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In the largest campaign of its kind, the National Campaign for the Arts was marked in Kilkenny along with several other locations around the country last Friday.

Today Friday September 17, is National Day of Action for Arts and Culture and arts organisations in Kilkenny city and county will be taking part in a bid to highlight the importance of the arts to the local economy.

Brian Cowen and his colleagues should have nothing to fear from John McGuinness’s new book, but readers can expect an ‘honest review’ of the controversial local TD’s political life, the author confirmed last evening.

Kilkenny Business Women’s Network have come up with a very novel way of fundraising this year, in conjunction with the two local charities Amber Women’s Refuge and the Good Shepherd Centre for Homeless Men.

A local deputy has called for the banning of heavy goods vehicles from entering the north Kilkenny town of Johnstown following the results of a recent survey.

Further protests are being planned by subcontractors who have not been paid for work that they carried out on the Watershed in Kilkenny.

TDs from the Carlow/Kilkenny constituency recently visited Merck Sharpe and Dohme Carlow to tour the new facility and get an updated briefing from company management on MSD’s preparations for commencing operations in the first half of next year.

Kilkenny County Council is to receive Government funding to assist with the costs of ensuring a quality water supply.

Fianna Fáil’s greatest challenge is reconnecting with the public who always supported it, according to local TD John McGuinness, an outspoken critic of Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s leadership.

A commitment has been given by Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Social Protection that his Department is to review medical files of miners badly affected by ill-health as a consequence of their working conditions in privately owned mining operations. The files are to be reviewed by an external medical professional.