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Sat 05 May 2004Community and chips - Intel's legacy to LeixlipTo understand what the technology boom has meant to Leixlip, Co Kildare, one need only take the short walk from the Intel plant on the Galway road down towards the town centre, reports Ruadhán MacCormaicHalf a mile along the sapling-lined route, with its pristine signposts, newly surfaced footpaths and recently upgraded lighting, the road crosses Louisa Bridge station, where, before 1989, trains didn't stop. Today, the ultra-modern station is one of the busiest points on the Dublin-Kildare commuter line.