SIX local communities have been granted funding as part of a government package that will see over €20,000 invested in new social enterprises throughout Kilkenny. Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan today confirmed the €20,350 funding will be made available from the Department of Rural and Community Development. The single largest beneficiary is the […]
THE numbers of patients being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital has dropped significantly over the past three days. Last Friday a total of 46 patients at our local hospital were forced to wait for a bed due to severe overcrowding. By this morning the number had dropped to just 14, according to latest […]
THE body of a young Kilkenny man who had been missing since Christmas week has been found in a derelict house in Carlow. Rory Gahan, who was originally from Graiguenamanagh, was last seen on Tullow Street in Carlow on December 27. He was reported as missing on January 1, and a media appeal for information […]
KILKENNY commuters have been warned to expect delays this morning as pavement improvement works get underway on one of the busiest routes into the city. The works will commence on the N77 Castlecomer Road between the Kilkenny Ring Road roundabout and Dunmore. They will continue until tomorrow. Kilkenny County Council said: “To facilitate these works, […]
IT’s time to crank up the heater get the de-icer out. Winter, it appears, is finally upon us as the first true cold snap of the season replaces the unseasonably mild temperatures we’ve enjoyed over the past six weeks. Officially, we are now past the midway point of the meteorological winter, which ends on February […]
A CRIME gang that has been targeting Kilkenny homes and businesses for valuable power tools and equipment in recent months is suspected of being behind the theft of a ride-on lawnmower. A Husqvarna TC138 ride-on lawnmower was stolen sometime between 5.30pm on Friday and 9.30am yesterday from the Corstown area in Kilmanagh. Gardai have urged […]
CHUNKY knits, crunchy leaves and mugs of hot chocolate by a roaring fire – I just love this time of year! But as we begin to feel the chill of falling temperatures it’s time to take out the long johns and woolly socks. It seems the whole country is suffering from a runny nose, sandpaper […]
Dunnamaggin 0-23 Cloughduv 2-16 (after extra time) NOEL Hickey is returning to Croke Park – where he collected nine All-Ireland medals during a glittering inter-county career – after his beloved Dunnamaggin side overcame their Cork opponents in a nail-biting AIB All Ireland club junior hurling championship semi-final. The Kilkenny legend afterwards laughed
NEWPARK Hotel will be the place to be for brides-to-be on Sunday, February 3 as the renowned Kilkenny venue hosts a special Wedding Afternoon. The four-star hotel and popular wedding venue will host the event for soon-to-be brides and grooms, newly engaged couples and their families between 1pm and 5pm. Newpark Hotel is set on […]
KILKENNY has been named as one of Ireland’s Top 10 ‘Home Holiday Destinations’. The city and county came in at number 9 in the Irish Independent Reader Travel Awards 2019, just ahead of Waterford. The ranking will come as a further boost to Kilkenny’s reputation as one of the country’s leading tourism and cultural centres. […]