Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man in his 50s died in a collision on the Kilkenny-Waterford border yesterday evening.

A MOUTH-WATERING Easter egg with up to €775,000 in grant aid and supports is currently whetting the appetite of five rural communities.

PHIL HOGAN’S attempts to block a constituent family getting housing needs to be put in context.

The Fire Service is continuing to battle a major blaze at an oil depot in Co Kilkenny this evening.

In Kilkenny, a major fire has broken out at an oil depot, causing some roads to close and train services to be suspended.

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

SCENES from anther world. Mississippi 1963.

The first phase of a €23 million water scheme which will enable major industrial and residential expansion in the South-East will be officially opened later this week.

IN answering Eric Conway’s dilemma over what atheists stand for (June 8), I cite Stephen Roberts when he states “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”

FARMERS in Kilkenny are enraged by a council letter threatening them with fines of up to €130,000 for rubbish dumped on their lands by passers-by.

THE recently launched Campaign to Promote Cycle Safety by the Road Safety Authority shows it has its priorities upside down when it comes to protection of cyclists and pedestrians.

OWNERS of a house who didn’t know they were in a radon zone were being exposed to radiation equivalent to having seven chest X-rays every day.

WHAT an appalling mess this country of ours is in — a dysfunctional and powerless minority Government surviving under what can only be described as political blackmail and an ineffective Taoiseach hanging on after losing the leadership of his party.

THE recent stand-off between Inland Fisheries Ireland officers and Cork County Council over the dredging of the Bandon river highlights the ongoing conflict between human activity and the natural environment.

DIARMUID O’FLYNN (DO’F): Michael, why is that so many former players stay involved in Kilkenny?

THE horrendous deaths of 10 people – eight in Donegal and two more elsewhere in the country over the past weekend – highlights the enormous social costs of the car in society. It also demonstrates a huge hypocrisy that permeates society when confronting the issues and contradictions that surround car culture in general.

ONE topic not mentioned in the reports from the G20 meeting in Toronto last week was energy or how the “growth revival” proposed for the world economies was going to be fuelled in an era of ever-dwindling resources.

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa finished within five seconds of the course record when winning the Lifestyle Sports adidas Dublin Marathon on his debut over the distance.

A Waterford subcontracting company accused of a massive VAT fraud involving over €800,000 has failed to appear in court for trial.

Officials at Limerick will hold a 7.30am inspection ahead of tomorrow's meeting due to the threat of further rain overnight.

TWO brothers have been elected mayors of different county councils on the very same day.

FAMILY and friends of 13-year-old Nicole O’Brien, who drowned after saving her younger sister from the sea off west Cork, gathered last night for her removal.

An elderly woman has been taken to hospital following a fire at a residential home in Co Kilkenny overnight.

SUB-AQUA club divers who yesterday recovered the body of a missing Leitrim man from the River Shannon have criticised gardaí for their management of the rescue operation - and they have called for a national debate on the relationship between gardaí and sub-aqua club divers.

A 28-year-old Co Kilkenny man has drowned while on holidays with friends in Australia.

This coming Sunday the TG4 Underdogs side, managed by former Offaly boss Pat Fleury, will take on the might of Kilkenny's senior hurlers on the hallowed turf of Nowlan Park (throw-in 1.45pm).

Niamh Nolan

JOHN MAUGHAN was reappointment Mayo senior football manager for a three-year term last night, after stating he and his selectors were not interested in 12-month appointments.

St Senan’s AC promote their open cross-country event next Sunday at Kilmacow, Co Kilkenny.

A Kilkenny man is seriously ill in hospital after a row outside a nightclub in Australia.

MORE THAN two heart operations for seriously ill children were cancelled every month this year at Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin, a report has revealed.

SEAN QUINLAN (19) from Littleton, Co Tipperary, enjoyed a day he will never forget at Tramore yesterday.

The two young motorcyclists who were killed in holiday weekend accidents have been named. 23-year-old John Paul O'Connor from Glenmorgan, Co Tipperary, died when his motorbike collided with a wall at Dundrum in the county.

A motorcyclist in his early 20s has died in a road accident near Dundrum in Co Tipperary.