KILKENNY’S Scoil na mBraithre Críostaí has made it into the top 10 list of schools across the country with the highest progression rates of students who went on to study at third level. The school on James’ Street in the city scored a hugely impressive 108% increase in the 2018 so-called ‘feeder school tables’. The […]
KILKENNY received a major employment boost today after leading farm and agri-business firm Ifac announced plans to create 50 new jobs in the city. The agri accountancy and professional services group is investing €2 million on a client shared services centre in Kilkenny, which will be housed in the Danville Business Park on the Ring […]
THE Kilkenny Group has teamed up with the Simon Community to run a special festive gift-wrapping service across their stores nationwide in the countdown to Christmas. The home of Irish craft and design will be accepting donations for the complimentary wrapping service and will match every cent raised before being donated to the Simon Community. […]
A COUNTY Kilkenny auctioneer is putting an iconic pair of spectacles worn by James while he wrote his major work Ulysses up for public sale today. The original pair of pince-nez glasses are conservatively estimated to be worth up to €15,000. The glasses are in good condition and come with a velvet lined morocco case […]
THE average household in Kilkenny and the rest of the country will fork out €2,700 on Christmas presents, food and drink this year, a new survey reveals. In its Christmas Retail Monitor, Retail Ireland predicts households will spend an average of €2,690 in shops this December, up €866 on any other month this year. It […]
PATRICK Street in Kilkenny was a no-go area for traffic earlier today after a man was knocked down. Gardai temporarily closed the busy street off to traffic after the man was struck by a vehicle at around lunchtime. The incident resulted in some traffic congestion around the city centre. An ambulance was called to the […]
MICHAEL Fennelly has tipped Henry Shefflin to lead Kilkenny in the future after the new Ballyhale coach steered his beloved club to a ninth provincial title. Speaking after his acceptance speech following Ballyhale’s comprehensive defeat of Dublin’s Ballyboden St Enda’s, Fennelly praised Henry Shefflin’s leadership and predicted he will manage of Kilkenny at some point
THE new national design centre of excellence has been awarded funding of almost €2m. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys today confirmed a total of €1,843,320 under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) will be made available to the National Design Innovation Hub, which will be based in Kilkenny. The Hub, which will […]
GARDAI and emergency services have attended the scene of a crash on the M9 motorway near Knocktopher. The crash occurred on the M9 southbound before J10 Knocktopher at around 8.30am. The incident caused delays on approach, but gardai in Thomastown say traffic is now moving again. There are no reports of casualties.
FROST, ice and maybe snow in some parts – get your woolly scarves and hats out as Met Éireann has warned temperatures are set to plummet this week. Rain storms aside, Kilkenny, the South East and the country at large have experienced a comparatively mild winter thus far. But this is likely to change this […]