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The Patents Office in Kilkenny will hold an open day on Monday next April 27 to mark World Intellectual Property Day, showcasing work from local young inventors/

Labour TD Willie Penrose has spoken out strongly against this week’s decision by Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe to cut special needs teacher support in over 100 schools, saying it is “a clear indication that vulnerable children are to be the next target of this callous government”.

Thankfully I know I am not alone in this one; just ask any second level teacher who teaches lads.

THE PATRICK Kavanagh Poetry Award 2008 winner Geraldine Mitchell will be among the featured readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading.

It’s that time of year again. Examinations are looming and study, pressure, frayed tempers and insufficient sleep are the order of the day.

An Taisce’s Kilkenny Association has announced that the winner of the inaugural ‘Gerald Tyler Heritage Award’ for Kilkenny is the Camphill Community Callan.

A man, believed to have now fled the country, was sentenced to two years for a theft at a local school after fooling unsuspecting staff into believing that he was enrolling his child.

Would you like to participate in a fun afternoon where participants will be introduced to the basics of swing dancing?

Seventeen teaching posts may be lost from 15 national schools throughout the county for this coming academic year, according to a provisional list issued by the Department of Education this week, which based its figures on pupil enrolment returns from schools and the operation of the staffing schedule.

THE DUBLIN Gospel Choir had modest beginnings as a local school choir almost 12 years ago but since then they have gone on to share the stage with James Brown, Rod Stewart, and The Chieftains.