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Vaccination rollout accelerated in Kilkenny as 40-49 age group get choice of jabs

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccine programme is to be accelerated Kilkenny. It also emerged today that people in 40-49 year old bracket will be given the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, and will only be given the AztraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine if none of the former are available. RTÉ this morning reported that strict […]

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Kilkenny Cats hot favourites to return to hurling’s top table after win

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

Brian Cody’s Cats are hot favourites to get back where they belong at hurling’s top table after they overcome a spirited challenge from Antrim at Nowlan Park yesterday. The Ulster side scored 2-4 in the opening eight minutes of the second half to draw level with the hosts, but Kilkenny prevailed by seven points to […]

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Heroin and stash of cash seized in clampdown on drug dealing in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

Gardai in county Kilkenny seized “significant” amount of illegal and controlled drugs and cash during an operation over the weekend. Heroin, Xanax and a stash of cash were recovered during an operation targeting drug dealing in Castlecomer. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “An operation by Kilkenny Drugs Unit targeting the sale and supply of controlled

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WEATHER FORECAST: Sunny spells and scattered showers on horizon for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

Kilkenny’s in for another week of sunny spells and showers, according to Met Éireann. The national forecaster said today will be dry and sunny to begin with, although scattered showers will develop later in the morning, turning heavy at time, with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees. Met Éireann said there will be “similar […]

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Gardai seize alcohol from teens caught drinking in Kilkenny’s Castle Park

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

Gardai confiscated alcohol from groups of teenagers who gathered in Kilkenny’s Castle Park. And local gardai have urged parents of Leaving Cert students who may be “putting themselves at risk while consuming large amounts of alcohol and indeed other substances” in an unregulated setting. A Garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí from Unit C, beat, mountain

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

Margaret (Mag) BRENNAN Lacken Drive, Kilkenny City/Coon Brennan (Lacken Drive, Kilkenny and formerly of Coon West) 14th May 2021, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Margaret (Mag), predeceased by her parents Patrick and Mary, brothers Patrick, Michael and William and her sisters Mary and Brigid, sadly missed by her loving nieces and nephew, grand nieces and […]

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Kilkenny people invited to help shape ‘historic legislation’

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

A local TD has urged people to “come forward” and be part of shaping “historic legislation” to give everyone a legal right to access their birth certs. The Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration has agreed to invite written submissions from interested groups and individuals on the General Scheme of the Birth Information

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Notorious road accident blackspot in county Kilkenny closed after vehicle overturns

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

A main road in county Kilkenny has been temporarily closed off this morning after a vehicle overturned. The accident occurred on the N24 Waterford to Limerick road outside Mooncoin. The vehicle overturned at a bend on the road where several accidents have taken place already this year. Emergency services and gardai are at the scene […]

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Vandals hit a bum note as Kilkenny’s singing bins are vandalised again

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

Just over a fortnight after being installed to give visitors to Kilkenny city centre a musical treat, the singing bins have been vandalised once again. Kilkenny County Council installed three singing bins around the city-centre. The bins serenade anyone who uses them, encouraging them to bin their waste again. But within two of the bins […]

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Owner of car parked in Kilkenny city centre returns to find vehicle damaged

By Kilkenny Now 15th May 2021 0

A car parked-up Kilkenny city centre was damaged while the owner was away from the car. The incident occuured on the Castle Road in the city centre last Sunday between 2pm and 6pm. When the owner of the car returned he was noticed that four large scratches on the driver’s door. Witnesses or anyone with […]