KILKENNY talisman TJ Reid is set to lead the Cats for the second time as Brian Cody’s side prepare to battle for All-Ireland glory in 2019. In line with Kilkenny’s system in which the county’s senior club champions nominate the captain for the following season, reports today confirmed the Ballyhale Shamrocks star has been chosen […]
THERESA May has won a vote of no confidence in her government even as the embattled British prime minister struggled to make progress on breaking the Brexit deadlock in parliament. Mrs May survived the attempted coup by 325 to 306 votes in the House of Commons tonight. Both Conservative Eurosceptics and the Democratic Unionists MPs who […]
SOME Kilkenny residents and businesses had their water supplies switched off today after a mains burst, Kilkenny County Council has confirmed. Homes and businesses in the Rothe Terrace and Kennyswell Road areas were affected. Water supplies in these areas were temporarily cut off at 11am, but a council spokesperson said normal services would resume by […]
THIS Ireland rugby jersey – signed by every one of coach Joe Schmidt’s squad members during the last Autumn international series – is just one of the fabulous auction items up for grabs at this year’s Valentine’s Dinner. The charity event, now in its ninth year, will take place at the Ormonde Hotel on February 14, with […]
KILKENNY businesses have been put on alert and warned to be ‘Brexit-ready’ amid growing fears Britain will crash out of the EU without a deal. The prospect of a no-deal Brexit, with the potential to have a devastating knock-on effect on many Irish companies, now looms larger after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU deal […]
KILKENNY consumers are being hit in the pocket as restaurants and pubs pass on VAT rate hikes to their customers, new Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures reveal. Rising café and restaurant prices and more expensive alcohol saw the inflation rate move up last month. And these prices are expected to keep going up following the […]
THE nightmare prospect of a no-deal Brexit is looming after British MPs emphatically rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement. The British prime minister’s deal was defeated by 432 votes to 202 in a landmark House of Commons ballot tonight. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn introduced a motion of no confidence in the government, which will […]
LAST year’s gripping clashes between Kilkenny and Galway helped hurling to outpoint football in the Leinster GAA money stakes, new figures reveal. Gate returns from the Leinster senior football championship plummeted by almost 30pc last year. However, Leinster GAA’s coffers were boosted by bigger hurling attendences, with the small ball game raking in more than […]
HURLING legend Henry Shefflin has spoken of his deep pride representing Kilkenny and his beloved club Ballyhale, and how the city’s beauty still has the power to take his breath away. “When it comes to the city there is nothing as beautiful as walking up John Street towards High Street and seeing Kilkenny Castle come […]
KILKENNY County Council’s mobile library is on the move – visiting several schools in the south of the county earlier today. The mobile library rolled into Knocktopher Vocational School at 9.30am this morning, before driving down the road to Ballyhale National School at 10.45am. Then it was back to Knocktopher for lunchtime before visiting Hugginstown […]