KILDARE GENERAL 01 April 2003: Members of Kildare Civil Defence, First Officer Moira Gavan, Sylvia Tyrrell, First Officer Jim Byrne, Bertie Keirnan, Dick Reade, Vincent Miller, Craig Monroe and First Officer Patricia McNeela (with mascot) who gave a demonstration of some of the work they do at yesterday’s March meeting of Kildare County Council.

LEIXLIP 31 March 2003: Leixlip Town Council holds its annual Broomsday on 12 April and the council is asking all property owners to come out and clean outside their own premises and see what a difference that can make to the town.

NAAS 30 March 2003: There's growing concern about the work that Naas Town Council is carrying out at Fair Green to build extra car park spaces. The work is near the old Fire Station, and stones which delineated the edges of the green area have been moved to provide for the work.

NAAS 29 March 2003: Naas Town officials are facing a serious grilling this coming Wednesday over work which was commenced without reference to the councillors on the Fair Green, and which has been described as a 'creeping takeover' of the green for car parking.

KILDARE SOUTH 28 March 2003: Two Kildare childcare providers have received grants totalling over E100,000 from Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme.

NAAS 27 March 2003: Naas Library hosts a photographic exhibition from Tuesday 1st April to Saturday 5th April.

NAAS 26 March 2003: Roselawn residents in Naas have won a long battle to have two rights-of-way in their estate officially blocked off.

NEWBRIDGE 26 March 2003: The Newbridge Community Development Project is to receive E60,000 in funding under the Community Development Project Programmes.

KILDARE GENERAL 26 March 2003: Vintage car enthusiasts from near and far are expected to converge on Co Kildare and neighbouring counties for the 2003 Mercedes-Benz International Gordon Bennett Centenary Rally which takes place from 4-8 June 2003.

KILDARE GENERAL 20 March 2003: The detection rate for serious crimes has fallen in the Carlow/Kildare Division by 25% between 1998 and 2001. These offences include rape, robbery and aggravated burglary where firearms are used, robbery and aggravated burglary, house burglaries, and larcenies from shops and unattended vehicles.

KILDARE NORTH 16 March 2003: Kildare County Council, in association with the Dublin Transportation Office, have commenced a study to be carried out by Cunnane Stratton Reynolds Consultants to set out a strategic framework plan for the development centre of Maynooth/Kilcock/Leixlip/Celbridge.

KILDARE 13 March 2003: Troupe Cote Jardin de Corps-Nuds are currently visiting Kildare as part of a twinning exchange between Corps-Nuds in Brittany and Kildare Town.

CELBRIDGE 13 March 2003: Kildare's David McCarthy competes in the World Indoor Athletics championship at the weekend in Birmingham.

KILDARE NORTH 12 March 2003: Cllr John McGinley from Maynooth has called on residents of North Kildare 'to make their voices heard' over the provision of money for swimming pools in the north of the county.

NAAS 10 March 2003: Kildare County Council yesterday voted in favour of building its new E58.5m Civic Offices at Devoy Barracks in Naas and to raise a loan of E45m - the gross cost to the Council - to help pay for its new 8,000 m2 offices. The loan repayments will be in the region of E2m a year over 40 years.

NAAS 01 March 2003: It was all glitz and glamour last night at the first performance of a play in the new Moat Theatre in Naas. Moat Club chairwoman Georgina Clinch said it was 'a dream come true' for the drama group, which has performed on the premises since 1958.

TIMAHOE 01 March 2003: Bord na Mona is preparing a proposal to use 600 acres of its property at Drehid, Near Timahoe, for a landfill.

ATHY 01 March 2003: Three hundred and fifty jobs have been promised for Athy, in a boost to a town which feels it has been overlooked by industry for decades.