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The owner of a newly discovered heritage sight at Newtown, Jerpoint, in Thomastown has come before the members of Kilkenny County Council in a bid to garner support from the local authority to develop the site into a tourist attraction.

Members of Kilkenny County Council impressed upon council officials this week the importance of bearing local businesses in mind when seeking tenders for local authority projects.

Kilkenny County Council paid tribute to new senator Pat O’Neill’s achievements in being elected to the Seanad at this month’s meeting of Kilkenny County Council.

Ballyragget Fine Gael District are hosting a special celebratory function at Castlecomer Golf Club on this Friday at 8pm.

The much-loved Irish actress Maureen O’Hara was in Kilkenny this week for the launch of the Kilkenny Age-Friendly County Strategy, in the Ormonde Hotel on Tuesday afternoon.

December, 2010 will long be remembered as the coldest month experienced in Co Kilkenny. Sustained low temperatures and unseasonably early snowfall made life very difficult for householders but also for commuters and those trying to go about their daily business in the county.

The City Carnegie Library marked 100 years of service last Wednesday with the launch of a full colour illustrated commemorative brochure.

The ribbon was cut on Kilkenny’s new courthouse on Friday last when the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern visited Kilkenny to carry out the official ceremony.

Kilkenny, has been awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre 2010 from the Tidy Towns competition.

They may not have won the five-in-a-row but as illustrated on Monday night the senior hurlers are still the heroes of Kilkenny.