30 July 2003: Naas Town Council last night set a price of E142,000 for its affordable housing scheme on the Caragh Road, much to the dismay of a group of young people present in the public gallery.

Athy InterReg advances to Wales

29 July 2003: Members of the Athy/Rhyl Regeneration Project Steering Group accompanied by project officers and Kildare County Council Officials have visited Rhyl, on the North Wales coast, on a fact finding mission, as part of a major partnership promoting the economic regeneration of both towns.

Truck crash at Newhall

29 July 2003: A lorry driver escaped unharmed when a big articulated truck failed to manoeuvre the roundabout at Newhall this morning.

Bus dropped over 'no support' from councils

24 July 2003: A Naas councillor has expressed his 'bitter disappointment' that the Kavanagh Town Link bus that serviced Kill and Naas housing estates for almost five years has ceased, apparently because of lack of support from local authorities in the area.

French twins visit Leixlip

23 July 2003: A group of 37 residents of Leixlip's twin town in France, Bressuire, spent a weekend in the North Kildare town at the invitation of the Leixlip Twinning Association.

Objects to Aldi application

21 July 2003: North Kildare councillor Catherine Murphy has proposed that a planning application for an Aldi discount food store at Kilcock Road, Maynooth, be rejected.

Environmental grants

21 July 2003: Kildare County Council is to receive grants totalling E7,646, to be spent on a range of different local environmental projects throughout the county.

Johnny Dwyer retires

18 July 2003: Popular Naas man Johnny Dwyer has retired after almost 30 years working with the outdoor staff of Naas Town Council. He is pictured above receiving a presentation from Naas Mayor Pat O'Reilly.

Paul Keogh for Riverbank

17 July 2003: The Riverbank Arts Centre is the venue for Newbridge-born musician Paul Keogh on Thursday 24 July. Paul’s last performance here was in February 2002, with a sell-out gig.

Conway raises rumpus, Council adjourned

16 July 2003: The new Fine Gael Mayor of Naas Town Council had his first run in with his new FG colleague, Cllr Timmy Conway, after Cllr Conway insulted an independent member of the Council last night.

16 July 2003: The capacity of trains on the Maynooth commuter service will increase by about 26 per cent by the end of the year, according to the minister for transport, Seamus Brennan TD.

15 July 2003: Kildare County Council has refused a request from Celbridge to take over the work of the Celbridge Tidy Towns CES scheme which was discontinued last January.

15 July 2003: A motion on concerns about sewerage spills into the River Liffey in recent weeks will be moved by a new member of Kildare County Council, Kevin Byrne, at the next Celbridge Area Committee Meeting.

Stagg's 'mixed emotions' about leaving council

14 July 2003: In his farewell speech, Deputy Emmet Stagg thanked his colleagues in the Council ‘who had said nice things about him’. “I am absolutely certain of the sincerity of their remarks,” he quipped.

Council loses three members

14 July 2003: Kildare County Council lost three of its members last week - including deputies Emmet Stagg and Sean Power pictured above - because of the introduction of the dual mandate rules which prohibit TDs from sitting on local councils.

Pay parking for Newbridge agreed

14 July 2003: Pay parking for Newbridge was agreed at last week’s monthly meeting of Kildare County Council.

11 July 2003: On his election as Mayor of Kildare, Cllr Michael Fitzpatrick said his motto will be ‘to make Kildare a first choice to live, work and to do business’.

Festival of Youth Drama

11 July 2003: Crooked House Theatre Company in association with the Riverbank Arts Centre is presenting a four-day Festival of Youth Drama from Monday 28 to Thursday 31 July at the Riverbank. The event is sponsored by Wyeth Medica.

10 July 2003: A public lecture on Ayurveda (The Science of Life) holistic medicine and yoga will be held at Naas Library on Monday July 21.

10 July 2003: Naas Community Library is holding a Summer Festival for children between 22-25 July.

10 July 2003: Naas Community Library is operating a Summer Reading Club during the months of July and August.

Fitzpatrick is new Mayor of Kildare

08 July 2003: Fianna Fail Cllr Michael Fitzpatrick from Allenwood has been elected the new mayor for County Kildare.

08 July 2003: A councillor's belief that a proposed ALDI discount store building 'is of poor quality' has led to him objecting to a planning application by the store chain for a premises in Maynooth.

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