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“I’D MUCH rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships.”

Green party Mayor Malcolm Noonan has expressed his satisfaction at the resignation of the Ceann Comhairle John O’ Donoghue and while doing so he called for a cap on expenses paid to politicians and on their salaries.

STAND-UP comedy in Ireland has become more and more popular in recent years and going to a comedy club show is an essential part of any social calendar.

Eight of the nine first New Year’s babies born in Kilkenny this year were all boys giving great hope for a top class Kilkenny hurling team once the boys come of age!

Last Saturday night up to 1,000 people witnessed Mayor Malcolm Noonan crown Mr Michael Costelloe, from Wallslough, King of The Castle following weeks of competing for the title.

Neil Jordan, The Edge, Uma Thurman and other Irish and international celebrities bring messages of hope to Kilkenny this week with the ‘Angels – Beacons of Hope’exhibition currently taking over the grounds of Kilkenny Castle.

The Waterfront Gallery, Westport’s upcoming exhibition will feature new works by Kilkenny-based artist Catherine Barron. The show, entitled Singing Over the Bones, opens tonight Friday, November 13 at 7.30 pm and runs until December 4.

The Tendrleen Thyestes Handicap Steeplechase was the source of great excitement in homes, businesses and at the racetrack in Kilkenny’s Gowran Park yesterday when the horse with only an outside chance of winning took home the grand prize.

Irish Columban priest Fr Michael Sinnott who was freed from captivity in the Philippines on Wednesday is ‘a tough man who will not be discouraged from his missionary work’.

The newly refurbished Parade project and Canal Bank Square are to be officially opened this weekend.