 23.

The draws have been made for the 2007 RE/MAX Towns and Metropolitan Cup competitions.

Courtown will look to build on their success in the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championship, as the club looks to sweep the board in the all-important quarter-final stage of all four singles competitions.

The draws for the Leinster Schools Senior and Junior Cup competitions have been made in Lansdowne FC tonight.

THE finals of the national under-21 boxing championships provide some interesting pairings at the National Stadium tonight when some beaten finalists from the seniors will be involved.

Barry's Tea, the privately owned Irish tea importer, has entered into exclusive talks to buy Batchelors, the Irish tinned-food business in a deal thought to be between €50m and €60m.

Gardaí in Co Kildare are seeking four armed raiders and a getaway driver.

AN ARSON attack may have caused the fire which destroyed the former Peerless Rugs factory in Athy, Co Kildare, yesterday morning, say gardaí.

Forthcoming club and schools fixtures from around Leinster.

One of the longest factory sit-ins in Irish history ended today after staff agreed to a cash settlement.