‘Up the Ra’ sounds like a jolly sort of cry, the sort of thing you might playfully shout in support of your favourite football team. A good friend of mine had her life destroyed by the jolly old Ra. She was shopping in Belfast when a bomb they had planted blew her across the street. […]
Elizabeth (Betty) CONROY (née Murphy) The Sycamores, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny Conroy (nee Murphy) (19 The Sycamores, Freshford Road, Kilkenny) 11th February 2020, peacefully, at her home and in the loving care of her family, Elizabeth (Betty), pre-deceased by her loving husband Donie and her sister Frances, beloved mother of Paul, Laurence, Anne, Derville and Daniel, […]
A search for a man who it is reported to have entered the River Nore on Monday has resumed this morning. Poor conditions following heavy snow and high winds hindered the search for the man, who is believed to have entered the river close to John’s Bridge in Kilkenny city at lunchtime on Monday. This […]
One person in Ireland is €17 million richer today after scooping the last nights Euromillions jackpot and it could be a Kilkenny player. It’s the first Irish winner this year and 15th Irish winner since the Euromillions began in 2004. Kilkenny players are being urged to check their tickets to see if they are the […]
Unexpected fresh snows and plummeting road temperatures around county Kilkenny have made driving conditions treacherous once again this morning. A major incident has occurred on the M8 Motorway close to Urlingford and emergency services are rushing to deal with it. The crash has blocked the northbound between Junction 4 Urlingford and Junction 3 Rathdowney and […]
Kilkenny County Council is considering plans for a major redevelopment of a well-known county Kilkenny petrol station and store. Last year Carroll’s Centra and Emo Oil in Knocktopher applied to the local authority for permission to redevelop the shop and forecourt to keep it in line with the needs of the 12,000-plus people it serves. […]
Penalty points for speeding and dangerous driving look set to double on Bank Holiday weekends on Kilkenny roads under new gardai plans. The new rules could be implemented under a set of new road safety plans by gardai targeting periods when traffic volumes are at their heaviest. Gardai have consistently urged drivers to slow down […]
Thives broke in to a county Kilkenny farm before making off with a haul of expensive hardware and equipment. The break-in occurred at Aghenderry, Cuffesgrange, sometime between 7.30pm last Thursday and 8am on Friday morning. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the door of a shed on the property was forced open and several valuable tools […]
A Waterford TD says she is the victim of a fake social media profile created to give the impression she was “dismissive of victims of child sexual abuse.” Fianna Fail’s Mary Butler, who was returned to the Dáil earlier this week, says she has been targeted by a “sustained and co-ordinated campaign of online hate.” […]
A boil water notice has been issued on a county Kilkenny water supply that services more than 1250 people. The Ballragget Public Water Supply is currently affected due to inadequate disinfection of the water at the plant. The Health Service Executive, Irish Water and Kilkenny County Council issued a Boil Water Notice for the area […]