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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

Noleen McKAY-WALSH Friary Walk, Callan, Kilkenny/Wexford Noleen McKay-Walsh, Friary Walk, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Askamore House, Askamore Co. Wexford, 30th March 2021, peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny. Very deeply regretted by her loving partner John, sons Ambrose, Donicha, Joshia and Caleb, daughters Jocylin Abigail, Roberta and Shirley; sadly

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Kilkenny TD clashes with party leader Leo and former ally over vaccine rollout

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar have clashed over the Government’s apparent snub to teachers and gardai in the new vaccination schedule. The row erupted after the Government has announced it was rolling out the vaccination programme on an age-graded basis – a move that has angered gardai and teachers working on the frontline. […]

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Glanbia unveils measures to combat delays to new €140m cheese plant

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

Kilkenny-based food giant has announced announced changes to o manage the rate of growth in peak milk supplies from next year. The move comes in response to delays in the construction of the company’s new €140 million cheese manufacturing plant at Belview Port in the south of the county. Last November An Taisce launched a […]

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Big changes in the pipeline for popular Kilkenny village pub

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

A Kilkenny village village is looking to the post-covid future by lodging an application to upgrade its premises. The owners of the Shirley’s Public House, Goodwinsgarden in Kells have applied to Kilkenny County Council to make some major alterations to the pub. Shirley’s is seeking permission to convert an existing storage shed into a kitchen […]

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Kilkenny Al Fresco: New outdoor scheme to bring a taste of Europe to city and county

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

A new scheme will deliver permanent outdoor social and hospitality areas throughout Kilkenny city and county. The funding, which has been delivered in partnership between Fáilte Ireland and Kilkenny County Council, help tourism and hospitality businesses develop and increase their outdoor seating capacity to try and create a European style dining experience. The local

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Divine intervention: Thieves fail in attempt to rob money box from county Kilkenny church

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

Thieves attempted to steal a box full of money envelopes from a church in county Kilkenny town. The incident happened at The Church of the Immaculate Conception on Kilkenny Street in Castlecomer last Saturday morning. A local Garda source confirmed the thieves attempted to remove the envelope box from the wall of the church, located […]

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More Kilkenny residents staying within 10km of homes: report

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

More people in Kilkenny are taking heed of advice and obeying Covid-19 travel restrictions as the amount of people travelling 10km from their homes has levelled off, new data suggests. The Staying Local Indicator (SLI), issued by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveals 58.2% of Kilkenny residents did not travel further than 10km at any […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why are we all depending on one narrow stretch of water?

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 Post a comment

I was eight years old when the Suez Canal last made international headlines. Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, had nationalised the canal which was being run, at a handsome profit, by British and French enterprises, successors of the companies that had financed its construction a century earlier. The British and French governments detested Nasser. They […]

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LATEST: No new cases of virus in Kilkenny for second day in row as six further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

A further six people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 411 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. For the second day in a row no new cases were recorded in Kilkenny. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,687. There have now been 235,845 confirmed cases […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

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Henry Francis (Frank) BEALE Glendine Heights, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny City/Mulhuddart, Dublin Beale (Glendine Heights, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny & formerly of Ashfield Grove, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15) 29th March 2021, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Henry Francis (Frank) (former ACNO at St. Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman), beloved husband of Claire