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St Kieran's College returned to the throne of colleges hurling on Saturday last as they claimed their first Croke Cup success since 2004 following a gutsy and determined comeback in this All-Ireland Senior A Colleges decider against first time finalists Ard Scoil Ris at Semple Stadium.

A 19-YEAR old Kilkenny woman who killed her brother by stabbing him through the heart with a steak knife has received a suspended prison sentence at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of a 19-year old woman charged with murdering her brother opened at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Waterford yesterday.

Results from the ladies 18 hole singles stableford are as follows: 1. Jean Jackman 41 points; 2. Margaret Geoghegan, Borris 38 points back 9; 3. Marie Gannon 38 points; Gross Emer Foley 37 points; 4. Kathleen Hogan 37 points; Front 9 Jenny Wallace, Kilkenny 20 points; Back 9 Helen Conway 19 points.

A man who verbally threatened to kill a garda was handed a three month suspended sentence at Castlecomer District Court this week.

Carlow Local Authorities have commenced their Schools’ Business Partnership with a their Skills @ Work programme for students of Carlow Vocational School.

Taking pride in gardens, streets, schools and estates paid off for dozens of locals this week, as they were lavished with awards from over 23 award categories in the Carlow Tidy Towns Association annual awards.

A local councillor is appealing for the government to reinstate a polling booth in a Carlow townland, if they can even find it on the map.

If you feel you have eaten a little too much over the Christmas period there is one sure way of burning off those excess calories and that is by taking part in the Castlecomer Wellie Race on New Year’s Day.

Two communities in Kilkenny were affected by two separate tragedies that occurred in their areas over Christmas.