Liffey Champion

Liffey Champion Liffey Champion is the biggest selling weekly newspaper in north Kildare and Lucan, County Dublin, Ireland.

It was first published on 17th May 1991 and its offices are in Leixlip.

Dusty Old Files:-This photo was taken on a Saturday outside the old VEC buildings in Lucan. Quite a collection of bags o...
02/03/2025

Dusty Old Files:-
This photo was taken on a Saturday outside the old VEC buildings in Lucan. Quite a collection of bags of rubbish collected back then. But when?

Stephen Heffernan, 52-years-old, who was reported missing from his home in Kilcloon since Thursday 27th February 2025, h...
01/03/2025

Stephen Heffernan, 52-years-old, who was reported missing from his home in Kilcloon since Thursday 27th February 2025, has been located safe and well.

An Garda Síochána would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.

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Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Stephen Heffernan.

Stephen, aged 52, is reported missing from his home in Kilcloon, County Meath, since Thursday (27th February 2025).

He was last seen in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, on Thursday 27th February 2025 at approximately 9am.

Stephen is described as being approximately 5 foot 8 inches in height, with a medium build, grey hair and blue eyes.

When last seen, Stephen was wearing a navy jumper, a navy jacket, blue jeans, and navy/black Sketchers runners.

Stephen is believed to have access to a 241K-reg Grey Kia EV6 car.

Gardaí and Stephen’s family are concerned for his wellbeing.

Anyone with information on Stephen’s whereabouts is asked to contact Ashbourne Garda Station on (01) 801 0600, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

28/02/2025

Team Announcement 📢📢

Brian Flanagan and his management have named the Kildare Senior Football team to play Clare, in Round 5 of the Allianz Football League, on Sunday 2nd March in Cusack Park, Ennis at 2pm.

Lets keep the support going for the players and management!

Advanced Ticket sales: https://shorturl.at/ifYfz

ALL SMILES...In this week's edition of the Champion we have a two-page spread of photographs from the Ardclough GAA Club...
28/02/2025

ALL SMILES...
In this week's edition of the Champion we have a two-page spread of photographs from the Ardclough GAA Club 25th anniversary celebration of the club winning the 2000 Junior Football Championship.
The club is more noted for its success on the Hurling field but in that year, managed by Tommy Carew, the footballers did the business too.
Drop into Mrs Buggy's shop in the village for your copy of this week's LIFFEY CHAMPION.

Annual Maynooth MEC 10k gets formal launch. Cormac Harrington reports for the Champion this week.
28/02/2025

Annual Maynooth MEC 10k gets formal launch. Cormac Harrington reports for the Champion this week.

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 14-year-old Liam Gannon.Liam has been missing f...
24/02/2025

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 14-year-old Liam Gannon.

Liam has been missing from Athy, County Kildare since Wednesday, 19th February last.

He is described as being approximately 5’ 10” tall, of slim build, with short dark brown hair and brown eyes.

When last seen he was wearing black tracksuit bottoms and a light grey under armour top.

He is know to frequent the Tallaght area.

Anyone with information on Liam’s whereabouts is asked to contact Kildare Garda Station on 045-527730, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 27-year-old Dylan McLoughlin.Dylan is reported ...
24/02/2025

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 27-year-old Dylan McLoughlin.

Dylan is reported missing from his home in Ratoath, County Meath since Friday, 21st February (2025).

He was last seen in Ratoath at approximately 10.30pm on Friday, 21st February last.

Dylan is described as being approximately six foot in height, of slim build with brown hair.

When last seen, Dylan was wearing a light brown jumper, navy padded jacket and light grey tracksuit bottoms. He may have been carrying a small hold-all bag.

Gardaí and Dylan’s family are concerned for his well-being.

