KILKENNY’s John Nolan has revealed how he took quite a bit of painful punishment in rehearsals leading up to last Sunday night’s televised performance on the hit RTÉ show. Yesterday John’s celebrity partner, the presenter Mairéad Ronan, shared a link to KilkennyNow.ie’s review of their latest performance, which earned the popular couple 27 joints from […]
GARDAI are investigating a break-in at a house in Castlecomer. The attempted burglary occurred at a private home in the Chatsworth Street area of the town sometime on Monday. The owner of the property was away at the time. They returned to the house at around 5pm to discover the back door was damaged by […]
KILKENNY motorists are being urged to drive with caution this morning as Storm Gareth continues to move its way across the country. A Status Yellow wind warning remains in place for Kilkenny and the rest of Leinster, Munster, Leinster, Monaghan and Roscommon until midday. A Status Orange alert remains in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitim, […]
THE Saudi-owned company behind the landmark North Quays development in Ferrybank has confirmed work will begin on the regeneration project before the end of the year. The €350 million North Quays project is set to be the largest development of its kind ever untaken in the South East. Fears over the project, which is set […]
A MAN was arrested after he kicked a car in the city-centre before attacking the driver. The incident occurred on John’s Bridge at around 8.20pm last Tuesday, March 5. It is understood the suspect was walking over John’s Bridge before he stepped out onto the road and kicked the front of an approaching vehicle. The […]
BRITISH Prime Minster Theresa May has suffered a second humiliating defeat on her Brexit deal in a move that is expected to delay the UK’s exit from the EU. MPs voted by a margin of 391-242 to reject her withdrawal agreement, which had been bolstered by an eleventh-hour deal with Brussels designed to assuage British Eurosceptics. […]
AN IVF clinic is offering refunds to couples from Kilkenny and other counties across the country if their treatment fails to produce a baby. Sims IVF Group said the new refund programme from UK company Access Fertility will give its patients “peace of mind” by removing the financial uncertainty that IVF can bring. It said […]
CASTLECOMER-based Mechanical Modular Solutions (MMS) Ltd. has been selected to represent Kilkenny at the National Enterprise Awards 2019. The final will take place on Wednesday, May 29, at the Mansion House in Dublin, when the national winners will be announced. Founded in 2016 by company directors Michael McGuire and Alan Finan, MMS supply mechanical, electrical, […]
HUNDREDS of pet parents and their four-legged pals are expected to take part in an Operation TransPAWmation dog walk in Kilkenny. The free event, sponsored by Petmania, will take place in Castle Park on Saturday, March 23. Registration begins at 2pm, with the walk getting underway 30 minutes later. Petmania’s experts will be on hand […]
Gardai have arrested two men who attempted to rob a woman just moments after she tried to take cash out of an ATM on Kilkenny’s High Street last week. The pair followed the terrified woman back to her car and then tried to grab her while demanding cash, but they did not succeed in taking […]