KILKENNY motorists are advised to be cautious and slow down as sub-zero conditions make driving conditions hazardous in parts of the county over the coming days. Met Éireann has warned temperatures will plummet to as low as -4 degrees this weekend in a marked departure from the unseasonably warm weather we have enjoyed over the […]
THE critically-acclaimed Blackberry Café in Thomastown is looking for a full-time supervisor/waitress to join its staff. Candidates must have good experience and excellent customer service ability. The successful candidate will work daytime hours, between 35 to 39 hours a week. The Blackberry, run by Jackie Hoyne and her team, is one of county Kilkenny’s best-loved
A CRIME gang targeting Kilkenny homes and businesses is believed to be behind a spate of identical break-ins in recent days. Local gardai are investigating four separate burglaries in which power tools were stolen over a three-day period. Last Friday, January 11, the thieves broke into a garage attached to a house in Coon outside […]
A BUNGLING burglar was nabbed by gardai just minutes after he was spotted trying to break into a business premises in the city. The hapless would-be-thief tried to gain entry through the window of a commercial building on William Street at around 3.30pm yesterday. However, a member of the public spotted the attempted break-in and […]
KILKENNY carnivores will be left with a sinking feeling in their stomachs at the publication of major new report which says Irish people will have to cut their meat consumption by a whopping 90% in order to avert a climate catastrophe. The research by 20 influential food scientists, published in the Lancet Medical Journal, says […]
A MAN is fighting for his life at St Luke’s General Hospital after he was struck by a truck outside a supermarket. The victim, who is in his mid-forties, is in a critical condition after he suffered severe head injuries in the horrific accident. The incident happened at 5pm yesterday in Carlow town centre, along […]
SUPERMARKET chain Aldi is giving Kilkenny’s small to medium food and drink producers the opportunity to have their products stocked in their stores nationwide. Aldi is now seeking applications to take part in the 2019 Grow with Aldi supplier development programme. Following its successful launch in 2018, Aldi is investing €500,000 in this year’s Grow […]
THREE Kilkenny clubs who missed out on the last round of Sports Capital Grant funding are about to get a new year windfall. Kells, Muckalee and Thomastown are all being granted funding under last year’s Sports Capital Grant programme following the submission of further information requested under the programme, local Minister and TD John Paul […]
HOUSE prices in Kilkenny and the South East rose by an average of just over 10% in the year to November, a new report published by the Central Statistics Office reveals. Overall, the CSO’s Residential Property Price Index for November 2018 shows there has been another slowdown in the rate of house price increases. Nationally, […]
WRAP up warm – Met Éireann has forecast the first fall of snow in 2019 as temperatures plummet to icy lows in Kilkenny and across the country. The national forecaster said this morning will be crisp and sunny, but with “frost and icy stretches”. Today will be cold, but dry in most areas “with a […]