KCLR News

As part of our Between Towns And Villages series, KCLR recently travelled to the beautifully appointed village of Tullahought in the Lingaun Valley, which boasts stunning views of Slievenamon and its neighbouring hillsides. There, we met with Breda Horgan, Richie Walsh and Jimmy Walsh, all stalwarts of the village's superb...

Martin went and checked out the Mullinavat Festival of Camogie this year which was held on Saturday 29th August. 32 under 10 teams mostly from Kilkenny took part in this excellently run event. Over 90 volunteers were present on the day from car parking stewards to pitch coordinators, umpires and...

Submissions for KCLR's A New Local Hero, as part of Irish Music Month, close this weekend.

The blaze broke out just after midday southbound lane between Junction 9 (N10) Kilkenny and Junction 10 Knocktopher, about a kilometre north of the Lawcus/Stoneyford area.

€45,000 has been raised in a GoFundMe with a motorbike run planned for later this month

MP Aryal has been outlining the ordeal on The KCLR Daily

Gardaí and fire service personnel were called to the incident at lunchtime in the northbound lane just north of Junction 8 at Bennettsbridge.

CK United got their FAI National League campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Newbridge Town. The Kilkenny/Carlow outfit took the lead through Callum Warfield, before Ethan Boyle doubled their advantage. Newbridge pulled a goal back and put CK under pressure late on, but Tom O'Connor's...

16-year-old Albie Andrade was reported missing last Monday (24th August)

80,000 turn out across its three days and though some left early due to the rain, most remained last night

Fergus Harty of Drinagh was last seen at 1:40pm on Wednesday (26th August) near McDonagh Junction in Kilkenny city

It coincides with the first full week of the new school year with more traffic than we've been used to over the summer months, with a particular focus around educational facilities at opening and closing times

The future of Kilkenny GAA is on display in Mullinavat as their annual Festival of Hurling and Camogie concludes today (Sunday). The focus yesterday was on camogie, while today hurling takes centre stage. Event coordinator Angelique Connolly says the passion of the young players has made the hard work worth...

Carlow County Council has issued an urgent weather warning as widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected today (Sunday). The Met Éireann Status Yellow rain warning takes effect from midday and will remain in place until 9pm tonight. Sudden, torrential downpours, lightning, and hail could cause difficult traveling conditions, poor...

Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Kilkenny today for the Very Pink Run. It gets underway at 12 noon. A sea of pink is expected to take over Kilkenny city at lunchtime today as the annual Very Pink Run gets underway at Castle Park. Participants...

Gardaí are investigating two burglaries at medical centres in Kilkenny which may be linked. Newpark Medical Centre and St Anthony’s doctors’ surgery were targeted overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. A lone male appeared to force his was into both premises, but nothing was taken. Crime Prevention Officer Sgt Eddie Brennan...

Lewis Capaldi says it's good to be back on stage at Electric Picnic. He closed the opening day of the three day festival in Laois last night. The main stage sees Role Model, The Mary Wallopers, CMAT, and Gorillaz perform today. CMAT cancelled a show in France yesterday due to...

Update:  Power has now been restored to all affected by the earlier power outage   There's a major power outage in Kilkenny city this morning. Over 1,500 customers are affected in the McDonagh area. The power went out at around 9:45am this morning and ESB crews are working to restore...

Major redevelopment works are set to take place at one of South Kilkenny's largest agricultural hubs. O'Shea Farms has been granted permission to demolish part of their existing facility in Ardclone, Piltown. They're to construct a major new extension dedicated entirely to the cleaning, grading, and packaging of potatoes.

Ireland's Woodlands Show will be staged at Woodstock Gardens in Inistioge this weekend with Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy officially opening the event at 12 noon today.    The show, which promises a celebration of all things timber, was established by the Irish Wood Producers Group, and features a range of industry professionals based here in the South...