By COLIN BARTLEY ONE of the largest developments seen in a county Kilkenny town in over a decade has gone to the planning stage. An application has been received by Kilkenny County Council for a 28-home project close to Castlecomer town centre. The development will consist of one-bed, two-bed, three-bed, and four-bed homes ranging from […]
By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny County Council has applied for planning permission to build a pedestrian bridge required to safely connect a major tourist site to a town. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town to the popular Discovery Park is with An Bord Pleanála for approval. The bridge crossing the River Dinin is required […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THE MAN arrested in county Kilkenny after being found in possession of thousands of euros worth of drugs is due to appear in court. The Divisional Drugs Unit swooped on a premises in Castlecomer yesterday evening and discovered €4,000 of heroin inside. The man, in his 30’s, was taken for questioning to […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY auction house was shocked when a doll’s house with a guide price of €3,000 – €4,000 was sold for 12 times that. An 1810 Travelling Baby house fetching an eye-watering €48,000 at the auction in Fonsie Mealy’s auction house in Castlecomer yesterday afternoon. The two-room mahogany doll’s house standing 44cm […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN bridge required to safely link a major tourist site in Kilkenny to a town centre could begin construction next summer. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town centre to the popular Discovery Park is going to the planning stage. The bridge over the River Dinin is required to take […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY Judge laying down the law in Tipperary for the past 13 years, has retired. Judge Tom Teehan from Castlecomer, spent six decades in the legal profession. Judge Teehan has presided over Nenagh Court in Tipperary for the past 13 years. He started practicing law back in the 1960s, before becoming […]
A TEAM of Kilkenny cyclists have completed one of the world’s toughest endurance races and raised a lot of money for a local charity in the process. The four-man team from Castlecomer consisting of Pat Maher, John Dowd, Seamus Nash, and Cathal Phillips took on the 5,000km non-stop Race Across America to raise money for […]
THIEVES broke into a family car that was parked in a county Kilkenny town and stole personal items from the glovebox. The family SUV, parked on the street in Clough, Castlecomer, was targeted sometime between 8.30pm and 9.30pm last Friday. The passenger window was smashed and personal items were taken from the glove box. A […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A FIRST edition copy of Ulysses signed by James Joyce was sold for €85,000 by a renowned Kilkenny auction house. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers of Castlecomer sold the extremely rare first edition, no.30 copy, of the literary masterpiece at an auction in Dublin last week. Fonsie Mealy is renowned as a leading auctioneer […]
By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Councillors have rowed back on their decision to ban the public and press from their policy meetings. On Friday, June 7th the city and county’s newly elected councillors voted by 19 votes to five to exclude the public and press from all its strategic policy committees (SPCs). Apart from Cllr […]