Des O’Sullivan previews an event set to bring plenty of Hollywood glamour to Newbridge, Co Kildare.

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.

Three former winners are amongst the entry list for Sunday’s Acesigns Laois Heartland’s Rally in Portlaoise with Cavan’s Jonny Pringle bidding to become the first man to win back to back events.

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Owner Philip Reynolds is “counting down the days” to the Cheltenham Festival as he eyes Magners Gold Cup glory with Presenting Percy.

The General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union feels it's only a matter of time before a bus driver is seriously injured in an assault.

Update: Stephen Warren has been found safe and well today.

Gardaí say members of the public have been evacuated for their own safety.

Two men are due in court in Dublin tomorrow, charged in connection with a €500,000 raid on a pill-factory in County Kildare.

A motorcyclist in his 40s has been killed in County Kildare.

The garda search for the remains of Trevor Deely enters its fourth week in Chapelizod in Dublin tomorrow.

Former Billy Coleman Young Driver of the Year award winner Rob Duggan (Killarney) admits his dream to drive at the top echelon of rallying is virtually over.

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

Cabinet ministers have discussed creating a new city in the Midlands to stop population growth choking Dublin.

A solicitor who ran up an estimated €500,000 deficit on his client account has been struck off by the High Court.

Investigations will begin this morning into the cause of a fire at a vacant shopping centre in Naas, County Kildare.

Ireland star Robbie Henshaw will be armed with words of wisdom from former Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll when he heads to New Zealand next week.

Floating the idea that you can live on Ireland’s waterways might not be as strange as it sounds. Rita de Brún meets some of our barge people

As tributes pour in for Walter Swinburn following his death at the age of 55, the riding great will always be remembered for his partnership with the mighty Shergar, who completed the Epsom and Curragh Derby double in 1981.

Gardaí investigating a brutal attack on a college student in County Kildare at the weekend are expected to issue a further appeal for information later.

An 18-year-old woman has been seriously assaulted in County Kildare.

From Robbie Williams to Emeli Sande, we just can't keep up these days.

Gardaí are searching for a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of Philip Finnegan.

Human remains, believed to be those of a man believed to have died violently, have been found in woods in County Kildare.

John Gilligan is back in the Supreme Court this morning.

Leading French jockey Jacques Ricou will arrive in Ireland for the first time later this week after signing up for a winter stint riding out for Willie Mullins.

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Deirdre Reynolds has always appreciated the finer things in life. So how would she manage at Bear Grylls’ newly-launched survival academy in County Kildare?

At the relatively tender age of 30, Johne Murphy has called a halt on a professional rugby career that reaped great rewards, but he will remain within the sport to hone the skills of up-and-coming players.

Update at 9.30pm

Four men have been taken to hospital after a traffic accident in County Kildare this morning.

The stoutly-bred Herald The Dawn looks bound for bigger and better things after opening his account in style in at Naas yesterday.

You can’t hear, see or touch it but the theory known as ‘Moore’s Law’ has arguably been the single greatest determinant of Irish economic growth in the last five decades. 

Epsom runner-up Jack Hobbs remains a strong favourite to go one better in the 150th Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby after a field of eight was declared for the Curragh showpiece tomorrow.

Godolphin have snapped up Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Pleascach and she will carry their colours when she runs in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

French raider Epicuris has his sights set firmly on the Investec Derby as the field for the Epsom Classic began to take shape yesterday.

In her early 20s Maria was in a folk group, and she started writing lyrics, and some poetry. But it wasn’t until 2004, when she joined a creative writing group that she started taking writing seriously.

Jessica Harrington stood relieved and thrilled in equal measure in the Liverpool sunshine yesterday after Jezki brought a frustrating run of results to an end with victory in the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle.

Zarwaan is proving popular with punters ahead of the Betway Lincoln after Ed Dunlop indicated he was leaning towards running the four-year-old at Doncaster rather than in the Irish equivalent on Sunday.