Update 11pm: The woman who died in suspicious circumstances in Kilkenny today has been named locally as Rita Apine.

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

Their graph was expected to dip. After successive All-Ireland final defeats, managerial resignations and the departure of two of their most experienced players, Kilkenny camogie was set to return to the chasing pack in 2015.

Kilkenny secured their second consecutive win in the Liberty Insurance senior camogie championship, showing no sympathy for understrength Clare when recording a 2-22 to 0-6 victory at the St Lachtain’s pitch in Freshford.

Babs Keating and Eddie Keher last night paid their respects to the Tipperary hurling great Jimmy Doyle who passed away yesterday.

Tony Clayton-Lea offers a list of holiday destinations at home and away.

A man has died in an industrial accident in Co Kilkenny today.

Graffiti on a new limestone monument in Johnstown ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland final has been condemned as the work of "unsporting people".

At times, it’s with a polite or roundabout rebuttal that Brian Cody answers a question.

Kilkenny and Galway will meet in the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-final next Sunday in Freshford, after wins over DIT and Offaly respectively this afternoon.

As a result of the exceptionally stormy conditions, some flights have been diverted, delayed or cancelled as a result of severe gusty winds at Dublin Airport.

Muckalee 2-10 James Stephens 1-09

Kilcohan Park may have to take a backseat for a few days after Thomas The Tank, owned by Waterford racing manager Kathleen Lennon and trained by her father, Denis, was crowned the Boylesports Coursing Derby champion of 2013.

CYCLE the Canal du Midi in the south of France for a wonderful, relaxing holiday.

The IHFA Open Day takes place on Wednesday June 20 on the farm of Tom and Maura Murphy at Swiftsheath, Jenkinstown, Co. Kilkenny.

Fermanagh maintained their 100% record in Football League Division 4 today, while Clare, Wicklow and Carlow also recorded victories.

Kilkenny are expected to consider withdrawing from the Allianz Football League and the Leinster U21 FC later this year.

Blanaid Hennessy has developed a heavy reliance on makeup and chocolate.

ALL the excitement of the All-Ireland final put to bed, it’s back to serious club business in Kilkenny and Tipperary this weekend, the senior club championships in both counties at quarter-final stage with one exception.

DREAMS are grist to the mill at this profile Kilkenny property — one that has caught the eye of passers by for almost 220 years.

FOLLOWING the fireworks in Croke Park on Saturday night, an occasion chosen by the GAA to mark the opening of its 125th year celebrations, Kilkenny and Galway served notice yesterday that hurling too is ready to play its part in what could yet be a really special year for the GAA.

DIT 0-18 Kilkenny 2-6

KILKENNY footballers know their place in the scheme of things.

Antrim hurling manager Terence 'Sambo' McNaughton has called on GAA chiefs to look at creating a second-tier championship for counties that are not good enough to win the Liam McCarthy Cup but who are too strong to compete in the Christy Ring Cup.

Two people have died following separate road accidents in Co Monaghan and Co Kilkenny last night.

An elderly woman has died in a road accident in Co Kilkenny.

THE Camogie Association is not budging on the venue for the All-Ireland senior club final between St. Lachtain’s from Kilkenny and Antrim side O’Donovan Rossa.

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.

‘BEWARE of the Cats’, the sign on John Delaney’s double gates warns!

A NEIGHBOUR of Minister Micheal Martin was one of the latest victims of the carnage on Irish roads, which has so far this year claimed the lives of 102 people.

THE death toll on Irish roads climbed to 98 yesterday after a two-car accident left a woman dead and two people in hospital.

Gardaí have recovered two of the three special-needs minibuses stolen in Co Westmeath over the weekend.

LIMERICK introduce four newcomers for Sunday’s opening round Allianz NHL game against Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.

ALL-Ireland titles are on the line and final berths up for grabs on a busy club championship weekend of Ladies football and camogie.

ON January 25 last Thomas Butler from Freshford and I went down to the tail of the Pococke river. The site was sickening. Even though the visibility was not great due to a recent flood, we videoed 15 dead fish. All the hen fish were in full spawn.

1999 All-Ireland winning captain Graham Geraghty made his first start for 18 months, but ended up on the losing side in today’s O’Byrne Cup quarter final as Kildare saw off Meath 2-11 to 1-11 in Newbridge.

IT was a world championship qualifying match that proved to be child’s play for one of the contestants.

Gardaí have named three of the four people killed in road accidents this bank holiday weekend.

THREE people died in Bank Holiday weekend accidents in Galway, Kilkenny and Carlow. The latest victim, father-of-two Peter Whelan from Fernhill, Arklow, Co Wicklow, was the 16th motorcyclist to die on Irish roads this year.

A man in his fifties has died following a two-car collision in Co Kilkenny.

GALWAY’S dual hurling and football star Kevin Brady could face a lengthy suspension after he has been called to appear before the GAC in Croke Park next month.