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Playground shut due to €20,000 worth of damage caused by mindless vandals

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A COMMUNITY playground has been forced to close down after vandals caused €20,000 worth of damage to the facility. Kilkenny County Council made the unavoidable decision to close down the playground at the Fr McGrath Centre on St Joseph’s Road in the city. The decision to temporarily close the playground was made […]

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’ll drink to that’ – Dáil bar re-opens after fixing Oireachtas rat issue

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY The MOST secretive and most talked-about bar in all of Ireland is set to re-open after dealing with its resident rat. The Public and Members Bars at Leinster House has been closed for two weeks, ever since Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin reported encountering a large rodent, to Leinster House staff. The […]

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Tragic Kilkenny man murdered in London six-weeks ago will finally be laid to rest this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE TRAGIC Kilkenny man whose death has sparked a murder inquiry in the UK is to be laid to rest in his home city this weekend. Adrian Murphy (43), from Maudlin Street in Kilkenny, is set to be buried next to his parents. The body of the seven-times All-Ireland dance champion and […]

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SPONSORED: An Grianán Festival 2019 – The 2 Johnnies let loose on South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

LIVEWIRE comedy-music act The 2 Johnnies have been confirmed as the headline act for this year An Grianán Festival in Thomastown. One of Ireland’s most popular comedy acts – with an impressive social media following of almost 500,000 – Johnny B (O’Brien) and Johnny Smacks (McMahon) will be performing in South Kilkenny on the back […]

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Primary school crisis – two out of every three Kilkenny kids in overcrowded classrooms

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY TWO OUT of every three Kilkenny primary school children are being taught in overcrowded classrooms. Class sizes in Kilkenny are some of the highest in the country with more than 67% of classes containing 25 pupils or more. The statistics provided by the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) show Irish classrooms are […]

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Kilkenny farm to host key event of Farm Safety Week

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny farm is to host one of the four main events of Farm Safety Week 2019 this evening. This evening Andrew Phelan is hosting a farm safety evening on his farm at Ballytarsney, Mooncoin Co. Kilkenny. Farming continues to have one of the poorest safety records of any sector in Ireland. Last year, […]

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‘Lucky no one was seriously injured’ – thugs smash window of moving car

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NUMBER of moving cars sustained damage when they were targetted by people throwing stones at them on Friday night. This serious incident happened on the Callan Road just after 9 pm. One car had its passenger window smashed as it was driving on the Callan Road, while a second car had […]

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Man left languishing in €1,200-a-day hospital bed because HSE won’t fund move to specialist unit in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN with acute brain injuries has been left languishing in a €1,200-a-day hospital bed as health authorities say there is no money to send him to a specialised care facility in county Kilkenny. Darragh Stakelum (29), who is from Thurles, Co Tipperary, has been waiting for 16 weeks to be discharged […]

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Kilkenny County Council gives €250,000 towards seven community-led projects

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 Post a comment

CULTURAL art spaces, playgrounds, and scout halls are among the projects to receive funding as part of Kilkenny County Council’s €250,000 its Community and Cultural Facilities Capital Grant Scheme. This year, seven projects receive contributions from the council towards the capital cost of community-led cultural and amenity facilities. In all 16 applications were received

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Gardai investigate attack on a five-year-old girl by group of young boys

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating an alleged attack on a young girl by three boys. All the children involved in the incident are under the age of ten. It’s alleged the five-year-old girl was attacked by three boys aged between seven and ten in a shed at a derelict house. The young girl escaped, but not before […]