Seán Ó Fearghaíl, the newly-elected Ceann Comhairle of the 33rd Dáil, took five attempts before finally taking his seat in Dáil Éireann in the aftermath of the 2002 general election.

A local drug project looks set to close its doors if it cannot secure State funding by the end of the year.

The victim was found with deep cuts to his head and body in Athy on Saturday.

I always say the first gig I ever attended was at home growing up in Athy, Co Kildare when late one night I was awoken by the sound of the adults having a bit of an ol’ session in the house after the pub.

Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects to a much loved son, brother, uncle and friend who died in an air crash in Wexford three days ago.

The two men who were killed in the crash have been named locally as Peter Tawse, 61, from Old Ross in Co Wexford, and 58-year-old John Finnan from Naas in Co Kildare.

A Titanic and White Star Line expert will be in Cork on Saturday to offer his help to people who may have potentially valuable ocean liner material discarded in their attics.

Growers of malting barley, mainly used for beer and whiskey making, have welcomed a statement from Boortmalt that it intends to purchase the 2019 crop as per contracted requirements.

Simon Gold was found guilty of "devious and well thought out crimes", with the judge saying while he was a man of enterprise and intelligence, he “applies his acumen to crime”.

A dependency on alcohol can diminish a person’s responsibility for murder such that juries should be allowed to find them guilty of manslaughter, the Court of Appeal has been told.

Complaining about the weather is an art form unique to the Irish. But Ireland’s Joey Carbery has more reason than most to complain. Born to Irish parents in New Zealand, he enjoyed its temperate climate until the family returned to Ireland when he was aged 11.

Air accident investigators have said heavy rainfall has not helped their efforts to discover the cause of the aircraft crash in County Kildare on Thursday night.

Latest: No distress signal was sent from the aircraft which crashed in Co Kildare yesterday evening.

Two men have been arrested by gardaí investigating the death of David Boland, 34.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a father-of-one in Athy, Co Kildare.

A 20-year-old man is expected to appear in court tomorrow in relation to the death of David Boland.

Gardaí were confronted with a gruesome murder scene when they discovered a young man with his genitals mutilated at a rented house in south Dublin.

The Hennessy brothers have a new way to feed herds with supplements, writes Trish Dromey.

For a player leaving his home province with a heavy heart, Joey Carbery is determined to make his move to Munster a success.

There were times during Joey Carbery’s explanation of his decision to leave Leinster when you wondered whether the gifted fly-half had lost his grasp of geography.

Three weeks ago, on these pages, I wondered aloud why Munster weren’t in the frame for Joey Carbery.

A community-run water rescue unit is urgently seeking volunteers.

Siptu representatives will enter a talks process on Tuesday with the management of Coca-Cola concerning a company decision to close its manufacturing plant in Athy, County Kildare, with the loss of more than 80 jobs.

Researchers hope to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton when they set off on a major international scientific expedition next year.

A man who suffered multiple severe injuries when a tree fell on him in stormy weather has settled his High Court action for €165,000.

Dozens of examples of bad practice flagged by probe of expenses paid to community healthcare staff.

Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information on a crash on the N7 Naas Road in Co. Kildare last month which followed a burglary in Athy.

Update 10am: A 16-year-old teenage boy is due to appear in court after being arrested by Gardaí on the Naas Road yesterday.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has demanded there must be “complete transparency” on the severance package of ex-Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan.

A man has been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Athy, Co. Kildare last night.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will open a brand new homeless hub in Athy, County Kildare this morning.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in his 40s in Co. Kildare

Latest: A firefighter has been injured escaping from a blaze through a first floor window of a house.

Six people were left with neck and back injuries when they claimed to have been shaken in what was described as “a little bump” in a carpark incident.

Gardaí are reminding us that 188 people died on our roads in 2016.

Gardaí have today appealed for witnesses to last Friday’s robbery and false imprisonment at a service station in Athy, Co Kildare.

When I was a child in the 1950s in the small Carlow town of Tullow, trips to the shrine at Knock were part of growing up.

SATURDAY

A man has been found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Jason Doogue in Co. Kildare on August 21, 2015.