GARDAI say they are not treating as suspicious the tragic discovery of an elderly woman’s body at her home in Castlecomer. The woman’s body was discovered when the driver of a food delivery van attempted to drop groceries at her home. The man alerted the emergency services and gardai arrived at the scene a short […]
IT’S not all about drugs busts and chasing the bad guys! Kilkenny gardai also play a hugely important role in community policing and educating young people about the dangers of getting on the wrong side of law. And so this week, while up to 80 local and specialist gardai descended on Kilkenny as part of […]
A KILKENNY cleric has tackled Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole after the writer dismissed criticisms of a controversial new Irish film about the killing of James Bulger as misdirected “moral opprobrium”. O’Toole wrote earlier this week that the film Detainment by director James Lambe was a “serious and moral piece of work”. Controversy has erupted […]
THE Rose of Tralee is coming to Castlecomer for the first time ever. And the winner of the event due to take place this Saturday, February 9, could be the lucky girl who goes on to step into the shoes of last year’s Kilkenny Rose Helena Hughes (pictured above with Kilkenny coach Brian Cody) at […]
DENIS Hynes, the Labour Party’s Carlow-Kilkenny candidate in the next General Election, is putting his name forward to contest this year’s local elections, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Mr Hynes has revealed he was asked by his party colleague Cllr Maurice Shortall, who recently announced he was retiring from politics, to put his name forward to contest […]
FINE Gael has unveiled an experienced team to contest the next local elections in Kilkenny. Minister John Phelan, who was recently appointed Fine Gael’s national Director of Elections, said the party has selected candidates with a strong track record and “deep roots” in their respective communities. In the south of the county, specifically in the […]
COMMUNITY organisations across Kilkenny county have been honoured for their dedication and hard work in bringing prosperity to their towns and villages. Earlier this week Kilkenny County Council Cathoirleach, Cllr Eamon Aylward, hosted a special reception to “acknowledge, congratulate and thank these groups for their dedication and hard work within their respective
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 […]
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 […]
THREE leading local recreational projects have been given a major New Year boost after it was confirmed they will receive over €400,000 in Government funding. Castlecomer Discovery Park (pictured above) is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the funding, which was announcement by Junior Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan. Graiguenamanagh Outdoor Activity Hub […]