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 […]
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 […]
