A private service will take place in Carlow this afternoon for the four women who died in a road accident in Co Kildare on Tuesday.

Former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes has expressed concerns that Ireland could be governed by "loose alliances" after the next General Election.

Punchestown Racecourse and Kildare County Council are in talks about the feasibility of hosting some, or all, of the Garth Brooks gigs.

Labour's chief whip Emmet Stagg has said he would have difficulties entering Government with Sinn Féin.

Johnny Doyle’s retirement from inter-county football leaves a huge void in the Kildare squad.

Last Sunday evening, after beating Westmeath, Johnny Doyle told his Kildare team-mates he was retiring and that he wanted them to make him regret his decision by winning the Leinster championship.

Kildare County Councillor Darren Scully is to be taken back into the Fine Gael fold, one year and 8 months after his expulsion.

Ousted Kildare senior football manager Kieran McGeeney has issued a statement which he hopes will help to move on the process of appointing his successor.

The Kildare football panel has issued a statement calling for the reinstatement of former manager Kieran McGeeney, accusing the County Board of being "dysfunctional and lacking in both leadership and unity".

It’s a growing list of the irritated that Kieran McGeeney added himself to this past weekend.

Kieran McGeeney and John Doyle have led the tributes to Ronan Sweeney who has confirmed his retirement from inter-county football after 14 years as a Kildare player.

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has dubbed some critics of his team as 'cowards', with particular reference to players who now work as analysts for the media.

Kildare’s challenge against Tyrone last Saturday evening may have tailed off towards the end but manager Kieran McGeeney ensured his side exited the All-Ireland with a bang firing, while he also fire a broadside at some of his team’s critics.

Kildare GAA chiefs will monitor the ticketing situation on a daily basis before issuing any recommendations about whether or not patrons should come to the gate on Saturday night.

Fianna Fáil will support legislation to impose pay cuts on public sector workers following the rejection of the Croke Park extension deal.

The president of the Garda Representative Association has said that the Justice Minister is divorced from the reality of fighting crime.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has vowed to face down the challenges facing Labour after its humiliating defeat in the Meath East by-election.

The Programme for Government should be renegotiated rather than reviewed, Labour Chief Whip Emmet Stagg said today.

Former Labour Junior Health Minister, Roisín Shortall, has said she is not ruling out becoming part of a new political party in future.

The Kerry Group has said it is concerned about the potential damage to Irish food exports as a result of the horsemeat scandal.

A Labour TD has said the Tánaiste will talk further with the Taoiseach on the party's views over the issuing of an apology to the Magdalene survivors.

Opportunities to compete to operate a radio station are set to become available across the country next year as a number of the current batch of radio licences expires in 2014.

An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a crucial 40-acre expansion at Intel in Leixlip, which it is hoped could create thousands of jobs.

Hundreds of family carers are heading to the Dáil this afternoon to voice their outrage at Budget 2013.

The Garda Representative Association is describing the closure of 100 garda Stations across the country as a "sledge hammer approach".

Finance expert Brian Lucey is describing as "insanity" the payment of €3.1bn for the Anglo promissory notes in March 2013, nearly the equivalent of the removal from the economy of €3.5bn in tomorrow's budget.

Children's Ombudsman Emily Logan has said that she identified problems at St Patrick's Institution two years ago.

The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) has today called for a review of the refugee applications system.

The Taoiseach says local governance will be completely redesigned and relaunched as part of a new radical reform plan.

Eighty jobs are to come on stream in Kildare before Christmas as a result of Kerry Group's €100m investment in Naas.

The deputy leader of the Labour Party has said she is sorry and saddened at the resignation of Roisín Shortall.

The president of a secondary teachers union has launched a scathing attack on the government, accusing both coalition parties of breaking all election promises.

Kieran McGeeney's future as Kildare senior football manager will become clearer in the coming weeks, according to County Board Chairman John McMahon.

Labour Party Chief Whip Emmet Stagg believes that James Reilly knew for five days that the Chief Executive of the HSE planned to resign, but told neither the Taoiseach nor Tánaiste.

Bryan Sheehan is a major doubt for Kerry’s Munster semi-final against Cork tomorrow week.

The Government has rejected a proposal which would have allowed turf cutting to continue on Ireland's raised bogs.

The National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis has stated that there are actually more homes liable for the Household Charge than the Government has estimated.

Fine Gael has cancelled an event in Dublin this morning which was scheduled to celebrate the achivements of the party's first year in Government.

A former mayor of Naas who was forced to resign amid racism allegations last year has lost the Fine Gael party whip.

The problem of overcrowding in our emergency departments is getting worse, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) warned today.

The mayor of Naas is facing calls to resign over allegations of racism after he warned he will refuse to represent members of the black community.

The Mayor of Naas Darren Scully has said he will "reflect on his position" after a race row erupted when he said he would no longer represent black Africans.

The Mayor of Naas in Co Kildare has said he will no longer represent those of African origin in the town.

Alan Dukes, the chairman of what was once Anglo Irish Bank, has today clarifyied his position with regard to pension payments.