A KILKENNY book borrower returned this classic Enid Blyton edition to their local library – almost 28 years after its due return date! But because of the recent amnesty announced by Kilkenny Library Service, the lucky borrower will not be hit with any fines or penalties. The borrower took the book out on February 22, […]
MANY homes and businesses in Callan will be temporarily without water today as “essential” works to repair leaks in our system continue. In Kilkenny city, works are continuing to replace 500 metres of old cast iron water mains on Dean Street. Kilkenny County Council said a “stop and go” traffic management system will be in […]
KILKENNY and most parts of the country will be hit with “significant” levels of snow from early today, Met Éireann has forecast. Temperatures dipped to below freezing in many parts of the county last night. A status yellow warning for snow and ice remains in place for Kilkenny and the rest of the country until […]
EVERY effort must be made to avoid a nightmare ‘no deal’ Brexit, which would “decimate” the agri-food sector that employs thousands of people in Kilkenny and the South East, a local TD has claimed. Fianna Fáil deputy Bobby Aylward spoke out as tensions between the Irish and British governments deepened after prime minister Theresa May […]
IN 1995 Albert Reynolds, then Taoiseach, came back from Brussels with €8 billion for regional development. It was the largest single sum Ireland had ever seen and it revolutionised the country. It built roads, improved telecommunications and financed a huge amount of new infrastructure. It paid for the birth of the Celtic Tiger. Albert was […]
OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has launched a blistering attack on the “disgusting” behaviour of some banks in the Dáil. The Fianna Fáil deputy didn’t hold back during the second reading of Sinn Féin’s No Consent, No Sale Bill in the Dáil last night. Deputy McGuiness said he knew of families in mortgage arrears who […]
COMMUNITIES across Kilkenny city and county are being urged to join their local libraries. Kilkenny Library Service has declared February to be ‘Sign Up’ month. Libraries across Kilkenny are encouraging as many people as possible to become members of their local library and experience the range of services and opportunities they provide. Kilkenny County Council […]
KILKENNY and South Leinster will experience “significant accumulations” of snow tomorrow as we feel the full brunt of blizzards that could last up until the weekend. Met Éireann’s latest weather update today warned frost would set in quickly after dark tonight, “becoming severe” with snowfall and widespread ice and temperatures as low as -4C. Today […]
KILKENNY patients have been urged to stay away from our hospitals except in the case of emergencies as the nationwide nurses’ strike impacts in services. Nurses took to the picket line outside St Luke’s General Hospital and Kilkcreene hospital from 8am this morning. Local members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) brazed bitterly […]
A PROMISING young graduate who comes from a family of well-known local entrepreneurs is on a mission to catapult businesses in Kilkenny and the South East into the digital age. Twenty-three-year-old Ballyragget native Jack O’Shea is the new face of Smart Card in the region. The digital business card solution has been a huge hit […]