A 42-year-old man is being questioned after a double stabbing which left a 27-year-old man dead early this morning and his elderly father with serious injuries. The attack occured at a house on Seaview Avenue in Carrigaline at about 3.30am. Emergency services were alerted to the scene. Gardaí found a 27-year-old with serious stab wounds, […]
Kilkenny features in a song on reformed super-group Abba’s new album. Last Friday Abba released their first new album in 40 years, but local fans are particularly taken with one new song which mentions the Marble City. When You Danced With Me, the second track on the band’s new album Voyage, is an Irish folk song […]
A further 448 more people have contracted Covid-19. And the Department of Health has confirmed that, as of 8am this morning, 42 people were being treated for Covid-19 in hospitals. It is the lowest number of patients to be hospitalised for the virus over the past week. There were six new hospital admissions in the […]
It may be a decent summer, after all, for the tourist industry in rural and coastal Ireland. But summer in the city is going to be pretty quiet. That’s the verdict of Fáilte Ireland, which gave a briefing last week on its projections for the season. “It’s going to be a bit of a year […]
Kilkenny has one of the lowest levels of fines for breaches of Covid-19 regulations, a report reveals. Just 175 fines per 100,000 people have been dished out to members of the public in the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda division. This contrasts strongly with neighbouring Waterford, which has racked up more than double this number of fines. Counties […]
All-Ireland champions Kilkenny swept the boards at the 2020 camogie All-Stars. No fewer than half a dozen Cats have been named on the All-Star team, with Denise Gaule taking home the Players’ Player of the Year award. As well as the six Cats, semi-finalists Cork and Tipperary provide three players with All-Ireland finalists Galway picking […]
The bodies of two men, believed to be brothers, have been discovered at a house in county Cork overnight. A red Toyota Corolla Van sought in relation to the tragic incident, has just been discovered by the gardai. The incident happened at a house in Curraghgorm near Mitchelstown, in North Cork overnight. The scene has […]
Two men have died following a road crash in county Cork. The incident happened closed to Charleville shortly after 1pm this afternoon. It is understood a motorcyclist and a car were involved in the collision. It is being reported the deceased are the driver of the car and the biker. Gardai and emergency services remain at […]
The body of a man has been discovered in a tent in Cork city. The discovery was made on Horgan’s Quay close to Kent Station yesterday morning. The man in his 30s, is the eleventh person to die on Ireland’s streets over the past four weeks. Gardai have launched an investigation into the man’s death. […]
More than 60 staff at Cork University Hospital (CUH) have been asked to self isolate following the identification of a case of community transmission of Covid 19 at the hospital. The Health Service Executive’s National Director of Acute Operations Liam Woods this morning confirmed the hospital will have to adjust services and there will be a […]