The young revolutionary who killed the only policeman to die violently between 1916 and the War of Independence later became an early member of An Garda Síochána, a police researcher has found.

The Retail Grocery Dairy and Allied Trades Association (RGDATA) has temporarily put the brakes on German discounters Aldi and Lidl further expanding in Ireland.

Woollen blankets were abandoned long ago, but a new generation is rediscovering the luxury of wool, and the craftsmanship of our weavers. Carol O’Callaghan runs an appreciative hand over some of the latest creations.

Enda Kenny looks tired.

A River Shannon taskforce and an extra €10m to cover the clean-up cost are among more than 12 measures agreed by the Government to deal with the flooding crisis.

Actor Gabriel Byrne has added his voice to a campaign opposing the development of a hard surface on the grassy towpath along the River Barrow which has been used as an amenity for generations.

A woman has been killed in a traffic accident in Co Kilkenny.

A family of foxes is on tour around schools in the South-East.

Gardaí are investigating after hundreds of Bank of Ireland accounts were skimmed at the weekend.

A Garda probe is under way after hundreds of Bank of Ireland customers had their accounts raided in two branches over the weekend.

Cookery schools, river walks and wildlife parks — Kilkenny has a lot to offer, says John Tynan.

I love the term applied to the illicit “top-ups” paid secretly to senior hospital management, namely “compensation”. Would a term like misappropriation not be more fitting?

It saddens me to hear the Irish people are unable to deal with the “stress” of too many referendums.

Venues across the South-East have been chosen to host the country’s top canoeing and kayaking club competition next year.

Distribution of Leader funds has to remain independent of politics, says Labour TD Ann Phelan.

GRAIGUENAMANAGH TO ST MULLINS WALK

Bank of Ireland has cut its counter cash services to three days a week across a network of branches.

Donegal Yarns are supplying Ralph Lauren and Polo, but mills here are in survival mode after number of closures, says Kathy Foley.

BOOKWORMS from all over Ireland are set to descend on a “town of books” next month when it hosts its ninth annual festival devoted to the written word.

While there is a certain monastic simplicity and serenity to Peter Cody’s award-winning home located on the cusp of the town, its architectural cues are most definitely in the present.

Gardaí at Graiguenamanagh in Co Kilkenny have appealed for help in tracing a 15-year-old girl missing from her home for the past week.

SENATORS investigating mobile phone expense claims by Ivor Callely are expected to be asked today to adjourn their inquiry for two weeks to give the embattled politician time to seek legal advice.

The controversy surrounding Ivor Callely’s expenses is an embarrassment to Fianna Fáil, a senior Government minister accepted today.

Senator Larry Butler has resigned the Fianna Fáil whip tonight.

FIANNA FÁIL Senator Larry Butler has insisted that the “rumours” surrounding his controversial expenses are “ill-founded” and that his name will be cleared.

A YOUNG man drowned moments after he called to his friends for help an inquest heard yesterday.

Cork city council have turned off the water supply to the city centre and suburbs over fears of contamination because of flood damage to a pumping station.

THE little girl at the centre of the controversy over cutbacks at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Dublin is recovering from life-saving surgery in England.

A SENIOR officer is to lead a Garda operation to combat a sharp rise in so-called “hole-in-the-wall” raids on ATM machines.

THE mother of a little girl at the centre of the controversy over cutbacks at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Dublin wept when HSE chief Prof Brendan Drumm insisted that scoliosis surgery would be prioritised by the hospital.

A gang of masked men have used a digger to rob a cash machine from the front wall of a Bank of Ireland branch in Co Kilkenny.

A man and a woman have drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming in separate rivers in Kilkenny.

IRELAND’S unsustainable “black hole” hotels which have littered the country for more than a decade will be killed off at the rate of one a week, Ireland’s leading food and accommodation critic has predicted.

Torrential downpours are causing major problems on the roads today.

Six handguns and a rifle have been seized by gardaí in Co Kilkenny, it was confirmed today.

STUNNED locals were stuck for words and few could comprehend how or why a bitter, protracted dispute over land could spark a murder and a suicide in the close-knit community of Coolyhune on the Carlow/Kilkenny border.

GLANBIA chairman Tom Corcoran is set to retire at today's meeting of the food group's board in Kilkenny, with vice chairman Michael Walsh expected to succeed him.

HALF a million euro knocked off an asking price isn't a bad gift for Christmas. And it may help to attract new owners for the so-called Temple of Light.

ROLLING out and along and down to the River Barrow at a wide river bend in picturesque Graiguenamanagh in Kilkenny is Brandondale House, a house with a history linked to Crowmell, and a future linked to development potential.

UP to 12 hours of torrential rain wreaked havoc across the south-east yesterday, with parts of Kilkenny and Wexford hardest hit.