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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.

For a long time, the Smithwicks Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots festival was regarded by its formerly small following as one of Kilkenny’s best kept secrets. But the huge level of interest and demand for tickets this year suggests that this is no longer the case. The secret is out.

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.

Let down your hair for a great cause this October Bank Holiday weekend as Kilkenny welcomes back one of its longest established music festivals, Rockfall.

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.

Deputy Phil Hogan and Junior Minister John McGuinness are campaigning on behalf of the workers at St Francis Abbey Brewery who are uncertain about their future following recent developments at the brewery headquarters.