Massive investment planned for Intel’s Leixlip plant
CEO Paul Otellini hinted at the expansion during an investor meeting earlier this month.
View ArticleLondon 2012: Introducing… Eoin Rheinisch
The 32-year-old kayaker from Kildare will represent Ireland in the K1 Slalom in London and finished 4th in the same event in Beijing.
View ArticlePlastics manufacturer to create 150 jobs with Leixlip expansion
MGS Mfg. Group, which supplied manufactured solutions to the plastics industry, is expanding at the HP campus.
View ArticleGardaí appeal for witnesses to fatal M50 crash
An 80-year-old woman was killed in the motorway crash eleven days ago.
View ArticleTwo due in court after break-in at pub near Maynooth
The incident happened in the early hours of yesterday morning.
View ArticleThree men arrested for shooting in Kildare two years ago
The victim received serious head injuries while he sat in his car in Kilcock on 6 December 2011.
View ArticleMotorcyclist in his 30s dies in crash on Kildare road
The collision between the motorcycle and a car happened just before 3pm today.
View ArticleGardaí seize heroin and cocaine worth €2m from ‘sophisticated’ factory
In a major operation in Kildare, two men were arrested after Gardaí seized cocaine and heroin from a house in Johnstownbridge.
View ArticleTwo in court over giant €2 million cocaine and heroin seizure
Two men will appear before a special sitting of Kilcock District Court in connection with the drugs seizure at a house in Kildare.
View ArticlePoisonous substance used in euthanasia, death penalty stolen from Celbridge vet
Gardaí and the IMB are ‘anxious’ for the item to be recovered.
View ArticleCannabis, heroin, cocaine and a sawn-off shotgun seized in Leixlip
Two men, aged 58 and 20, were arrested at the scene.
View ArticleInvestigation launched after death of young man who was in garda custody
Gardaí arrested the man in Maynooth and have said he was intoxicated.
View ArticleFour arrested, cash & jewellery seized in large-scale Dublin crime crackdown
It follows searches involving several garda units, backed up by the force’s air support unit.
View ArticleWater works are being carried out at Leixlip today, what does that mean for you?
The water main supplies Fingal and areas of Dublin City and Meath.
View ArticleMan arrested after woman reports alleged assault in taxi
The man was subsequently released and a file is being sent to the DPP.
View ArticleTwo men arrested over Intel plant bomb hoax
The men have been released without charge and a file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
View Article€100k damage as gang uses heavy-duty equipment to steal 7km of ESB cables
There’s been a huge increase in similar incidents. Just in July, there were four in Galway, and one each in Wicklow, Laois and Cavan.
View Article21-year-old Dylan Corcoran found safe and well
Dylan Corcoran had been missing since last Thursday.
View Article‘Profoundly stupid’ man who made hoax Islamic State bomb call to Intel avoids...
Colin Hammond made the call to get his friend out of work.
View ArticleKildare man missing since Monday found safe and well
Colin’s car a black Skoda Superb partial reg 151 KE is also missing.
View ArticleThe man whose dismembered body was dumped in the Grand Canal has been named
Gardaí made the announcement this evening.
View ArticleMeet the woman representing Ireland in a Korean game show
Alana O’Brien will be flying the tricolour in a week-long reality show and quiz.
View ArticleMan in his 40s arrested in connection to theft of ESB cables
A number of planned searches were carried out in Leixlip.
View ArticleIntel is laying off 12,000 staff - but no word on Irish jobs yet
The company says that it is not commenting on specifics just yet.
View ArticleGardaí call in bomb disposal team after improvised explosive device found in...
56 suspicious devices have been found in Ireland so far this year.
View ArticleGardaí investigate serious assault on 18-year-old student in Maynooth
The NUI Maynooth student, said to be from Monaghan, was discovered seriously injured on the footpath.
View ArticleAldi has announced 400 new jobs as part of a major expansion
The €100 million investment will see 20 new stores.
View ArticleCartel killer was 'on way to carry out assassination' when he accidentally...
Gardai are now trying to establish who the man was attempting to kill.
View Article'This will have a huge impact on the community': Hewlett-Packard to cut up to...
Staff were told this morning that up to 500 will be let go from the site over the next 12 months.
View ArticleAs HP shuts its Leixlip print plant, we look back at its 20 years in Kildare
Up to 500 job losses were announced at the firm today.
View Article'We're very worried': Locals react as HP Inc to shut with loss of 500 jobs
With redundancies to begin in July, the town of Leixlip is preparing for the mass exodus.
View ArticleSeven drink drivers arrested in one district over 24 hours
The drivers were caught in the Kildare area in just one day.
View ArticleIntel to close "unsustainable" pension scheme for longer-term staff
The company said that the cuts are being driven by ‘factors beyond its control’.
View ArticleGardaí investigating if Kinahan gunman 'accidentally shot himself or was...
Gardaí think Glen Clarke was behind the murders of innocent men Trevor O’Neill and Martin O’Rourke.
View ArticleDid councillors agree to put a 'mini M50 bridge' through a park because they...
Not really. But it’s complicated.
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