THE National Lottery has urged Kilkenny community groups and organisations to enter the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2019 – which carry a total prize fund of €95,000. The major awards initiative, now in its second year, is open to organisations who make an incredible difference in their communities with the help of National Lottery […]
TERRIFIED animals were discovered almost starved to death and soaked in their own urine in a puppy farm in neighbouring county Carlow. Details of what one senior ISPCA official described as “one of the worst cases of animal cruelty” emerged in harrowing detail at Carlow Circuit Court yesterday. Images and videos of the animals and […]
OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness launched a scathing attack on the Government as he warned the cost of the National Children’s Hospital project could soar to a staggering €2 billion. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy McGuinness called for the Dáil spending watchdog to be given increased powers to prevent future State contracts from spiraling out […]
THERE was a time, apparently, when German wines were highly regarded and expensive. Hock, named for the region of Hochheim, was the drink of kings, sipped from special hock glasses, with a green bowl and ribbed stem. I say ‘apparently’ because I don’t remember that time. I do remember a market flooded with thin, sugary, […]
Tonight – 18.00 Matt The Millers – Wildfire & DJ -Late Bar Kick-start your weekend with traditional Irish music at Matt The Millers at 6pm. Try to take it handy though, because taking to the stage after the trad session is the fantastic musical stylings from The Kilkennys followed by DJ at the late bar. Tonight […]
AS part of it’s new zero emissions policy, An Post is switching all its delivery vans and other vehicles from petrol to electric. It also intends to install solar panels on all its buildings The Post Eco Plan is being introduced this year in Dublin and will be in operation in Kilkenny by the end […]
CASTLECOMER’S Roses showed their adventurous side as they took turns taking to the skies on Ireland’s longest zip-line yesterday. The day started off calmly enough as the girls posed for photographs outside the pretty fairy village at the Castlecomer Discovery Park. Then it was time for Aoife, Alice, Sinead, Amy, Jessica, Aoife and Niamh to […]
LIMERICK hurling legend Eamonn ‘Ned Rea’ has warned it is foolish for anyone to write off Brian Cody’s Kilkenny team just yet. And despite the Treaty’s nine-point mauling of the Cats last weekend, the All-Ireland winner and well-known publican said he would not like to meet Kilkenny at the business end of the season in […]
GARDAÍ have warned householders in Kilkenny and Carlow to be wary of strangers calling at their door. They issued the warning after an elderly woman was robbed by callers who offered to sell her saucepans. After they left she noticed money was missing. The incident happened at Powerstown, near Leighlin Bridge and close to the […]
THE Government must put contingency plans – including a financial aid package – in place to protect the local and national food industry as the threat of a no-deal Brexit looms, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward said. Deputy Aylward spoke out as reports emerged that Britain is planning to open their market to South American beef. […]