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Carlow Councillor Brian O'Donoghue's been telling KCLR News' Martin Quilty of the impact of the wastewater network upgrade in Tullow on the area ...

The Chair of Ferrybank Community Development Residents Group John Hayes has been outlining to KCLR News' Martin Quilty why attending their monthly meeting can be beneficial for those living in or with an interest in the Kilkenny/Waterford border area ...

The Garden Show – 28/4/2026 - Brought to you by Arboretum & Garden Heaven by KCLR96FM

The South Kilkenny village of Piltown is known for its distinctive architecture, community drive and the philanthropic spirit of the O'Shea family, whose fruit and vegetable business is among the most successful in the country. The three-storey Belline House, located adjacent to the Iverk Showgrounds, was built with an octagonal centre back in 1785, along with an accompanying two-storey, eight-sid...

The Government is signing off on the final details of a fuel support package for the agriculture and haulage sector. It follows nationwide protests by farmers, fishermen, hauliers and coach providers over rising fuel costs. KCLR News' Martin Quilty was out and about getting reaction from locals and visitors about the fuel crisis.

25 personell from our locality, each of whom has completed intensive training in Limerick and Wicklow ahead of their mission to the South Lebanon. KCLR News' Martin Quilty spoke to these people on our lcoal streets to see if they agreed or disagreed with their deployment.

Our Francis Nesbitt's been hearing of tomorrow's Grass 2026 which is set to unfold in Cuffesgrange, county Kilkenny ...

Tullow Men's Shed came across some vandalism at their community biodiversity garden last night and told our Francis Nesbitt of their disappointment on The KCLR Daily ...

Cllr Fintan Phelan's been telling The KCLR Daily of the county council's ambitious plan for Carlow town and while on he also touched on this morning's traffic issues locally and in Dublin city centre ...

As part of a nationwide recruitment drive, Bluebird Care's set to hire fifty people in Carlow and Kilkenny - local Managing Director and Callan native Brian Egan told The KCLR Daily's Francis Nesbitt more ...

County Carlow Cllr William Paton's been speaking with KCLR News' Stephen Byrne re the statement issued on Saturday by Rathwood Home & Garden World Ltd ...

Christian Brothers College Kilkenny was officially opened by Education Minister Hildegarde Naughton yesterday, with retired staff joining the current teaching team along with other invited guests for an afternoon of festivities. The new school features 37 classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, library and fitness suite and can cater for up to a thousand students. A full-sized all-weather playing pitch...

Legendary trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon remembers the late John Fleming ...

Liam Carroll of the Environment Department at Carlow County Council's been telling KCLR News of the discovery of more than 200 tyres on Mount Leinster ...

Sgt PJ Griffin outlines details of the theft of gates from a property close to Dunnamaggin village in county Kilkenny recently ...

Cllr Deirdre Cullen who teaches at Kilkenny City Vocational School raised a funding issue for the premises with the Education Minister when she visited yesterday ...

Full interview with Seán Molloy of Tírlán. An edited version was broadcast on the Farm Show on 23/4/2026

The KCLR Farm Show, brought to you by Tirlán, broadcasts on KCLR every Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. with the programme repeated on Sunday mornings at 7:00 a.m. It is an agriculture based programme, focusing on current farming events, the people involved in farming, the Agri-sector and rural issues affecting the people of Carlow and Kilkenny. Matt O'Keeffe is your host, and you can contact the sho...

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton (FG) was on hand to officially open Christian Brothers College in Kilkenny City today, where she unveiled a commemorative plaque alongside the school's main entrance.   The school boasts 37 classrooms, a multi-purpose hall and a host of new indoor and outdoor facilities which could not have been delivered at its former home on James's Street. Pr...

Carlow Councillor Brian O'Donoghue's been telling KCLR News' Dermot Keyes of his views on his former party leader's controversial comments ...

Cllr Ger Frisby has been speaking to KCLR News's Dermot Keyes following recent vandalism at a Ferrybank playground ...

Máire George is a well-known figure in Ballon, County Carlow and has been reacting to the news that one of the two Irish tickets now worth €500,000 each after last night's EuroMillions Plus draw was sold in her locality ...

Following last night's sod-turning on the newest development at Carlow GAA's Centre of Excellence in Fenagh, our Brian Redmond was joined on The KCLR Daily by Chair of Carlow GAA John McDonald and Club Carlow Chair David Walsh ... (images: Pat Ahern)

General Manager of Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel Colin Ahern's been telling KCLR News' Edwina Grace of challenges for hospitality as leaders from the sector across the EU gather in Cork later ...

The Green Party leader is set to table a motion in the Dáil with a protest outside Leinster House due to follow as part of Earth Day. Senator Malcolm Noonan has more ...