THE death toll from the Indonesian tsunami has risen to 429, with thousands left homeless. Prayers were said today for the tsunami victims, with Pastor Markus Taekzsaying saying his Rahmat Pentecostal Church in the hard-hit area of Carita did not celebrate Christmas with joyous songs. Instead, he said only about 100 people showed up for […]
HOMELESS people, families and those in need enjoyed a three-course Christmas meal with all the traditional festive trimmings at the annual Knights of St Columbanus Christmas Day Dinner. More than 450 people attended the annual Knights Christmas Day dinner at the RDS in Dublin today. The event is in its 94th year and has seen […]
NEWS has just come in that Santa Claus has been cleared to enter Irish airspace by aviation bosses ahead of his mission to deliver presents to children all over the world by tomorrow morning. In a statement this evening, Transport Minister Shane Ross confirmed that Santa’s magic sleigh has been given the green light to […]
FESTIVE wedding bells have rung out for Kilkenny Minister John Paul Phelan and his stunning new bride Claire McTernan. The pair got married in Claire’s native Co Leitrim over the weekend, in the family’s local church in Dromahair. After the ceremony, the wedding party celebrated at the Castle Dargan Hotel in Ballygawley, Co Sligo. Taoiseach […]
ONE of the best parts of Christmas is vegging out in front of the TV, remote in hand, after a traditional festive helping of turkey, ham and all the trimmings. But with all of the TV viewing options out there now, the hardest part is often trying to decide what to watch. With so many […]
THE tsunami in Indonesia has now killed at least 373 people and injured more than 1,400 on the islands of Java and Sumatra, an official confirmed today. “1,459 people are injured, while 128 remain missing,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement. Indonesian military and rescue teams fanned out […]
RESIDENTS in Kilkenny will fork out an average of just over €400 each on Christmas presents for family members this year. The finding has emerged in a new Sunday Independent/Kantar Millward Brown opinion poll which reveals Irish householders will spend an average of €1,200 throughout the festive season. The poll findings come as Ireland’s Christmas […]
GARDAI are investigating a break-in at Castlecomer Golf Club. The incident occurred sometime during a 12-hour period between 9pm last Tuesday, December 18, and the following morning. Kilkenny gardai confirmed the back door of the clubhouse was “forced open” and the thieves made off with a quantity of alcohol. No arrests have been made in […]
RURAL parts of Kilkenny still without high speed internet access face another delay before the roll-out of the crisis-plagued National Broadband Plan. The latest setback came as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted a decision on the embattled project may not be made for another two months. The broadband plan has been engulfed in controversy over the […]
KILKENNY householders have received an early Christmas gift as it emerged that electricity bills are set to drop in the New Year. This is because the cost of supplying backup electricity to the market has fallen by more than €200m a year. EirGrid has said that payments to generators to provide power in periods of […]