Kilkenny councillor seeks new draft wind energy guidelines and calls for moratorium on new applications
Kilkenny County Council is to write to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning to seek the publication of...
Newbridge cutlery to close county Kildare production facility in april
Newbridge Cutlery is stop producing silvery-plated cutlery and tableware at its County Kildare factory. The facility will cease operations on...
EU Presidency link a chance for Carlow to showcase its European roots
The fact that we have the EU presidency is a time to wave the flag and show we're actually very...
Emergency Services dealing with a crash on the Freshford to Urlingford Road
(Update 19/01/2026 at 14:46 - Road is cleared, no injuries reported) Gardaí and emergency services are currently dealing with a...
RSA CEO Sam Waide meets garda eastern region leadership in Kilkenny
Sam Waide CEO of the Road Safety Authority and the RSA team were in Kilkenny yesterday. He met with Assistant...
Playing board games boosts brain power in children and adults, study finds
Playing board games is good for your brain. Researchers in the US looked at eighteen previous studies and found number-related...
Commencement notices hit decade low despite growth in Kilkenny
The number of commencement notices issued has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade. Just over 16,000 were...
Popular Kilkenny tourist attraction is to close temporarily at the end of the month
A major tourist attraction in Kilkenny is to close its doors temporarily. The Office of Public Works (OPW) have confirmed...
Over 100 turn out to latest oublic meeting on South Kilkenny windfarm proposal
Residents of villages in South KIlkenny opposed to a proposed windfram in the area say they wont be sitting back....
Pedestrian bridge on Kilkenny/Tipperary border deemed a danger to the public
A local councillor has said that the condition of a bridge on the Kilkenny/Tipperary border can't be ignored, it's a...
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