In News …
Locally: Emergency services have been dealing with a crash on the N80 between Ballon & Bunclody. Three people remain in custody charged in connection with two separate robberies in Kilkenny this week. Preparations are underway for the annual Borris Fair which takes place this Saturday. Plus good & bad news for locals renting rooms with Airbnb.
Elsewhere: More than 200 experts are examining the explosion sites in China. Focus Ireland says it dealt with a record number of families last month. Gardai are investigating how the media found out about the Jobstown charges ahead of those involved.
Keep up to date with what’s going on with our bulletins on weekdays each half hour 7-9am, hourly to 4pm, half hourly again 4-7pm & hourly thereafter.
In Sport (with Aut Even Hospital) …
Pat Hoban and the Kilkenny Minor hurling management will name the side for Sunday’s All Ireland semi-final replay – we’ll be in Croke Park so join us from 12noon. Then from 4pm we bring you every puck of the ball from Kilkenny’s Senior camogie team’s All Ireland semi-final battle. There’s a big weekend of underage hurling in Carlow. And action continues for our local crew at the World Handball Championships.
Get the latest in local sporting fixtures & results with international news across the day with extra updates on weekend afternoons. You’ll also catch some titbits on our website here
In Entertainment …
Could the Fresh Prince of Bel Air be making a comeback? BreakingNews.ie has this report
KCLR Breakfast …
KCLR Breakfast will be announcing the two winners of the Belfast Break with thanks to Tourism Northern Ireland today. Join John Walsh & Edwina Grace 7-10am. Then join us on Monday from 7am when we team up with DiscoverBundoran.com to give away a family holiday with three nights self catering, a dinner for four, surf lesson, cinema pass & beginner horse riding session.
KCLR Live …
KCLR Live airs from 10am to 12noon with Dr John Masterson giving some more relationship advice … but what will you make of it all? We’ll be hearing about the amazing Shauntelle Tynan who’s battling a rare cancer called Histiocrytosis X – doctors were baffled before they discovered that the 17 year old has an unusual condition, she now has to travel to Texas for treatment. There’ll be information on a new charity shop in memory of a special woman in Carlow who took her own life. Also live music in studio is with Amber & The Bear and Brian Maloney. While the Friday Panel give their views on Richie Kavanagh’s new single and lots more.
KCLR Lunch & Afternoons …
KCLR Lunch is live from the Fairgreen Shopping Centre Carlow and you can win €1000 shopping voucher plus much more with thanks to the Fairgreen Shopping Centre Savings Club.
He’s followed by Eoin Carey with KCLR Afternoons 3-6pm.
Where To Go …
Get to the Kilkenny Arts Festival & Alternative Kilkenny Arts Fringe Festival before they finish on Sunday & more – details in our Where To Go.
Coming up on KCLR …
Our news team has a round-up of the day’s stories on The Way It Is from 6pm.
90s Friday Night from 7pm has the best of that decade with songs like this one which was big this week in 1998:
Johnny Barry Show has its first outing of the weekend from 10pm with the very best of Irish country music.
Edward Hayden presents The Saturday Show from 10am to 12noon.
He’s followed by Ken McGuire who brings the Chart Show from the grounds of the Tullow Agriculture Show ahead of their big event on Sunday.
Will this guy be having a house party this weekend? Find out on US 96 Saturday night from 9pm with John Keane. It’s our weekly American country music top 20 countdown.
The Irish Music Show with Roddie Cleere this Sunday from 8pm features Corner Boy in studio while the featured album is Year of the Bird from former Turn singer Oliver Cole.
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