CANCER has overtaken heart disease for the first time to become Ireland’s biggest killer. The annual report of the National Cancer Registry Based published today reveals 41,080 new patients in Kilkenny and counties across the country were diagnosed with the disease last year. According to the report, non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer […]
EARLY morning greyhound racing in Kilkenny will be broadcast into thousands of betting shops across Ireland and the UK over the coming weeks. The morning meetings – the first of their kind in this country – will start at Kilkenny next month and at Kilcohan Park in Waterford city in the New Year and will […]
FEARS of strike action outside our schools grew this evening after the secondary teachers’ union, ASTI, rejected the pay equality deal for new entrants. The union voted the proposal down on a margin of 53-47. The ASTI is the second teachers’ union to vote “no” following a similar result in a ballot carried out by […]
HURLING is akin to a religion in Kilkenny, and now the sport has been given a coveted world status thanks to a decade-long campaign that begun locally. Minister and self-confessed hurling fanatic John Paul Phelan expressed his delight this morning that a mission he began almost 10 years ago has finally borne fruit. The Kilkeny […]
PEOPLE over the age of 55 should be allowed to remain on the Community Employment Scheme, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward said today. Deputy Aylward was speaking as Fianna Fáil tabled an amendment to the Social Welfare Bill in the Dáil. In a statement released this evening, Deputy Aylward said: “At the end of October 2018, […]
SHOPPERS in Graiguenamanagh flocked to the new Aldi store that opened its doors this morning. A total of 20 new jobs have been created with the opening of the Aldi ‘Project Fresh’ store in the county Kilkenny town. The new store opening also provided a very welcome boost for Graiguenamanagh Abbey Hall as Aldi donated […]
DAT’S RIGHT – comedian Pat Shortt is back in town with a brand-new show. The former D’Unbelievables funnyman will perform his new show – called ‘Hey!’ – at the Rhu Glenn Hotel in Slieverue tomorrow night. Fresh from starring roles in the hit play ‘A Skull In Connemara’ and the film ‘The Belly of The […]
UP to 8,000 homes, farms and businesses in Kilkenny were left without power as a result of Storm Diana. ESB Networks this morning reported there were no service interruptions in the county after crews battled to restore power throughout the night. Kilkenny, along with Kildare and Cork, was the worst affected county in the country […]
YOUNG Kilkenny couples desperately trying to get their foot on the property ladder have been told they must until new houses are built after the Central Bank refused to relax its tough borrowing laws. There had been pressure from estate agents and mortgage brokers to relax lending limits that would help many people who are […]
A TOTAL of 80 people from across the country have contacted Scouting Ireland in the last week claiming they were survivors of child sex abuse. The alleged victims came forward in recent days in the wake of disturbing revelations of historic abuse. Last week Scouting Ireland disclosed an internal review had identified 108 alleged child […]