THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is now targeting 20 criminals operating the Kilkenny-Carlow area. CAB has seen its operations expand significantly in recent years and has more than doubled the number of targets on its books in the past two years. This number jumped from 600 to 973 this year, with briefings given by CAB […]
SOME more welcome news on the weather front – the unseasonably mild temperatures we’ve seen in Kilkenny and throughout the country in recent days are set to continue for the final days of 2018. Met Éireann has forecast dry conditions as Kilkenny rings in the New Year early next week. The national forecaster said it is […]
ALMOST 11,000 Kilkenny motorists clocked up penalty points on their driving licenses this year, new figures reveal. A total of 10,922 drivers across the city and county received points on their licenses for offences in 2018. Ten local motorists racked up a maximum 12 points, earning them a six-month driving ban. A further 27 drivers […]
GARDAI and health authorities are investigating the death of an elderly cancer patient who died after a fire broke out in a hospital ward on Christmas Eve. The man, who was in his 80s, died as a result of the injuries he sustained in the fire at St Luke’s Hospital in Rathgar, Dublin. A number […]
THE Government’s top lawyer has raised serious concerns about controversial new anti-speeding measures proposed by Transport Minister Shane Ross. Ross’s plans have been widely condemned as another attack on rural Ireland. They have also been heavily criticised by the Dublin-based minister’s Fine Gael colleagues in government. Under his proposals, drivers
MANCHESTER City’s miserable Christmas continued as Pep Guardiola’s team slumped to their second successive defeat and to third place in a Premiership race many predicted they would comfortably dominate at the beginning of the season. Instead, Liverpool are now perched firmly at the top at the halfway point in the season, seven points clear of […]
LANGTON’S House Hotel is “open for business”, just a day after a fire broke out at the iconic Kilkenny venue. In a statement issued on social media this evening, the Langton family and management confirmed: “Thanks to the hard work of our fantastic team – we are happy to say we are open for our […]
BARGAIN hunters descended on Kilkenny city this morning in a hunt for cut price deals as retailers slashed prices for the annual St Stephen’s Day sales. MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre reported brick trade from early this morning, with a steady stream of shoppers browsing the best bargains on offer at the centre’s outlets, almost all […]
HOUSE Prices in Kilkenny largely remained static in the last three months of the year, new figures reveal. The average house price in Kilkenny now stands at €213,500, a rise of just 0.06% on the previous quarter in 2018. This is exactly the same figure for the average national rise in home values for the […]
A MAN was treated at St Luke’s General Hospital after a fire broke out in Langton’s Hotel and Nightclub on Christmas morning. The blaze broke out in the kitchen area of the iconic John Street venue at around 9am. It was initially reported that no one was injured in the fire, but it subsequently emerged […]