This week’s Kilcock News (27th Feb 2010)
“I’m Living with it” – Fitzpatrick to carry on despite motor neurone diagnosis By Peter Kelly (Liffey Champion, Front Page) Fianna Fail TD for Kildare north Michael Fitzpatrick is vowing to carry on in public office after he confirmed his recent diagnosis with motor neurone disease. He is determined to stay in Dáil Eireann as [...]
Kilcock News continued… (23rd Feb 2010)
Confidence over Progress on Kilcock town centre site By Peter Kelly (Liffey Champion, Page 2) Kilcock Residents may be hearing about developments at The Old Monastery site in the town centre very soon. Little has been heard over the last two years about the site but at the recent Clane Area Committee meeting on 9th [...]
Kilcock News Round Up – Feb 22nd 2010
Kilcock Local News The main news in Kilcock this week is still the state of our crumbling roads causing residents enormous headaches and to empty their pockets for car repairs. Also the Class sizes in North Kildare are causing major concern among schools. However, in my opinion, a very important story that we should all [...]
Kilcock Local News
Hi Everyone. This is my first weekly roundup of Kilcock Local News. I’m really looking forward to bringing you this regular update on what’s happening in our town and what’s being said about it in local news. I’ll be scouring the newspapers and Internet for anything that concerns where we live and if there is [...]
Merry Christmas Kilcock
Argh! Is that the date… 24th? Christmas Eve?? Still so much to do – which is why it’s half seven in the morning that I am writing this… Just wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas and, of course, let you know what’s going on over Christmas in Kilcock… Walk it Off! The Goal [...]
This Saturday in Kilcock…
It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day today and there’s plenty on in the village so why not ditch the car and wander down. Here’s some ideas… Breakfast: There are plenty of cafes to choose from so treat yourself to a delish breakfast and coffee Pop into the Art Gallery: The Kilcock [...]
Spoiled for Choice for Eating Out
It was an exciting week last week for those of us who like their coffee with foam and chocolate sprinkles; we now have a total of 3 cafes in Kilcock! (And that’s not counting fastfood joints like Rosies and Macaris, the pubs, Chinese, Italian… But this is strictly about Cafes) – the lovely and very [...]
Ikea opens in Dublin, me hole*
At long last Ikea is opening in Dublin on Monday. Although for me, having traveled up to Belfast one too many times for my Scandinavian flat pack fix it’s a bit too late. I’ve got enough Ikea furniture to last the next decade. But I’ll not be avoiding the place, on the contrary the ginormous [...]
Kilcock News – 7th March 2010
Musgrave to shed 143 jobs in Galway by Lorna Siggins (The Irish Times, 5th March 2010) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0305/1224265630188.html THE MUSGRAVE retail group is to shed 143 jobs in Galway as part of a restructuring of its distribution network. The company has said that “extremely difficult market” conditions had influenced its decision to close its Galway depot [...]