Two violent incidents within 14 hours of each other in Kilkenny City in early May left the local community shaken and struggling to comprehend what has happened. Gardaí launched an investigation into all the circumstances surrounding the death of a man following a stabbing incident in the Hebron Road area in Kilkenny City. READ MORE BELOW May was the dawn of a new era for the South-East of Ireland as the region’s first university officially came into existence.Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris officially signed the order under the Technological Universities Act 2018 to establish South East Technological University (SETU) on the first day of May. Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce announced a new president with the Brian Keyes, Editorial Operations Director at Iconic Newspapers taking over the role following two years of distinguished service from Colin Ahern, General Manager of the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel. Kilkenny had another lucky lotto millionaire, with the unknown punter purchasing their ticket at Centra on Main Street in Mooncoin. The winning ticket was worth the mammoth sum of €8,508,720. The local outlet that sold it also sold a €6,834,410 jackpot winning ticket in 2019. Darkness Into LightThousands of alarm clocks went off early on one Saturday morning in May as the people of Kilkenny got up to walk from Darkness Into Light. The 5k walk, which allowed people to connect with their local community while raising funds for Pieta, was a huge hit in the county with people turning out in great numbers to support the return of the organised walk into sunrise. There as excitement as the public realm surrounding the Brewhouse building in the Abbey Quarter, namely Horse Barrack Lane and The Brewhouse Square was officially opened by Minister Darragh O’Brien. There was a public viewing of what was described as ‘a game-changing Phase One’ of a €200 million regeneration project for Kilkenny City, enhancing the entire area for both local people and
May - Violent incidents leave city shaken, new Rose of Kilkenny is revealed
