THIEVES made off with a massive haul of stolen machinery worth €10,000 after they broke into a property in county Kilkenny. The burglary occurred in Clonassey, Mullinavat, sometime between 8.30am and 10.20am last Thursday, gardai confirmed to KilkennyNow.ie. The daughter of the owner of the house returned home to discover the lock on the garage […]
KILKENNY is leading the way in a new nationwide sustainable and renewable energy competition with a €100,000 plus prize fund up for grabs. And the organisers are hopeful the exciting initiative will catch on not, just in Ireland, but also on the international stage. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership has teamed up with the internationally-renowned and locally […]
TWO thieves who stole a trailer from a farmyard in county Kilkenny were arrested after eagle-eyed neighbours circulated information via the Garda text alert scheme. The thieves made off with the trailer (pictured above) after casing out the farmyard in Listerlin, Mullinavat, last week. But thanks to the text alert scheme, gardai in Mooncoin managed […]
Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17 GOALS in both halves from Inistioge-Rower man Richie Leahy and Graigue Ballycallan’s Billy Ryan secured a comfortable victory for the Cats against the Rebels. The defending National League champions got their campaign off to a flier at Nowlan Park. Despite making a bright start, Cork’s challenge petered out fairly early […]
US rapper Azealia Banks has attacked reigning Rose of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher on social media. Kirsten, who represented Waterford in the Rose of Tralee but grew up and went to school in Mullinavat in south Kilkenny, found herself in the cross-fire of Banks’ online tirade against Irish women, who she branded “ugly” ahead of […]
ROSE of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher has vowed not to let “nasty” people get her down after gardai investigated an alleged racial attack on her at a Kilkenny chipper. The 21-year-old South Kilkenny woman, who represented Waterford in the Rose of Tralee, is half-Zambian and grew up and attended school in Mullinavat. Shortly after being […]
THE Government is failing the people of rural Ireland through its inadequate response to the closure of rural post offices, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward has said. Deputy Aylward spoke out after he asked the Minister for Rural Affairs and Community Development Michael Ring about his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and […]
LARGE swathes of South Kilkenny were left under water as Storm Deirdre wreaked havoc across the country. This was the scene in Inistioge, where the GAA pitch was almost completely submerged in water after heavy showers saw the Nore spill over its banks along several sections of the river. Flooding also returned to Graignamanagh, where […]