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St Mary’s Church and graveyard are to be bought by the local authorities in Kilkenny from the Church of Ireland in what is seen to be an important move for the conservation of heritage in the Marble City.

The jobs of 35 employees of the Supermacs fast food chain are in jeopardy this week following a massive blaze that completely gutted the interior of the building on the High Street in the city.

Hundreds of spectators turned out onto the streets of Castlecomer this New Year’s Day to view the annual wellie race parade and take part in the world renowned wellie race which celebrated its 30th birthday this year.

Over 300 graduates from Kilkenny were among the 2,600 students conferred with academic awards at Waterford Institute of Technology earlier in the week. Kilkenny is the third largest source of students at the Institute and accounts for almost one-in-eight of the Irish students at what is currently the Sunday Times Institute of Technology of the Year.

Special needs projects, schools/after school programmes, youth clubs/awareness and development groups and crèches are just some of the 15 Kilkenny projects that have applied for funding from the AIB Better Ireland Programme 2009/2010.

In a pre-Christmas visit to the Marble City, popular TV and radio presenter Ryan Tubridy hosted his morning radio programme from Kilkenny’s Regent House.

Following recent sell-out shows at The Red Door Theatre in Thomastown, What’s On, Tom? Productions return with the final performance of their critically-acclaimed sell-out show

Tendrleen horsefeeds has announced that it is to sponsor one of Ireland’s premier national hunt races.

The new president of the Irish Farmers Association, Kilkenny man John Bryan, has officially taken over from the outgoing leader Padraig Walsh.

The young Kilkenny band Pyrotechnix are bracing themselves for a nerve-racking performance before thousands of TV viewers and a live audience on Sunday night as they make their debut appearance on the All-Ireland Talent Show representing Ireland East.