Café Lates returns to Kilkenny City
Following a successful pilot in 2025, Café Lates returns to Kilkenny City on Thursday 20th August and Thursday 17th September. Café Lates is an initiative under the Kilkenny Night Time Economy Action Plan supporting local cafés in Kilkenny City to extend their opening hours by offering innovative and cultural events after 6pm. Four cafés in …
Putting pressure on Tirlan to up their farmer milk price
As milk supplies look certain to fall, ICMSA want Co-ops to raise prices and anticipate tightening supplies Speaking in advance of most the July announcements of milk prices by our Co-ops and milk processors, Noel Murphy, Chairperson of the ICMSA Dairy Committee, has said that it is highly likely that milk flows in Ireland this Autumn will be significantly reduced due to …
When war forces families to flee
War changes lives overnight. Homes turn into ruins, schools into shelters and familiar places become terror-filled. Families who once thought about homework, family occasions and shopping suddenly start thinking: Survival. When people flee war, they rarely choose to leave. They leave because staying is too dangerous. For those of us who live in peace, the …
Read the other side of the balance sheet
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR The latest figures from the Department of Finance tell us something we have heard before. The State is still taking in huge amounts of tax, but that does not necessarily mean the public finances are as strong as the headline numbers suggest. Tax receipts for the first seven months were …
Local produce, with answers for food security
As the threat to food security posed by climate change and war hits the headlines, what can be done to help protect Irish consumers from the rising price of the weekly shop? The answer to preventing cost-of-living shocks for fresh foods could lie at home, helped by a change in policy. Our food production is …
Road carnage toll more horrific than you think
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Out walking the other day, I spotted a local man I know by sight. Just before Covid on December 27, 2019, having drunk 15 pints throughout St Stephen’s night, this man knocked down a younger man walking home from celebrations. He was jailed for five-and-a-half years. In …
From Lisnafunchin National school to the Mens shed
The song “Two Little Boys” (originally titled “When We Were Two Little Boys”) was written by lyricist Edward Madden and composer Theodore F. Morse in 1903. This song is a celebration of loyalty and friendship. With that in mind we focus on two members of Kilkenny Men’s Shed, Shem Muldowney and Micheal Bergin. When they …
Local teen Sam Cummins set to represent Ireland at European Championships
From August 20th to 23rd, Waterford will host the U17 Inline Hockey European Championships, with Inline Hockey Ireland & SETU Arena welcoming national teams from Slovenia, Italy, France, Czechia, Great Britain, Belgium, Slovakia, and Ireland. Among those proudly representing Ireland will be local teenager Sam Cummins, who has once again earned selection to the national squad …
Newpark Community gathers for outdoor Mass
The Upper Green in Newpark was filled with song and prayer last Wednesday evening as neighbours and friends gathered for a special outdoor community Mass. Chief celebrant Monsignor Dan Carroll was joined by Fr. Paul Kasu, Fr. Noel McGrath, and Monsignor Michael Ryan to concelebrate the moving and inclusive Mass. The ceremony drew families from …
Heritage at Risk: Heritage Week 2026 with Kilkenny County Council Library Service
Kilkenny County Council Library Service is delighted to announce an exciting programme of events for Heritage Week 2026, taking place from the 15th to the 23rd of August. This year’s theme “Heritage at Risk” encourages us to explore the built, natural and cultural aspects of our heritage that are endangered, to reimagine and revive these sites, artefacts …
