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More power to you! Kilkenny consumers return tonnes of used batteries

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2021 0

Householders in Kilkenny recycled 51,000 more batteries through retailers last year than in 2019, new figures reveal. Data from WEEE Ireland reveals that environmentally-conscious consumers in the county brought 135,400 used batteries – 3.4 tonnes – back to supermarkets, hardware and electronic stores in 2020. That was a rise of 50,800 on the 84,600 prevented

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Excitement as Kilkenny’s new Skatepark grinds into action this weekend  

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2021 0

The long-awaited skatepark built as part of the new area of Kilkenny city centre opens to boarders from today. The park, part of the new Abbey Quarter, will see its firsts grinds and rails this weekend.   It’s one of the first pieces of the overall Abbey Quarter, built on the site of the former […]

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Kilkenny Garda warning as victim conned out of €5,000

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Gardaí in Kilkenny are urging the public to aware of fraudsters after it emerged a person in a neighbouring county lost €5,000 to people pretending to be from Social Protection Services. During the period April 1 to April 20, gardai reported 163 incidents of frauds across the county, three times as many as the same […]

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‘Urgent action’ needed to save more rural Kilkenny post offices from closure

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Efforts by a Kilkenny TD to save rural Post Offices across the county from closure has received cross-party support. Local Sinn Féin Deputy Kathleen Funchion has been calling for the introduction of a Public Service Obligation (PSO) to secure the future of our post office network and prevent further rural post office closures in Kilkenny. […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 545 new cases of virus as four further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

A further three people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 545 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,903. There have now been 248,870 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Canice ‘Ken’ DOHENY Ballinalacken, Ballinakill, Laois/Kilkenny Canice ‘Ken’ Doheny : 28th April, 2021 Ballinalacken, Ballinakill, Co. Kilkenny Following an accident. Ken will be greatly missed by his loving brothers Michael and Séan, sisters Mary and Nora, sisters-in-law Patricia and Jacqueline. Also, his adoring and adored nieces and nephew Suzi,

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University of the South-East edges closer as second college approves application

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

It’s full steam ahead for the Technological University of the South East after the governing body of Institute of Technology Carlow approved an application for University designation. The move by IT Carlow follows a similar approval from the Board of Waterford Institute of Technology earlier this week. The approval of both bodies with the applications […]

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Most Kilkenny people have no confidence in EU vaccine strategy: report

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Less than half the people in Kilkenny have expressed confidence in the European Union’s Covid-19 Vaccination strategy, a new survey reveals. The annual European Movement Ireland (EM Ireland) ‘Ireland and the EU’ RED C Research Poll found that just 45% of those polled locally expressed confidence in the EU’s Vaccines Strategy. A further 7% were unsure,

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Joy as missing Kilkenny teenager is found ‘safe and well’

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

A teenager who went missing from her home in Kilkenny city early yesterday morning has been located safe and well. Gardai confirmed the news after they yesterday issued a public appeal for information on the whereabouts of Itreace Massey (17), who is from the Johnswell Road area of the city. She had last been seen […]

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BANK HOLIDAY WEATHER: Kilkenny braced for mix of heavy rain, sunshine and possible thunderstorms

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Kilkenny and the rest of the country is in for a pretty miserable May Bank Holiday weekend, according to Met Éireann. The country was basked in glorious sunshine over the last few weeks as temperatures began to soar. But weather experts have warned that the usual hot weather that normally arrives on the May Bank […]