A decision on whether a much-needed new community care hospital promised by the Government for county Kilkenny will be made next month. The Health Service Executive (HSE) hopes to build a 95-room community nursing and residential care unit next door to Thomastown’s St Columba’s Hospital. A report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority […]
A burst water mains has cut off the water supply to more than a thousand homes in county Kilkenny this morning. Irish Water and Kilkenny County Council are currently carrying out repairs to a burst water main near Thomastown. The necessary works mean there is no supply to most parts of Dangan, Carrickmourne, Inistioge, Thomastown […]
A Kilkenny girl will be able to show of her skills on the international stage close to home next week after being named in Ireland’s Under-17 football squad. Ellen Molloy from Thomastown has been selected for the upcoming friendlies against Iceland, games which the FAI are playing in Waterford and Tramore The U17’s are using […]
Marathon works to improve the quality of drinking water for up to 4,000 people living in Thomastown and Insitioge have finally been completed. Irish Water, working in partnership with Kilkenny County Council, confirmed it has completed a €10 million investment to provide clean and safe drinking water in the south Kilkenny areas. The upgrade and […]
Stephen McArdle has worked in top restaurants in Dublin, Belfast and London. But now he has made his home in Kilkenny and found the ideal place to cook the food he loves: locally sourced and with a strong identity. That place is Thomastown, where Stephen and his partner Morgan VanderKamer recently moved their renowned Barrow’s […]
A social housing development which will provide accommodation for 25 families in a Kilkenny town is ready to go to the planning stage. The new local authority houses that are to be built at Lady’s Well in Thomastown got the go-ahead at the January meeting of Kilkenny County Council yesterday evening. The development will consist […]
Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet Estate & Golf Club has been named in a new list of Ireland’s Top 10 hotels. The sprawling estate on the outskirts of Thomastown came in fifth place in the Irish Independent Reader Travel Awards for 2020. County Limerick’s Adare Manor topped the list, followed by the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. Asford […]
A Kilkenny golf course has been included on a list of the Top-100 courses in the world by a leading magazine for the sport. Mount Juliet Estate and Golf Resort has been named the 80th best golf course in the World by Golfscape’s Top 100. Mount Juliet is joined on the list my numerous other […]
Funding of €11,780 been allocated to Men’s and Women’s Sheds across Kilkenny city and county. The announcement was made by Junior Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan today. Under the funding Graignamanagh will get €2,500 towards an indoor bowls area, while Castlecomer has been granted €880 for workshop equipment, a dust extractor and other […]
Gardai are on the lookout for the person who thrashed a family home in county Kilkenny while they were away but stole nothing. The incident occurred at a house on the Gowran road, Paulstown between 10.30am and 9pm on Sunday. The burglar forced their way in through a door at the side of the house. […]