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A priest who originally hails from Johnstown in County Kilkenny was released from prison early yesterday in Florida USA.

This is a newly re-decorated bungalow available to rent immediately. It comes fully furnished and is located approx 8 miles from Kilkenny city and close to Johnstown and Urlingford. The house sits on approx 1/4 acre and has the added benefit of a garage.

Kilkenny may have written themselves into the history books this year by becoming the first team to complete the clean sweep, but the men who were involved in creating history found themselves going back to grassroots last weekend as the local championships commenced. Some of the media recently complained that we didn't know how to celebrate winning and that our homecoming party was very lethargic. I'd say to hell with the begrudgers, the players know we think the world of them and also respect the fact that time moves on. The county men who soldiered so well together, also respect that while they were away on county duty, club men they grew up with have been plugging away in preparation for last weekend. There is no doubt that special bonds are formed during the intercounty season, however, once you go back and put on the club colours - friendship rightly goes out the window as teams go in search of success in their respective championships.

Mary Hilda Cavanagh can see Galmoy Mine from her kitchen window and so when she talks about the repercussions of its closure for her close-knit community - she knows what she is talking about.

Carrickshock 0-16

The people of Kilkenny are in dreamland this week, having witnessed the four-in-a-row. It's not very often that a game of such importance lives up to expectations but in the year that marks the 125th anniversary of the GAA we got a final that will be spoken about for decades to come.

The one down-side to Kilkenny's magnificent inter-county success is that important club games are crammed into a busy schedule at the back end of the year. I know it's a nice dilemma to have and we're probably the envy of the country in that regard, but such was the volume of games on last weekend, that one would nearly have required a helicopter to get from venue to venue. It puzzled me why the two senior quarter-finals couldn't have been played together as double headers on Saturday and Sunday. Take Sunday for instance when there was one match in Callan and then another in Nowlan Park. People don't like being dragged all over the county on a Sunday when there's no need for it. I'm not for one minute here having a go at John Lockes, their pitch and facilities are the envy of most clubs in Kilkenny, it's just a little common sense could be used. Take Sunday again, if the intermediate quarter-final between Danesfort and Conahy Shamrocks had been played at noon, the double-header could have been watched by all in Nowlan Park. Just some food for thought for the fixtures’ committee.

Special youth celebrations will be held in a number of parishes throughout the diocese of Ossory.

A new 40 kilometre stretch of motorway, which is set to knock twenty minutes off journey times between Dublin and Cork, opened on Monday.

Gardai are investigating a terrifying armed raid on a house at a local service station in a north Kilkenny town this week.