Kilkenny motorists are being urged to drive with care after heavy rains have caused flooding, while the national weather forecaster has another weather warning for Kilkenny and the South East. Transport for Ireland has issued a high wind warning for Kilkenny’s roads, while the AA is urging motorist to be cautious due to flooding on […]
Just over €13,000 has been allocated to swimming pools across Kilkenny accessible to the public as they prepare to re-open when the current lockdown restrictions are lifted. Six pools across the county are to benefit from the second round of funding announced by Sports Ireland this week. It was the final allocation of an overall […]
A highy successful Kilkenny business that has been operating for 60 years is looking to modernise some of its facilities. Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Jerpoint, Thomastown, has applied to Kilkenny County Council for an extension to planning permission that was previously approved. The multi award-winning business, which has been run by the Kirwan family since […]
The former AIB bank branch in Thomastown is among the properties listed for online auction this month. Online auctioneer Youbid.ie said: “At only 116 sq mts the property is a compact 19th century two-storey in need of renovation, but its modest size could make it suitable for a host of uses such as a personal […]
For one local Irish-Italian business, family and community mean everything. The Central Take Away in Thomastown is very much a family affair and recently celebrated its 40th year serving the local community. The story of the popular fast-food restaurant stretches from a small village in Italy, before stopping off in Carlow where Bruno Bove would […]
WATCH: From Woodstock to Jerusalem: Fleet-footed Kilkenny gardai front and centre of viral dance hit
Kilkenny-based gardai are front and centre in an international dance challenge video that has gone viral online. pOur local boys and girls in blue responded to a challenge laid down by Swiss police to come up with a video for the Jerusalema dance challenge – and the Irish officers certianly didn’t let down the side. […]
Close to €7 million was paid out in the biggest residential transaction in county Kilkenny in 2020. The €6,881,057 was paid out for sites 1-28 inclusive at Nuncio Park, Deansground in Kilkenny City. The transaction occurred at the end of November and was the largest deal in the county but quite a distance last year. […]
Ireland’s inspirational craftspeople and makers will be celebrated in a landmark new exhibition in Kilkenny charting the evolution of the crafts and design sector in Ireland over the last 50 years. The 50 Makers: 50 Years exhibition will take place at the Natonal Design & Craft Gallery in the Castle Yard in July. The initiative […]
Controversial plans to locate a new pharmacy at a Primary Healthcare Facility in a county Kilkenny town have been approved after an appeal to the national planning authority. Westcourt Healthcare Limited were refused planning permission by Kilkenny County Council to locate a new pharmacy at the Primary Healthcare Facility on Lady’s Well Street in Thomastown […]
Kilkenny County Council has issued a formal apology to the deceased, the survivors and the relatives of former residents at a local Mother and Baby Home. St Columba’s Hospital, formerly known as Thomastown County Home prior to 1957, was one of four County Homes that featured in the recently published report by the Mothers and […]