DON'T MISS: 10 PAGES OF PUNCHESTOWN PHOTOS IN THIS WEEK'S LEINSTER LEADER


- In this week's Leinster Leader, don't miss 10 pages of Punchestown Festival photos.
- We also report on the retirement of a local politician who welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and the Dalai Lama to Kildare.
- In News, we write about dozens of new homes coming to Newbridge and plans by a well-known Kildare hotel to expand.
- Plus a massive new factory near Kildare Village is set to create hundreds of new jobs.
- In Sport, we look ahead to Kildare's clash with Longford in the Tailteann Cup this weekend.
- All this and lots more - in this week's Leinster Leader - available in shops and online at www.leinsterleader.ie.