Anyone with information on Dylan’s whereabouts is asked to contact Ashbourne Garda Station on (01) 8010600, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Gardaí in Ronanstown are renewing their appeal to the public for assistance ahead of the 14th anniversary of missing wom...
22/02/2025

Gardaí in Ronanstown are renewing their appeal to the public for assistance ahead of the 14th anniversary of missing woman Esra Uyrun.

Esra was 38-years-old when she went missing from her home in Clondalkin.

She has not been seen since leaving her house in Collinstown Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 at approximately 7.15am on the morning of 23rd February, 2011.

Esra left from her home in the family car, which was a grey Renault Twingo with a registration number of 08-D-23067. The car was later located on the promenade in Bray, County Wicklow.

Esra is described as being 5’3” in height, with dark hair and green eyes.

When last seen she was wearing black leggings, white Nike trainers, and a dark top.

Despite an extensive Garda investigation, including a number of searches involving members of the DMR West and Wicklow Divisional Search Teams assisted by the Garda Technical Bureau, Esra’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Gardaí and Esra's family want to locate her and are appealing for people to assist with the investigation.

An Garda Síochána would encourage anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to make contact with the investigation team.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to contact Ronanstown Garda Station 01 666 7700, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

22/02/2025

Gregory's Magic Show is taking place at 3pm on Sunday (23rd February) at Leixlip GAA Club on Green Lane.

Tickets are €12 per person and €40 per family of four. You may win free family pass here if you LIKE, SHARE and TAG three friends.

For information regarding bookings call 087-002 5899.

21/02/2025

After a few years resting up, the DUCKS ARE BACK and ready to show off their skills, all in aid of the Arch Club 🦆🦆🦆🏁



20/02/2025

UPDATE: FILMING POSTPONED - see comments

A member of our group, Alisha Shiels, is having her short film made in Kilcock and she needs extras this Saturday 22nd February!! If any of you are interested in getting involved, all information is below.

Best of luck with it, Alisha! 😊🎭

'We are no closer, and with another summer season fast approaching'. What's this about? Read Cormac Harrington's article...
20/02/2025

'We are no closer, and with another summer season fast approaching'. What's this about? Read Cormac Harrington's article in this week's edition of LIFFEY CHAMPION.

Dusty Old Files:-GAA President Jarlath Burns was in Creighton Park last night (19th February) to launch Confey GAA Club'...
20/02/2025

Dusty Old Files:-
GAA President Jarlath Burns was in Creighton Park last night (19th February) to launch Confey GAA Club's latest history publication.

It is an impressive one and once for every GAA house in the parish for sure.

This soon-to-be 30-year-old photo, taken by the late Allen Gaffney, is of the Confey team that lost to Maynooth in a Junior B Championship match in September 1995.

Allen was a popular photographer with the Champion in those days and was a member of the Maynooth club.

His photo of the Confey team here shows: (back: l-r) David Williams, John Coyle, Tony Kelly, Eamon Tully, Morgan Costello, Colm Quinn, Daniel Griffin, David Cully, Peter Farrell and James Percival; (front: l-r) Gerry Hannigan, Gerry Farrell, Jason Campbell, Willie Percival, Jerome Reidy, Colm Parsons and Eugene Kennedy.

Allen also noted in his caption that there were two players missing from the Confey team photo: Martin Barrett and Peter Smyth.

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Luliama Mihaela Maftei.She has been...
19/02/2025

Gardaí are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Luliama Mihaela Maftei.

She has been missing from her home in Celbridge since Tuesday 18th February, 2025.

Luliama is described as being approximately 5 feet 4 inches in height with a slim build. She has blonde hair and brown eyes.

When last seen, she was wearing a black Nike jacket, black leggings and dark sliders with black socks.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Leixlip Garda Station on 01 666 7800, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

14/02/2025

South Dublin County Council along with An Garda Síochána An Garda Síochána are launching a high profile multi-agency social media campaign aimed at educating the public on the ‘Safe Use of E-Scooters’.

