TWO very different type of accommodation providers in Kilkenny have been listed in a new Fab 50 list of Ireland’s best places to stay. Mount Juliet and it’s Thomastown neighbour Legan Castle Farmhouse (pictured above) were named in separate categories in the annual Fab 50 list, compiled by the Irish Independent in association with Fáilte […]
MET ÉIREANN has some good news for the thousands of people expected to turn out for the St Patrick’s Day parades in Kilkenny city and county today. Kilkenny is set to avoid rain and showers forecast for elsewhere in the country, with spells of sunshine and just a few scattered showers in parts of the […]
THEY’RE known as the ‘Marching Braves’ – and this US High School band certainly lived up to their name as they got a taste of some miserable Irish weather in Kilkenny today. The Mandan Marching Braves from North Dakota donned rain macs as they marched up High Street earlier today, where they entertained shoppers before […]
THE main suspect in the mass shooting in New Zealand’s who massacred 48 people at two mosques intended to continue the rampage before he was caught by police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday. “The offender was mobile, there were two other firearms in the vehicle that the offender was in, and it absolutely […]
IRELAND were hammered 25-7 in Cardiff as a rampant Wales completed the Grand Slam in style this evening. It was a woeful performance from Joe Schmidt’s men as the defeat brought the curtain down on a disappointing Six Nations campaign for Ireland. Wales, to their credit, were on fire and had Ireland on the back […]
THE first thing I remember is waking up, surrounded by my mother and a paramedic. I didn’t know what had happened: I was in pain and I couldn’t recognise anyone. This was my first tonic-clonic seizure and I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 10. I am one of the thousands of people […]
KILKENNY’S Roche Injury Clinic has won a prestigious national award. Last year the innovative rehabilitation company was named Emerging New Business at the Kilkenny Business Awards. And now the business has been named ‘Best Rehabilitation Facility 2019’ at the Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards. It’s a fitting accolade for the Roche Injury Clinic, as the […]
A KILKENNY resident has scored a marketing hole-in-one after he designed a new golf putter that has come out tops in an independent performance test. Peter Doyle (pictured) , who lives in Piltown, decided to putt his theory into practice after listening closely to what seasoned golf players have been telling him for years. He […]
GARDAI arrested a man after they seized cannabis and ecstasy worth €2,000 during a planned raid on a house in rural Kilkenny. Members of the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda Division Drugs Unit backed by local detectives swooped on the property in the Mile Bush area of Rosbercon on Tuesday night. One man was arrested in the operation. […]
THE sound of feet tapping will reverberate across the city between now and Monday as the Kilkenny Trad Fest gets underway. The Tradfest is a celebration of our rich musical heritage and boasts a spectacular line-up of some of the country’s finest singers, musicians and dancers. A packed programme of events will take place over […]