A young abuse campaigner has heavily criticised the Government for failing to tackle the deepening domestic violence crisis in Ireland at a special conference in the UK. Ainie Grainger, a co-founder of Stop Domestic Abuse in Ireland (SDVII), accused the Government of paying lip service to the problem of domestic violence, but of failing to […]
Two lucky Kilkenny punters were among 30 new millionaires created by the National Lottery last year. On December 7 last the Centra in Mooncoin sold a €6,834,414 winning ticket that forever changed the lives of the winner and their family. Another local punter struck it lucky on February 15 after they landed the Daily Million […]
A hapless burglar made repeated attempts to break into a home in county Kilkenny before eventually climbing in through the front widow – and then fleeing empty handed. The attempted break-in occurred at a property in the Skehana area of Castlecomer between 7.30pm and 8.20pm last Friday. A Local Garda spokesperson confirmed the would-be burglar […]
Kilkenny gardai appear to be wheely excited by the city’s new bus service. Officers have been showing a presence on the new coaches to make sure everything is above board for the many passengers using the service since it launched in late December. And our boys in blue were quick to give the new service […]
The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is traditionally one of the most conservative in the country, and up until recently it was widely expected to return three Fianna Fáil TDs and two from Fine Gael, with Sinn Féin’s Kathleen losing out. Or so we thought… Now the tide appears to have turned fairly dramatically in Kathleen’s favour following […]
Kathleen Funchion sees policy priorities at both ends of the age scale. The Sinn Féin TD wants to peg the State pension age back to 65 and, if re-elected in Carlow-Kilkenny, intends to work for a big reduction in child-care costs. “Sinn Féin wants to reduce childcare costs by up to 66% over a term […]
Kilkenny are now the biggest threat to Limerick’s hopes of defending the National Hurling League title after they surged past Carlow and Tipperary suffered a second straight defeat, according to bookies. Brian Cody’s men notched 3-21 on Sunday for the second consecutive match to make it two wins from two as they joined Clare on […]
A Kilkenny company has signed a lucrative contract to operate a new 24-hour-a-day Dublin Airport passenger service which will result in the creation of 70 new jobs. Dublin Express, a new venture which will run service to and from the captial’s city centre and the suburbs from Dublin Airport, will be operated by Bernard Kavanagh […]
Thieves made off with a large haul of diesel after they siphoned the fuel from trench diggers parked at a site in south Kilkenny. The robbery occurred in Tinlough, Kilmacow, sometime in the early hours of last Friday morning. The vehicles were filled with diesel shortly after 4pm the previous day. The next morning it […]
A leading Kilkenny accountancy firm has played a key role in the sale of an Irish company to a US-based business, in a deal reported to be worth a whopping $400 million (€362 million). Carrigan O’Dwyer, based on the Dublin Road, acted as auditor and assisted in the sale of DecaWave to California-based Qorvo. The two […]