KILKENNY’S clash with Wexford was called off as the weather conditions worsened today, with Met Éireann including both counties in a new snow-ice warning at lunchtime. The game was called off after the surface at Wexford Park underwent three pitch inspections. Waterford’s clash with Galway and Cork’s match against Tipperary in the National Hurling League […]
OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has launched another scathing attack on the banks – accusing them of being “as aggressive and arrogant as the time of the crash”. Deputy McGuinness made the comments directly to Leo Varadkar as the Taoiseach appeared at an Oireachtas Finance Committee hearing this week. The Kilkenny TD said told the […]
AFTER the warmest February in decades, the weather is going to take a turn for the worse in Kilkenny and across the country over the coming days. Kilkenny is among 18 counties included in the latest Status Yellow rainfall warning than remains in place until 6pm this evening. And Met Éireann has warned we could […]
THE young father-of-one who was tragically killed in a road accident outside Castlecomer will be buried after a funeral mass on Monday. David Boland, who lived in Cloneen, Crettyard, died after his motorbike was involved in a collision with a lorry on the N78 around two miles outside Castlecomer at 11am on Thursday. His remains […]
DO you have what it takes to become the next Rose of Tralee? The Kilkenny Rose Centre has said applicants have until St Patrick’s weekend to join this year’s local group of girls, who have been busy having lots of fun at a series of events organised throughout the county in recent weeks. One of […]
YOUTH clubs in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow will benefit from €61,386 in Government funding. The funding represents a 12% increase in funding for the Local Youth Club Grand Scheme for 2019. Welcoming the announcement, Cllr Patrick O’Neill said the increased funding will provide small volunteer-led youth clubs with greater capacity to reach more local young […]
WE’RE in for a wet and windy weekend, Met Éireann has warned. After a dry start to the day in most of Kilkenny and Leinster, rain will move in from the west this evening, turning heavy and persistent for a time. It will also be considerably cooler than the unseasonably warm weather we enjoyed earlier […]
KILKENNY’S Newpark Hotel is in the running for two accolades at the prestigious Irish Hotel Awards for 2019. And to top it off Aidan Kelly, who works in Newpark’s Escape Health Club and Spa has been confirmed as a finalist in this year’s Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards. He has been recognised in the Fitness […]
THE motorcyclist who died in the road collision near Castlecomer yesterday is a young father-of-one who worked in Glanbia. The victim was named locally as David Boland, a married 30-year-old and father to a young daughter, who lived in Cloneen, Crettyard. His funeral details have not yet been announced. A notice on RIP.ie simply said: […]
MOST of us know it as the name of a wine, but Chateauneuf du Pape is also a village near Avignon, the southern French city that housed the papacy when it moved from Rome for much of the fourteenth century. It is a pretty village of stone walls and cobbled streets, spread around the foot […]