Liam COLEMAN Courtnabockla, Kilkenny/Lucan, Dublin Funeral arrangements later. REST IN PEACE _____________
The Kilkenny V Wexford National League Hurling match postponed last weekend due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Model County’s camp has been rescheduled. Last night the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) last night confirmed that the Alliance Hurling League Division 1B game will take place this coming Sunday. Last weekend’s game was […]
Racing at Kilkenny’s Gowran Park has been cancelled today following an inspection of the track. Management made the announcement early this morning following a walk of the track, which they deemed “unraceable”. Gowran Park was due to host an eight-race card this afternoon starting at 4.30pm. The announcement made on the HorseRacingIreland website this morning […]
Two young brothers missing from Belfast for close to two weeks have been found safe and well close to the Kilkenny border. Patrick Horvath (5 years) and his brother Fabricio Horvath (8 years) were found in an estate in Thurles, county Tipperary, yesterday afternoon. Patrick and Fabricio have since been returned safely to Northern Ireland. […]
A local TD has called for urgent action needed to address the “shocking living conditions” for children and families in the Traveller community. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on children, called on the Government to address “as a matter of urgency” the findings of a report by the Children’s Ombudsman into Travellers’ living
Kilkenny residents are being invited to have their say on the layout of one of the county’s busiest roads. Kilkenny County Council, working in partnership with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), are developing a road scheme to improve the N25 between Waterford and Glenmore and are now seeking the public’s input. This project will complete the […]
Warm tributes have been paid to the popular Kilkenny barber Billy Brett, who died yesterday. Billy, who was well-known throughout the city through his barber shops in Rose Inn Street and the Gaol Road, will be buried tomorrow. Billy’s death notice on RIP.ie said he died “peacefully, at his home and in the loving care […]
A further 365 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening while numbers in hospitals across the country drop sharply on recent days figures. The Department of Health reported just 103 people are being treated for the virus in hospitals, down 24 on yesterday’s figures. 41 people are now being treated in Intensive Care Units, […]
A bronze statue commemorating one of Kilkenny’s greatest hurlers who captained the Cats to three All-Ireland wins will be erected at the entrance of the grounds of his club. The statue of Richard (Dick) ‘Drug’ Walsh will take pride of place at the entrance of Mooncoin GAA grounds after Kilkenny County Council approved the plan. […]
Billy BRETT Garden Villas, Kilkenny City Brett (Garden Villas, Kilkenny) 24th May 2021, peacefully, at his home and in the loving care of his family, Billy (formerly Brett’s Barber Shop, Rose Inn Street and Gaol Road, Kilkenny), beloved husband of Maura and much loved father of Conor, Kieran, Damien and Aideen, sadly missed by his […]
