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KILDARE OBITUARY: Christopher Noonan, Celbridge
Kind hearted Chris was well known, well loved and well respected by all
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He was just a hero,” is how Roisin McDermott of Celbridge Tidy Towns described Celbridge native, Christopher (Chris, Kit) Noonan, 63, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on February 18.
Among other things, many in Celbridge will recall Christopher walking along the Maynooth and Agards road, picking up the litter.
You could meet him at 6.30 in the morning or 11 at night.
“They are missing him already around Tesco and the Shackletown road,” said Roisin.
Chris was laid to rest at Donaghcumper Cemetery on February 22 after a funeral mass in St Patrick’s Church.
2020 news review: New data centre could be on the way for Kildare
A year like no other: We take a look at some of the stories other than the rolling Covid-19 lockdowns that made the headlines in County Kildare over the last year
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Earlier this month, Henry Bauress reported on the prospect of a major multi-national company coming to Kildare.
He wrote: “A planned meeting between Kildare county councillors and planning consultants over a potential data centre in Naas, have been cancelled, we understand.
“But elected councillors have been told by the council executive has had a number of meetings with a multinational company and was seeking potential sites for consideration as a data centre. As indicated by us, councillors had been invited to a meeting on December 3, to discuss proposals for a data centre on land near Naas, which has a potential to provide hundreds of jobs in the area. Planning consultants, John Spain & Associates, had asked to meet cou