Detectives investigating the murder of a woman 35 years ago have made a breakthrough in the case with the arrest of a suspect for the crime.

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said that a new digital innovation hub in Kilkenny City can drive the digital transformation of Europe's agri-food sector boosting innovation and growth in the region.

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South Tipperary has seen some of the strongest sales in the country already this year, as well as late last year.

A new era will dawn this Saturday in Páirc Sheamuis Stiopháin when Ballyhale Shamrocks play their first game — a Senior Hurling League fixture away to Erin’s Own — under the management of Henry Shefflin.

Under the Hogan Stand, TJ Reid stopped to chat. After scoring 2-2, it didn’t appear it would be a difficult request, and so it turned out, but his demeanour wasn’t one of delight but righteous indignation.

Six little words: “Mammy, I don’t want to die.”

Six little words: “Mammy, I don’t want to die.”

Gardaí are looking for a thief who targeted a 98-year-old woman at her home in Kilkenny.

Kilkenny GAA chiefs have slammed “draconian rates” that could spell the end of their pursuit of big games and the staging of concerts in Nowlan Park.

An undercover detective went beyond the call of duty when he helped deliver a newborn baby.

A 31-year-old man has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of the murder of his partner, Rita Apine, in her Co Kilkenny home.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

In every town and village, people work hard to create a viable tourism sector that generates jobs and enhances quality of life.

The partner of a mother, aged 29, who was fatally injured last Sunday at her home, has been remanded in custody after being charged with her murder.

Nephew chokes back tears as man convicted of strangling elderly woman and setting house on fire

A 'cold case' investigation has solved a 30-year-old murder after a jury returned a guilty verdict against a man for strangling an elderly woman to death before setting her house on fire.

The former sister-in-law of a man charged with murdering a woman 30 years ago has told his trial that the accused confessed the killing to her.

53-year-old John Joseph Malone of Newpark in Kilkenny City denies strangling Anne ‘Nancy’ Smyth before setting her home on fire.

Cold-case murder trial hears man cursed at woman hours before strangled body found in burning home

The price of the average Irish home has risen by 3.5% in the first three months of the year, according to a survey carried out by an estate agents’ body.

A manslaughter trial has been abandoned in the latest case to collapse over concerns about evidence by former deputy State pathologist, Dr Khalid Jaber.

Update 24/01/2017: Edward Canavan has been located safe and well.

Two mental health units have been criticised by the Mental Health Commission for shortcomings, including deficiencies on the use of physical restraint and dirty premises.

Gardaí mounted a massive assault on criminal activity in the Carlow/Kilkenny region yesterday, with a total of 64 people arrested during a “day of action” as part of Operation Thor.

Richie Power Sr and Richie Power Jr have the distinction of being one of the father and son combinations where both parties won a senior All-Ireland. The final experiences against Tipperary were mixed, but the father passed on important lessons...

Opponents of a controversial preacher who is reported to have said that homosexuality is a condition that can be “cured” by prayer plan to protest outside an event at which he is due to speak tonight.

Michael ‘Ducksie’ Walsh was a champion to his fingertips, writes Paul Fitzpatrick

Tributes have poured in for Michael ‘Ducksie’ Walsh following the sudden passing of handball’s greatest icon yesterday.

Kilkenny’s five-star Lyrath Hotel has just been sold for well over €20m to an Irish consortium of buyers who plan to invest further in the 170-acre resort investment, which was developed at a boom-time cost of €50m.

One of the best known hotels in the country, the four-star Langton’s in Kilkenny City generated earnings of over €550,000 in 2014, accounts show.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a six-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a car outside his home has recommended the introduction of a mandatory 30km/h speed limit in all housing estates.

Boil water notices issued in certain areas could increase the risk from the potentially carcinogenic chemicals, according to Friends of the Irish Environment (FOIE).

Drinking water for more than 400,000 people is contaminated with chemicals linked to cancer, but Irish Water has refused to directly inform those affected.

A Kilkenny man who stabbed shop worker Mairead Moran to death at her workplace and was found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital.

A Kilkenny man who stabbed shop worker Mairead Moran to death at her workplace has been found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity.

A second forensic psychiatrist has told a jury a murder accused suffering from schizophrenia was “not capable of forming a specific intent”.

The effects of Storm Frank are still being felt following the latest severe weather event to lash the country.