RESIDENTS in Thomastown have been warned to expect traffic disruption on Monday as drainage works get underway. Kilkenny County Council confirmed temporary traffic lights will be in operation at Baronsland from 8am to 5pm. The council apologised for “any inconvenience caused” by the works.
SMALL businesses in Kilkenny are being “crippled” by commercial rate hikes of up to 400%. And many local business owners have indicated they will be forced to close if the rates keep on climbing, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward told the Dáil. Deputy Aylward said: “I have correspondence from numerous small businesses in Carlow and Kilkenny […]
A CRITICALLY-acclaimed county Kilkenny guesthouse has made it into the top 10 of a prestigious new survey on Ireland best B&Bs. Lawcus Farm Guest House in Stoneyford came fourth in Tripadviser’s Top 10 Irish B&Bs for 2019. The guesthouse, owned and run by Mark and Ann-Marie Fisher, is a beautifully renovated stone farm house which […]
A BRAIN-damaged baby girl who suffered failings in care when she was born at St Luke’s General Hospital died in her heartbroken mother’s arms two weeks later. The Health Services Executive (HSE) has unreservedly apologised to the parents of Ali Dowling Crowe, who received €200,000 as part of a settlement of a High Court action. […]
MOTORISTS have been urged to beware of icy roads this weekend as temperatures plummet again with sleet and hail also forecast over the weekend. Today will be cloudy in Kilkenny and throughout most of Leinster with a few periods of light rain and drizzle, but overall it will be warm and dry with temperatures of […]
THIS was the moment Kilkenny gardai seized a car from a learner driver who was caught driving unaccompanied, with no NCT and tax that had expired over eight months ago. The vehicle was removed by the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit under Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act after the driver was stopped in Callan […]
ORGANISED crime gangs driving high-speed vehicles are using the M9 to rob Kilkenny homes and businesses before returning to the motorway to make their escape. And despite Government promises to erect CCTV along key sections of the motorway to combat local crime, there is no evidence that anyone is actually monitoring the footage, Kilkenny TD […]
FORMER Ireland rugby captain Paul O’Connell has urged every primary school in Kilkenny to take part in a new competition to win one of two sports facility grants worth €50,000. The initiative – part of Aldi’s Play Rugby programme – is open to all primary schools in Kilkenny and across the country. Speaking at the […]
DID you have power tools or garden equipment stolen from your home in recent months? If so, you may be in luck as gardai from the Kilkenny-Carlow division will be putting a massive haul (pictured above) of building tools, power tools, generators and gardening equipment that they recovered from a property earlier this month on […]
KILKENNY’S Good Shepherd Centre is urging local householders to donate any unused mugs to help the homeless in the city. The Good Shepherd Centre has been fighting homelessness in Kilkenny for over 20 years. It works with men who are homeless – or at risk of becoming homeless – through support and resettlement services. The […]