A tragic Kilkenny farmer was killed after she was pinned by a falling tree branch. The body of Mary O’Shea, who was in her early 60s, was found at her home in Raheen, Piltown on Saturday evening. However, she was last seen on Friday morning and it is believed she died later that day. According […]
Warm tributes have been paid to the Kilkenny teenager who tragically lost his life in a car crash earlier this wek. Cian Mooney (17), a student at Kildalton College who was from Castlecomer, died after the car in which he was a passenger crashed outside Piltown at around 8pm on Wednesday. Two other young men […]
A teenager was kilkenny when the car he was travelling in crashed in county Kilkenny last night. The tragedy occurred at Dowling in Piltown shortly after 8pm. Gardai confirmed the one of the passengers in the car, a male teenager, was later pronounced deceased at the scene. His body was later taken to the mortuary […]
A burglar broke into a house in a Kilkenny village after gaining entry through a bedroom window. The break-in occurred at a property in the Jamestown area of Piltown at around 3.40pm on Thursday. However, nothing was taken from the house. Gardaí have asked anyone who may have noticed any suspicious activity in the area […]
Kilkenny-based Iverk Produce has secured a masive €100 nillion deal with Aldi Irleand to supply the supermarket giant with potatoes. The Piltown fruit and vegetable supplier gas partnered with Aldi since 1999 and currently supplies its Irish stores with potatoes and carrots. As part of the new contract extension, Iverk will supply 24,000 tonnes of […]
It’s not every day a rural community decides to quite literally get down into the trenches and build its own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. But Piltown and Fiddown, the growing hinterland close to the Kilkenny-Waterford-Tipperary border, is no ordinary community and nothing was going to get in its way. The community and, more particularly, the […]
An agricultural college has unveiled plans to build a new equine education training building on its ground in county Kilkenny. Teagasc, the State agency providing research, advisory and education in agriculture, horticulture, food and rural development in Ireland, has also sought permission from Kilkenny County Council to build a new car park for 150 spaces […]
An old bank and a former Garda station in County Kilkenny will be transformed into remote working hubs. Funding of €750, 000 has been allocated for projects in Piltiwn and Urlingford. It comes as Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, announced almost €18.5 million to benefit rural towns and villages the length and […]
A burglar broke into a house in county Kilkenny and made off with a quantity of cash after sneaking into the property through a bedroom window. The theft occurred sometime between 2pm and 8pm last Thursday at Whitechurch, Piltown. A local Garda source confirmed “a sum of cash” was taken. Gardai have asked anyone who […]
Heartless thief steals engagement ring, jewellery and cash after breaking into county Kilkenny house
A thief broke into a house in county Kilkenny and made off with a substantial amount of jewellery and some cash just over a week to go before Christmas. The latest local burglary occurred at Whitechurch, near Piltown, sometime between 3.15pm and 3.45pm on Tuesday. A local Garda source told KilkennyNow the homeowner noticed her […]