A Chinese national who killed a Kilkenny postmaster following a post office raid is an asylum seeker who said he had no money, could not get a work visa and was suffering from depression, the Central Criminal Court at Dublin has heard.

Witnesses who saw a Kilkenny postmaster being shot say they saw a man stopping and waving a gun at the postmaster as he chased the man along Kilkenny’s Wolfe Tone Street.

A man who is on trial for the murder of a Kilkenny postmaster, who he shot following a raid that netted him about €15,000, told postal clerks "thanks" as he left, a court has heard.

A Chinese national has gone on trial in the Central Criminal Court at Dublin for the murder of a Kilkenny postmaster who he shot after stealing €13,000 from a post office on John’s Green in the city.

A jury of six men and six women have been selected to hear the trial of a man charged with murdering a postmaster in Kilkenny on December 8, 2006.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Kilkenny woman rescued by two men who later drowned has been described by neighbours in the quiet country village where she lived as “a kind, intelligent and free-spirited young girl” who they fear will be deeply impacted by the tragedy.

THE Old Rectory at Woodsgift, north Kilkenny, is due up for auction on December 3 carrying a reduced guide price prior to auction of €500,000.

THE ADDRESS alone carries cache as well as a mercenary and snob value, ever before you pace out the 4,000 sq ft of space on a three-quarter acre site in Douglas in Cork.