A tragic Kilkenny farmer was killed after she was pinned by a falling tree branch. The body of Mary O’Shea, who was in her early 60s, was found at her home in Raheen, Piltown on Saturday evening. However, she was last seen on Friday morning and it is believed she died later that day. According […]
Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks through a series of regional workshops across County Kilkenny beginning in Freshford on Tuesday, October 25, culminating with a joint
Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has welcomed a new €10 million fund to help community and voluntary groups across the country to meet soaring energy costs. The fund was announced recently by Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphrey. The local Fine Gael TD said of the initiative: “The Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme […]
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Delegates to COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, heard stark evidence this month about the change in the world’s climate and the deterioration of our environment. Irish representatives joined others in promising to mend our ways and take urgent steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But the fear of environmentalists is that, […]
Speaking from the European Parliament on Tuesday (8 November), O’Sullivan welcomed President Macron’s announcement in support of a full moratorium on deep sea-bed mining. “This is great news and comes just weeks after we successfully negotiated a European Parliament Resolution calling for the very same. In the past, President Macron has been reticent to
When it was built in 1854, the Great Southern Killarney had a remit many hotels would find daunting: to ‘take the guest’s breath away’. The Great Southern met the challenge with the style and panache for which it has become world famous. Today, after almost 170 years in business, Killarney’s Premier Historic Hotel will still […]
Sinn Féin TD for Carlow Kilkenny Kathleen Funchion has urged the government to stand up for families hit by the cost of living crisis by ensuring that households are protected from electricity and gas disconnections this winter across Carlow and Kilkenny. Speaking today, Teachta Funchion said: “Households across Carlow and Kilkenny are facing massive electricity […]
Sinn Féin TD for Carlow Kilkenny Kathleen Funchion TD has criticised the Minister for Health’s Winter Plan, saying that it has come too late to make a difference this winter for people in Carlow Kilkenny affected by the health crisis. Teachta Funchion criticised the government’s slow and short term approach to running the health service, […]
Revised planning exemptions for the installation of rooftop solar panels on houses and other buildings signed by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien are a “common sense move” that will pave the way for far more homes, businesses, schools and other buildings to become far more sustainable, according to Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan. “This is a […]
