Gardai are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a river near the Kilkenny-Tipperary border. The man, who is understood to have been in his 40s, were recovered in the Gortnahoe area at lunchtime on Wednesday. His remains were removed to University Hospital Waterford for a post-mortem examination, which will determine the course of […]
A motorist was hit with a fine and three penalty points after they were caught holding a phone while driving the length of Kilkenny’s busiest street. The brazen driver had passed a Garda on mountain bike patrol on High Street yesterday and kept driving, prompting the officer to give chase after the vehicle. A local […]
Festival Kilkenny is well and truly underway. Yesterday marked the beginning of six days of festival events featuring American marching bands, fireworks and fireshows, concerts, street entertainment and, of course, this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. A spokesperson for Kilkenny County County said the city expects to welcome 30,000 visitors over the coming
Gardai have urged Kilkenny residents to be vigilant after after a recent “distraction burglary” in the city. During the incident, a woman called to the door of a couple on Johnswell Road pretending to be looking for a cat. The unsuspecting couple obliged and helped the woman to look for the cat. But they later […]
Tom QUIGLEY Thomas Square, Kilkenny City Tom Quigley (Thomas Square, Kilkenny) 14th March 2022 (peacefully) in the exceptional care of the nurses and staff at Archersrath Nursing Home. Predeceased by his parents Joe and Ellie, brothers Sean and Liam and his sister Philomena. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Gretta, sons Joe, Patrick, Thomas, Canice […]
A leading Kilkenny oncologist and cancer researcher who is exploring new ways to help patients survive difficult-to-treat cancers has urged the public to support Daffodil Day, which takes place on Friday March 25. Dr Dearbhaile Collins received the Irish Cancer Society’s prestigious Cancer Research Leadership Award in 2021 which has helped her dedicate time to […]
Kilkenny revellers can look forward to a dry, bright and sunny St Patrick’s Day as fair spring weather washes away the unsettled conditions over the past week. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said cloud and showery weather ni the northern half of the country will clear during the morning, “leaving a largely dry day […]
This car was seized by gardai in Kilkenny after they discovered the owner hadn’t bothered to tax the vehicle for more than 2,500 days. The driver was stopped at a checkpoint in Kilkenny earlier this week, but the vehicle – which was imported into the country back in 2015 – had come under the radar […]
Sr. Imelda (Angela) BUCKLEY Parnell St., Kilkenny City/Dublin City Sr. Imelda (Angela) Buckley (Presentation Sisters, Parnell Street, Kilkenny and late of Queen Street, Dublin). March 12th, 2022 at Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Predeceased by her parents John and Mary. Deeply regretted by her beloved brother Tony, Presentation Sisters, relatives and friends. Reposing at the
Philip BYRNE Castletobin, Callan Philip (Phil) Byrne, Castletobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and late of Corpus Christi Nursing Home Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. Peacefully, on Saturday, 12th March 2022 aged 90 years, surrounded by his family in the excellent care of the staff at Cork University Hospital. Predeceased by his wife Mary, his parents Philip and Mary, […]