The campaign focuses on highlighting the rules of the road in relation to e-scooter use, particularly their non-use on footpaths.

• E-scooter users must use the road.
• Drivers should give at least 1 metre clearance when overtaking an e-scooter user in speed zones that are 50km/h or under and at least 1.5 metres in speed zones over 50km/h.
• Motorists sharing the road with e-scooter users should treat them the same as cyclists and consider them a Vulnerable Road User (VRU).
• E-scooter users are reminded to follow the same rules as cyclists, ensuring they are visible at all times and equipped with proper lighting front and back.

Read more on the South Dublin County Council’s website.
https://www.sdcc.ie/en/news/e-scooter-campaign-launch.html #:~:text=South%20Dublin%20County%20Council%20%28SDCC)%20along%20with%20An,the%20public%20on%20the%20%E2%80%98Safe%20Use%20of%20E-Scooters%E2%80%99.

Surge in burglaries in north Kildare towns, Colin O'Donnell reports in the latest edition of LIFFEY CHAMPION.
14/02/2025

Surge in burglaries in north Kildare towns, Colin O'Donnell reports in the latest edition of LIFFEY CHAMPION.

13/02/2025

This sign on rural and local roads now means drive at 60Km/h or below.
Use your judgement and always keep within the speed limit.
For more, visit https://bit.ly/3CH8icw

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It seems that Storm Darragh has caused widespread disruption across the country since last night and we in County Kildare may have escaped the worst of it. More than 35,000 broadband faults, 20,000 fixed voice and approximately 500 mobile network site outages have been registered. The ESB is confirming that this afternoon up to 325,000 homes and businesses remain without power. Clearly this has been a destructive storm and the extent of the damage will continue to emerge over the coming days. We knew from the ‘Red’ alert that the western seaboard would suffer the worst with downed cables, poles, and other critical infrastructure. What has been your experience of it? Is it true to say Kildare has escaped the wrath of the wind and rain? Do tell us? The Red warning was placed on our neighbouring county of Wicklow and it is likely that storm force extended into Kildare, particularly in the south of it.

4 WOMEN elected in Lucan, Liona O'Toole (Ind), Caroline Brady (FG) and Joanna Tuffy join Vicki Casserly and Paul Gogarty on Final Count (101 votes seperate Tuffy and Sinn Féin's Derren Ó'Brádaigh)

Cllr Vicki Casserly (FG) takes second seat in Lucan after Cllr Paul Gogarty tops poll last night

Mr Hugh Creegan, responding to Leixlip TD Catherine Murphy at the PAC meeting last Thursday in which he confirmed the NTA's intention to bring Dart to Kilcock as part of the Dart West project.

Dublin mum of two Rachel Connors took on the abseil challenge at Croke Park, to raise funds for Debra, the charity that aids people living with epidermolysis bullosa. Liffey Valley based Rachel’s 12-year-old daughter, Casey lives with the rare skin disease as do some 300 others in this country. Accompanied by her sister Samantha, Rachel conquered the 150ft plunge yesterday, 28th March. “We were so nervous beforehand, we both felt sick, but we pushed ourselves out of our comfort zones and remembered why we were doing it,” said Samantha, from Clondalkin. “It was a challenge for us to step off the edge but Casey faces challenges every day and she gets through it.” The sisters’ abseil has so far raised more than €2,500 and their fundraising link remains open until 28th of April at: www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/Rachel-Samantha2 Twelve-year-old Casey daily battles the most severe form of EB and needs painful bandaging several times a week to cover blisters which erupt on her skin, 70% of which is covered in open wounds. “Sometimes she goes through a down week and things can get very hard for her,” said Rachel, who is also mum to Jayden, 14. “Then she’s back, and one day, hopefully, we can tell her there will be a cure but until then, we want her to do as much as she can to be like other children.” •Video shows Rachel Connors (left) and her sister Samantha abseiling at Croke Park yesterday (28th March).

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