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Gardai hunt ‘mindless’ vandals who caused €10,000 of damage to kids’ playground in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN VANDALS broke into the grounds of the Fr McGrath Centre in Kilkenny over the weekend and caused over €10,000 worth of damage to the children’s playground. The shocking incident occurred sometime between 6pm on Friday and midnight on Sunday. Extensive damage was done to the children’s playground inside the grounds of the […]

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Car free Kilkenny city-centre part of Government plan to slash carbon emissions

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CARS could be banned from Kilkenny city centre under the Government’s new climate action plans. The move to ban cars from city-centres is part of the Government’s 180-point Climate Action Plan to have zero carbon emissions by 2050. According to the plan, no new petrol or diesel engine cars will be sold […]

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Kilkenny gardai launch criminal probe into friar’s gay ‘zombie’ homily

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI in Kilkenny have launched an official investigation into the controversial homily by a Capuchin Friar that compared gay people to “spiritual zombies” that have been infected. Former Fianna Fáil councillor Patrick McKee made the criminal complaint to gardai in Kilkenny last week. Mr McKee said he believed the cleric’s comments

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BREAKING: Anger as Castlecomer councillors vote to halve their number of meetings

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN THE newly elected members of the Castlecomer Municipal District have voted to halve the number of meetings they will hold for the next 12 months, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. The controversial proposal to reduce the monthly meetings to bi-monthly meetings was put forward by Fine Gael’s Mary Hilda Kavanagh at the municipal’s first […]

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SPONSORED: St Canice’s Credit Union – buying a car? Don’t get blown away by tempting balloon offers

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

WHEN buying a car a sensible motorist will read about the make and model, take a test drive, get a second opinion – make sure it really is the one for you. You should take the same approach when looking for a loan to make the purchase. In recent years, Personal Contract Plans (PCPs) have […]

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KILKENNY GAA ROUND-UP: All your local results and league tables

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

J.J. Kavanagh & Sons All County League Group A Fri, 14 Jun, Fri, 14 Jun, Venue: Windgap, (Round 1), Windgap 2-15 Conahy Shamrocks 0-19 J.J. Kavanagh & Sons All County League Group c Tue, 11 Jun, Tue, 11 Jun, Venue: Piltown, (Round 4), Mooncoin 6-16 Piltown 1-8 Fri, 14 Jun, Fri, 14 Jun, Venue: Pairc […]

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Cody’s Cats 7-1 outsiders to lift Liam McCarthy this year after thrilling draw at Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY DESPITE Kilkenny’s thrilling draw with Wexford on Saturday, Galway being dumped out of the championship by Dublin was the most significant development this season so far. Brain Cody, calmness personified, knew the draw was good enough to see Kilkenny into another Leinster decider as he walked onto the Innovate Wexford Park turf […]

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Kilkenny’s rich history now available on national archive database

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Library has joined the Digital Repository of Ireland – making Kilkenny’s rich history available to the world at the click of a button. The partnership will see the records currently held by the Kilkenny County Library, including information on the county’s history, geography, antiquities, archaeology, folklore and culture, being added

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Nine lucky Kilkenny punters scratch off €575,000 in top card prizes

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

NINE lucky punters from Kilkenny city and county scooped a total of €575,000 by winning the top prize after trying their luck with National Lottery scratch cards. Since 2015, there have been a total of 402 winners across the country who have won top tier prizes, which are the maximum cash prizes on a given […]

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SPONSORED: Newpark Hotel – where nature lends a hand to make the perfect wedding venue

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

EVERYONE wants their wedding to be extra-special. They want a venue with rich experience in the art of wedding planning, where the staff are always attentive and trained to head off problems before they can surface, where they understand what is needed to truly make your big day the most wonderful day of your lives. […]