PRESS RELEASE McGuinness Welcomes “Badly Needed Clarity” from Uisce Éireann on Water and Wastewater Projects Across County Kilkenny. Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny, John McGuinness, has welcomed what he describes as “clear and comprehensive answers” from Uisce Éireann following a detailed series of questions he submitted on the status of water and wastewater infrastructure in […]

The text of a letter from John McGuinness, TD’s office following his attendance at the recent meeting in Inistioge calling for an upgrade to the local wastewater treatment plant. The letter was distributed to households in the area and is published below for those who did not receive a copy.   Dear Resident, For some […]

A large group of residents got together this week to discuss the proposed windfarm development which would run from Mount Alto towards Tullogher. There was strong support for the idea of setting up a local organisation to oppose the plan. A meeting is scheduled for Cois Abhann on Wednesday, Dec 10th @ 8.15pm. All those […]

Keep Her Lit returns to the beautiful village of Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny this November with the festival’s inaugural Féile Samhain gathering. The 2 day festival invites young and old to commemorate, celebrate and congregate around the fire. Keep Her Lit Féile Samhain’s programme of events is bursting with something for all ages! From ancestral storytelling, bilingual foraging & apple […]

As many people will know, the late Maura O’Neill wrote many poems over the years. Some years ago, these were collected in book form by the Woodstock Heritage Museum. The entire book of poetry can be downloaded by clicking on the link below A Ramble by the Nore – A Collection of Verse by Maura […]