Icy conditions grip the county as salt supplies leave officials worried

All city and county schools closed until conditions improve

The sub zero temperatures being experienced in Kilkenny city and county have taken their toll on businesses, families, schools, and the support services, over the past number of days leaving many services closed until further notice.

With temperatures at -7.7 degrees and grass temperatures at -10.7 yesterday at time of going to press, the big freeze has clearly set in curtailing normal life for many residents in the county. The worst affected areas are around the east of the county including Thomastown, Goresbridge, Graiguenamanagh and Gowran.

Thinking about self-employment?

More and more people are now looking at the option of self-employment due to the increasing numbers of redundancies in the current economic climate.

For some people it is an opportunity to explore a business idea that they may have had in the back of their minds for some time, but never pursued owing to the lack of time or perhaps the comfort of the relatively ‘secure income’ they may have enjoyed in employment.

BSc in Psychology comes to south-east

Empower Colleges in Kilkenny are offering an innovative new course, a BSc in psychology. This course will suit both mature students who have an interest in psychology or want to change their career direction, along with school leavers who are interested in studying in this area.

Graduates of this three-year psychology degree will be ready to embark on a challenging and rewarding career in a variety of employment positions such as clinical, educational, health, and occupational psychology.

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