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GLASSLAND AND Patrick’s Day were declared the joint winners of the Best Irish Feature accolade during the Galway Film Fleadh awards ceremony which took place last night.

As part of a series called ‘Sunday Nights at the Lectures’ the Hole in the Wall, 17 High St, Kilkenny is organising a set of talks by members of the artistic community in the area. The objective is to learn about the activities of various leaders and innovators and to see what the future holds – especially in these times of economic recession.

This September, Young Irish Film Makers enter into their twentieth year of making films with young people.

Today Labour MEP Nessa Childers will visit Kilkenny to meet with heritage experts and film entrepreneurs to learn about their plans for maintaining and developing Kilkenny’s status as heritage destination and creative hub.

Following recent revelations that Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon is to create 30 jobs in the city over the coming year in a film project worth €5.3 million, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan pledged his support for other start up businesses in Kilkenny.

Thousands lined the streets of Kilkenny for what was one of the most successful St Patrick’s Day events ever to have taken place in the city in recent years.

The St Patrick’s Day parade in Kilkenny is shaping up to be just one exciting part of an action-packed day in the city.

The vocal star of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Secret of Kells, Christen Mooney (13) has agreed to be the Grand Marshall for this year’s St Partick’s Day Parade in Kilkenny.

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh came to a close on Sunday night with the festival’s award ceremony in the Town Hall Theatre.

The Labour Party Leader, Eamon Gilmore, will be in Kilkenny and Carlow today in a planned constituency visit and walkabout.