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Kilkenny community raise over €50,000 for family after devastating blaze

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2024 0

A big-hearted county Kilkenny community has raised more than €50,000 to help a local family whose businesses were destroyed in a devastating fire earlier over the weekend. Inistioge farmer Dermot Prendergast and his son John’s contracting business went up in smoke after the blaze broke out on the family farm shortly after midnight on Friday. […]

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Kilkenny house prices rising at slower rate than other counties in Leinster

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2024 0

Average house prices in Kilkenny have risen by €5,000 to €250,000, according to a new survey carried out by MyHome.ie and Bank of Ireland. Prices in neighbouring Carlow also rise by 2% over the past year, with the average asking price for a home rising to €255,000. However, the rate of house price growth was […]

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Rural regeneration: Eight Kilkenny projects get €270,000 funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2024 0

Eight Kilkenny projects have been awarded a combined €269,232 in the latest round of CLÁR funding. The latest funding under the scheme – a targeted investment programme for small infrastructural projects in rural areas that experience disadvantage – is part of an overall €472m investment announced by the Department of Rural and Community Development. Coolagh

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Kevin Costner is a Kilkenny man!

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2024 0

Hollywood A-lister Kevin Costner’s ancestors hailed from county Kilkenny, it has emerged, According to a report in the US-based news site IrishCentral, the Yellowstone star’s great-grandfather Michael Costner was born in Graiguenamanagh in 1855, when the country was devastated by the Great Famine. Like an estimated one million Irish people at the time Michael

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Carlow-Kilkenny emerging as key General Election battleground

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2024 0

The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is gearing up to be one of the key battlegrounds that will decide the next government. The Coalition’s bumper giveaway Budget – and the decision to bring forward the Finance Bill by a week – has reignited speculation Taoiseach Simon Harris will go to the country early. And pressure from Mr Harris’s […]

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Officers taken to Kilkenny hospital after driver rammed garda cars

By Kilkenny Now 6th October 2024 0

Four gardai were treated at a hospital in Kilkenny after a driver smashed into several garda cars last night. The incident occurred on the O’Brien Road in Carlow shortly before 9pm last night. In a statement issued today, a Garda spokesperson said that, while on “active patrol”, gardai attempted to stop a car, which “failed […]

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Former Kilkenny hurling star still making a big impact Down Under

By Kilkenny Now 6th October 2024 0

Former Kilkenny underage hurling star Darragh Joyce has signed a new one-year contract with the Brisbane Lions. The contracts means Joyce (27) extends his Aussie Rules career into a ninth year. The Rower-Inistioge clubman rose to sporting prominence when he captained Kilkenny to All-Ireland minor glory against Limerick in 2014. The same year, his brother […]

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A higher love: James Vincent McMorrow sells out Kilkenny venue

By Kilkenny Now 6th October 2024 0

Singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow is bringing his new tour to Kilkenny. The Higher Love hitmaker – who has just released his seventh studio album, Wide Open – will play the Set Theatre on December 8. Tickets for the concert have already sold out. The singer says of his latest work: “To me, the album is […]

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Planners give green light for large religious retreat in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2024 0

Kilkenny County Council has given the go-ahead for the construction of a large religious retreat. The development by the Irish Friends of the Foyer of Charity at Rathlogan and Glashare will consist of a church, an oratory, lecture facilities, kitchen and dining facilities, a library, a sitting room and “recreational space for retreatants”, according to […]

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Sports and Advertising: What industries benefit the most from sponsorships?

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2024 0

The sports industry is one of the largest and most respected entertainment markets in the world. Its success can be traced to several things. One reason is that sports have always played a key role in human culture and entertainment. Another is that athleticism has always been seen as a virtue. Naturally, the success of […]