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Kilkenny’s Smithwicks Brewery is to cease all operations and close completely by Christmas of 2013 – with the loss of 44 local jobs, drinks giant Diageo confirmed yesterday (Thursday).

The Cellar Bar in Kilkenny’s Smithwicks brewery was the place to be on Wednesday evening this week, as this year’s Celtic Festival officially got under way.

Diageo Ireland has announced that the Kilkenny branch of Down Syndrome Ireland is to receive a grant of €1,000 to help alleviate the cost of running a summer camp for local children with the condition.

A man has appeared before Mullingar District Court charged with stealing more than €2,500 worth of alcohol from outside Daly’s Bar, Oliver Plunkett Street, Mullingar.

Cult Kilkenny band Engine Alley are set to thrill their fans and unleash their distinctive songs on a new audience when they reform for their first proper gig in five years, playing Whelan’s of Dublin on Saturday, July 23 supported by Pony Club, with MC Enda Muldoon.

If you have been seeing the odd Stetson in town, paired with shin-high cowboy boots, there is no need to fret — you are not lost in an old Western movie — you are about to witness one of the best music country/folk, rhythm and blues festivals in the country, and it’s all happening in the Marble City over the long weekend.

It’s a great feeling when Kilkenny suddenly bursts into life and takes on the ‘summer feelin’’!

Kilkenny is gearing up for festival fever again this year and recent good weather has reminded locals how wonderful Kilkenny’s summer months can be when filled with festival fun.

Stars in Our Bars will take place in pubs all over Kilkenny city and county in the next few weeks and organisers are asking any pub or any act that is still interested in taking part to contact Eamon Cleere on 087 9582127.

A group of top international conference buyers from the US, Great Britain, mainland Europe, and South Africa arrived in Kilkenny last weekend as part of a familiarisation trip of the South East region, prior to the official opening of the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) on Tuesday September 7.