News
Thomastown Cruise Into County Semi-Final as Clara Bow Out
St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny SHC Quarter Final. Thomastown 2-25; Clara 1-19. John Power at UPMC Nowlan Park 2024 champions produce commanding first-half display to end Clara’s championship hopes at UPMC Nowlan Park. Thomastown, the 2024 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship winners, comfortably secured their place in the county semi-final when they overcame Clara in the …
Taking Back the Proceeds of Crime: McGuinness welcomes €50,000 for Kilkenny community safety project
Carlow-Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD and Leas Ceann Comhairle John McGuinness has welcomed €50,000 in funding for a Kilkenny project under the 2026 Community Safety Fund, with the money coming from funds seized through the work of the Criminal Assets Bureau and An Garda Síochána. The funding has been awarded to Amber Domestic Abuse CLG for its “Building Safer …
Kilkenny County Council Officially Opens Crokers Hill: A Landmark €35 Million Award-Winning Housing Development
James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, on Friday September 25th officially opened Crokers Hill, the largest social housing development ever delivered by Kilkenny County Council. The landmark 88-home development transforms a 2.34-hectare site on Kennyswell Road into a vibrant, high-density and sustainable urban neighbourhood. Delivered by Kilkenny County Council’s Housing Capital …
OCTOBER IS ROCKTOBER AT RYAN’S BAR
As autumn creeps in and the evenings get darker, Ryan’s Bar is keeping the flame lit with another fantastic month of live music. October brings a packed programme of local, national and international acts, with something to suit every musical taste. Highlights include Blues Ark, The Uptown Band and The Remains, while on October 11th …
Close encounters with ‘man’s best friend’
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran I love looking at dogs looking out car windows. Lowered car windows. They look so happy, so delighted to be looking out at the world go by with the wind in their hair and a plethora of odours wafting past their ultra-sensitive nostrils – new mown hay, silage, diesel fumes, whatever. …
Sorry Simon, Budget figures just don’t add up
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Budget Day is next Tuesday when Ministers Simon Harris and Jack Chambers will stand up with an €8.5 billion package and plenty of talk about “making work pay”. The tax change that now seems almost certain is a rise in the point at which a single person starts paying the …
Teens to get an extra helping of culture
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON On the face of it, giving cash-strapped 16-year-olds a card worth €100 to buy into culture from next year sounds like a great idea. It could foster autonomy, encourage teens to get off their phones and social media, and get out there to participate in events and purchase …
Janet… and The Only Way Out Is In
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Saturday, October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a day intended to raise global awareness, end mental health stigma and advocate for better mental health support systems. Just three days before World Mental Health Day, Janet E Sahafi will launch her new novel which is based around this very subject – …
Don’t shut the door on your mortgage arrears
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR One of the headlines last week said more than 12,000 mortgage accounts had fallen into arrears for the first time. That is not quite what the Central Bank of Ireland published. At the end of June there were 12,315 family-home mortgages in what the bank calls early arrears, behind by …
Diana: Earl Spencer’s lament for his sister
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON The death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997 is a date that, like the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, people recall where they were when they heard the devastating news. The tragedy of her death after a high-speed chase by paparazzi in the Pont de …
