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KCLR's Luke Cullen's set to cycle across Carlow and Kilkenny as part of National Bike Week, starting at The KCLR Daily OB in Tullow ...

KCLR News' Martin Quilty's been catching up with Cllr Fergal Browne re his concerns of a busy local road ...

Ahead of Friday's Go Purple Day to raise awareness of domestic abuse, our Brian Redmond was joined on The KCLR Daily by representatives of An Garda Síochána and other organisations that provide supports ...

The KCLR Farm Show, brought to you by Tirlán, broadcasts on KCLR every Thursday evening at 7:00aa 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 presented this evenings edition. You ca...

At the Kilkenny City Municipal District's May meeting, Cllr Seán Ó hArgáin (Lab) tabled a motion calling for "an audit of all vacant units ‘over the shop’ in the city centre core". He also called for "consideration of a ‘one stop shop’ approach to advise owners on the possibilities of conversion of these units to badly needed housing accommodation, including energy retrofits, disability access mod...

A fundraising concert for the family of a South Kilkenny man who died last January will be held in Waterford's Tower Hotel on Friday week, May 22nd. Paul O'Brien, who was only 48 years of age when he died earlier this year, made many friends in his native Kilkenny and adopted Waterford City home through music and the arts. He is survived by his wife Louise and four children: Alice, Aoife, Jade and...

23 new homes are due to be sold in Graiguecullen as June Doran outlined to Brian Redmond on The KCLR Daily.

The Green light has been given to Kilkenny College by Kilkenny County Council for a new development on the grounds of the College. Our reporter Martin Quilty spoke to Gordon Rowe who is Director of Rugby at the college about the project.

At the May meeting of Carlow County Council, Independent Councillor Charlie Murphy won support for the following motion: "We the elected members of Carlow County Council, due to the continuing geopolitical and uncertainty of supplies to oil and gas since the Ukraine War and the Middle East request the Minister (for Climate, Energy and the Environment) to carefully consider the provisions in (the)...

SIPTU and Unite union members who work with the National Ambulance Service began industrial action with a work-to-rule on Monday and a 24 hour strike on Tuesday for all non-emergency calls. KCLR News' Dermot Keyes visited a local picket line ...

KCLR News' Martin Quilty was at last night's Kilkenny Local Community Safety Partnership event in Kilkenny city and spoke to the Chair of the LCSP, Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council and a spokesperson for Comhairle Na nÓg.

KCLR News' Martin Quilty was at last night's Kilkenny Local Community Safety Partnership event in Kilkenny city and spoke to some of those attending as well as those involved ...

Colbert Fennelly from Stoneyford was part of the winning team to take the Best Visual Effects for Avatar: Fire and Ash at the Academy Awards earlier this year. We spoke to him at the time but on a trip home he dropped in for an on-air chat with his Dad Michael ...

Carlow College St Patrick's hosted a Mass and Reception as part of the Fianna Fáil Centenary Celebrations on Saturday - KCLR News' Dermot Keyes was there and spoke with the party leader, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin ...

A collaborative project between SETU's Carlow campus, Carlow County Council and Carlow Town's charity retail sector placed students at the forefront of addressing textile sustainability and circular economy challenges in the town. The initiative involved 16 international students from SETU Carlow's 4th Year Applied Business Solutions course, who explored how circular economy principles can reduce...

KCLR's Amy Hickey attended The Vision Forge at Visual Carlow this week to speak with students of film at Carlow Institute about their pieces which were on show ...

Chair of Carlow Pride John Paul Payne joined our Brian Redmond on The KCLR Daily to confirm a date and more for Carlow Pride 2026 ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trande Helen McEntee was in Kilkenny yesterday and she visited James Stephen’s Barracks where she was given a tour of the new gym and met troops. KCLR News' Martin Quilty spoke to the Minister on several issues including the security around the EU Presidency.

Leas Ceann Comhairle and Carlow Kilkenny Deputy John McGuinness has been updating KCLR News' Edwina Grace on works set to upgrade the N76 Callan Bypass ...

KCLR CEO John Purcell had a wide-range of questions to put to Minister Helen McEntee during their Fireside Chat style interview at Kilkenny Chamber's President's Dinner last night ...

The national Age Friendly Ireland Convention winds down today (Friday) in Athlone - KCLR News' Dermot Keyes has been finding out more from Meath County Council's Kieran Kehoe ...

Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick outlines an event organised by the Kilkenny Local Community Safety Partnership which is due to take place on Monday 11th May at the Rivercourt Hotel ...

The KCLR Farm Show, brought to you by Tirlán, broadcasts on KCLR every Thursday evening at 7:00aa 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. Martin Bridgeman presented this evening's edition. Yo...

The long-awaited cleaning and de-silting of the King’s River at Callan has been hit with yet another delay, much to the frustration of local residents and political representatives alike. The May meeting of the Callan/Thomastown Municipal District was told that a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will have to be conducted and approved before any works can be carried out in the river. Cllr Lyons spoke...

Kilkenny man Páidí Manning's been outlining his experiences of a former teacher which have sparked calls for an investigation ...