Holy Cow! Kildare Now goes live with news, traffic, sport and lifestyle

An all county breaking news, sport and lifestyle website has just launched in Kildare. Kildare Now is the county’s first dedicated news website, featuring local news, sport, traffic, weather and lifestyle items. Owned by River Media Group who run a stable of newspapers including Kildare Post, Managing Director Padraig O’Dwyer remarked: “River Media has extensive experience in digital media and is already operating Donegal Now and Derry Now, two very successful digital news sites in the North.

Six new jobs have been created with the launch of the site. Padraig himself has many years’ experience in media and has brought several new products from start-up stage to market including KFM Radio and Kildare Post. The news team at Kildare Now is headed up by Content Manager, Senan Hogan who has worked with several regional and national titles and news agencies including The Star newspaper and the Press Association. Senan said: “News is key for us. We will be the first point of call for Kildare people for breaking news, sport and traffic.”