The Garda Ombudsman Commission is Iinvestigating after a high-speed car chase on the M7 last night claimed the life of a woman.

Gardaí have charged a 42-year-old male in connection with the death of a 20-year-old man which occurred in Naas last Friday.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man in Naas, Co Kildare, last night.

Two murder investigations are under way following a fatal beating of a dissident republican in Kildare and the death of a gangland figure in Dublin.

It has emerged that a man died 500m from a Kildare garda station earlier this month after it took 25 minutes for an ambulance to attend the scene from Naas General Hospital - less than one kilometre away.

A man has died following yesterday's road accident in Maynooth, Co Kildare.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Co Carlow yesterday afternoon.

JOCKEYS Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden and Nicky O’Shea were both concussed as a result of falls.

Gardaí at Naas are investigating the circumstances of a fatal road traffic collision which occurred at Watchhouse Cross on the R411 Naas to Ballymore Eustace Road.

I wasn’t hiding the fact that there was a bit of pressure on last weekend and needless to say it was a great relief not to mention a lot of satisfaction when Pathfork made it two wins from two in the Galileo EBF Futurity Group 2 Stakes at The Curragh.

A woman in her eighties has died after she was hit by a truck in Clane, Co Kildare.

Irish jockey Emmet Mullins could miss the Cheltenham Festival after suffering a suspected fractured rib at Naas on Wednesday.

Jockey Paddy Flood was taken to hospital with a suspected back injury after suffering a bad fall at Punchestown.

Gardaí have confirmed the bodies of four people – including two teenage boys – were tonight recovered from the wreckage of a UK-registered light aircraft in the Wicklow mountains.

A man was recovering in hospital today after being shot in the arm.

A man has died after being crushed under a truck during a workplace accident in Co Kildare yesterday evening.

GRAHAM LEE managed to escape injury after taking a crashing fall from Aces Four at Punchestown yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

A MATURE student arrested during a drugs raid on his college apartment died yesterday after being held in a garda station cell.

A 29-year-old man has died in hospital in Co Kildare after falling ill while in garda custody in Naas.

A female pedestrian has died and her male companion was seriously injured after they were struck by a car in Co Wicklow just before 8pm last night.

ONE young man was killed and six people, three of them children, were badly injured in a two-car crash near Newbridge, Co Kildare last evening.

Timmy Murphy has been taken to Naas Hospital with a suspected broken wrist after a fall from Emotional Article in the Tote Ireland 75th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown today.

A NURSE accused of assaulting and wrongly medicating two patients, one of whom died, at Naas General Hospital has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court.

Barry Geraghty has been stood down for seven days after taking a heavy fall at Punchestown today.

A 19-year-old man was killed this morning in a road traffic accident in Co. Kildare.

Gardai today called off their search for a missing person.