Some of Kilkenny’s finest musicians and visual artists are coming together for a unique and inspiring show to celebrate International Women’s Day. “Through Her Eyes” features a collective of women from the South Kilkenny, South Tipperary and East Waterford area coming together for an evening of entertainment with inspiring original and cover music, blended with […]
American singer-songwriter John Grant has been announced at Live At St Luke’s this July. One of the most talked about singer songwriters of recent times, Grant plays St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, on Saturday, July 18. Known for his droll delivery, witty lyrics and powerful singing voice, Grant never fails to deliver a memorable set which […]
A woman in the east of Ireland who recently returned from Italy has been confirmed with coronavirus. It is the second case of Covid-19 in the Republic after a teenager was diagnosed with it at the weekend. A third person in Northern Ireland also has the virus. Almost 400 people in the Republic have been […]
Thieves broke into a large construction site in Kilkenny over the weekend and made off with some expensive equipment belonging to the main contractor. The thieves managed to gain entry to the site of the Kilkenny inner relief road close to the Callan Road roundabout between 6pm on Friday 27 and 7am on Saturday 28 […]
A Kilkenny TD is calling for the creation of an Oireachtas Autism Committee to be made a priority while the nation waits for a government to be formed. Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion has written to the Ceann Comhairle Seán O’Fearghail asking that the establishment of an all-party Oireachtas Committee on Autism be prioritised over […]
Education and early intervention alongside treatments and supports for families and communities are at the centre of a new strategy aimed at combating the scourge of drugs in Kilkenny. The South East Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (SERDATF) this week launched a three-year strategy to boost existing and planned drug programmes in Kilkenny and […]
Gardai are to recommend making an arrest in relation to the murder of an 18-year-old student more than 20 years ago. The Irish Examiner is reporting that gardai are to submit a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the Deirdre Jacob case, the girl abducted from outside her home in Newbridge, […]
Wed 04 Mar Kilkenny Citroen Centre Minor A Football Championship (Round: Q/Final B), Venue: Piltown, Tullogher Rosbercon V Piltown19:00, Thu 05 Mar J.J. KAVANAGH AND SONS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Round: 1st Round / Relegation Semi Final), Venue: TBC, O’Loughlin Gaels V Clara20:00, Duggan Steel Under-13 Roinn B Football League Group A (Round: Rd 3), […]
A number of firearms have been seized and a man arrested following a shooting on the Kilkenny border last night. At approximately 10.30pm yesterday Gardaí received reports of shots fired outside at a house in the Mullinahone area. It’s understood a number of people were in the house at the time but no one was […]
Kilkenny bakers are being asked to rise to the occasion ahead of the this year’s Great Irish Bake for Temple Street which takes place on April 3. Each year Temple Street Foundation – which is part of the Children’s Health Foundation family – holds the Great Irish Bake campaign, to encourage people in Kilkenny and […]