The European Commissioner for Trade – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan – has been named as one of the top 10 most people in Europe. Mr Hogan came in tenth place in US magazine Politico’s 2020 list of the 28 most powerful people in Europe – just two places behind Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Politico compiles an annual […]
Two schools in county Kilkenny have received an early Christmas present after being approved for significant new developments. Scoil Ruadhain in Tullaroan, with 95 pupils, has been given the go-ahead by the Department of Education for an extension consisting of a new classroom and new toilet. The department also announced a new two classroom extension […]
The hunt is on for a group of heartless Grinches that destroyed a community Christmas light display in a county Kilkenny village designed to raise money for charity. A huge amount of effort was put into what has become known as the Grange Winter Wonderland at a house in Grange, Ballyragget. There was a big […]
Kilkenny commuters could be in line for a big Christmas present after it emerged the new city bus service could start as soon as next week. The service, which has been beset by delays mainly due to the delivery of the buses, is ready to accept the full fleet of seven state-of-the-art city adapted vehcciles […]
Just six new car registrations were recorded in Kilkenny in the month of November, down one on the same period last year. And total new registrations are down 12% on 2018, according to the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). A total of 2,062 cars have been newly registered in […]
Champagne corks will be popping at a store in a Kilkenny village this afternoon after it was announced where Saturday’s winning Lotto jackpot ticket was sold. Blanchfield’s Centra Store in Mooncoin was the store where the lucky winner bought the golden ticket worth a whopping €6,834,410. The winner has still not come forward and made […]
Mary LYNCH (née Mallon) Robinstown, Glenmore, Kilkenny/Ferrybank, Waterford/Wexford Mary Lynch nee Mallon, Robinstown, Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny, who died on Sunday 8th December 2019, peacefully, at Mooncoin Residential Care Centre, surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her parents Joe and Alice (Mallon), sisters Breda (Buckley) and Alice (O’Shea), Mary will
Kilkenny thankfully escaped the worst of Storm Atiyah over the weekend. And today we’ll experience a welcome calm before conditions become more unsettled again later in the week with rain and strong gales forecast. A Status Yellow wind warning issued for Kilkenny and the rest of Leinster, along with counties Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary and […]
Gardai are investigating if there is a link between a spate of burglaries that occured within a small area of county Kilkenny during the week. The first two break-ins occured on Tuesday, December 3, between 1.30pm and 10pm. In the first incident, on Station Road in Bennettsbridge, the homeowner arrived back from work at 8pm […]
Henry LAHERTY Swords, Dublin/Knocktopher, Kilkenny LAHERTY, Henry (River Valley, Swords, Co. Dublin and formerly of Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny) – December 7th, 2019, (peacefully) at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Sadly missed by his loving wife Mary, daughters Lorraine, Siobhán and Ger, son-in-law Tom, grandchildren Conor and Izzy, sisters Peggy and Breda,

