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The Keep Kilkenny Beautiful awards ceremony took place in Hotel Kilkenny on Tuesday evening this week, with Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan, Mayor David Fitzgerald, and Cathaoirleach Paul Cuddihy all in attendance.

Kilkenny will be the venue for an action-packed schedule of world-class talent in music, theatre, craft, dance and literature for this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival, which runs from August 5 to 14.

Legal history was made in Kilkenny yesterday (Thursday) when the Central Criminal Court opened a trial in the city for the first time in its history.

Legal history was made in Kilkenny yesterday (Thursday) when the Central Criminal Court opened a trial in the city for the first time in its history.

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.

Minister for Justice Mr Dermot Ahern TD is to officially open the newly refurbished and historic courthouse in Kilkenny following its €17 million refurbishment.

“ We moved out in July 2007 — when we had just one all-Ireland final won!” joked Mr Nolan. “We are very happy to be moving back into our old quarters, which now look nothing like they did before.”

Criminals and those with not so murky pasts who are requested to attend court in Kilkenny, will be treated to five-star treatment in the stunning setting of the newly refurbished Kilkenny Courthouse.

Kilkenny Courthouse — one of Kilkenny’s most historical buildings — is to be opened up for business in ten days time after three years during which a massive €20 million refurbishment and conservation project was under way.