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Slippery oil thieves break into Kilkenny home and steal heating fuel

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A house in county Kilkenny was left without heating after thieves tapped into the oil tank and stole the home heating fuel. The theft occurred at a house in Kilfera, just outside Kilkenny city on the Bennetsbridge road, sometime between 9am last Thursday and 5pm on Saturday. Gardai estimate around €600 worth of fuel was […]

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New ‘car share’ base for Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A company that specialises in reducing the need for car ownership by making access to vehicles easier is increasing its presence in Kilkenny. Go Car, Ireland’s leading car-sharing service, is doubling the number of locations where customers can pick up and drop up shared vehicles in the city. It will establish a new base at […]

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A job for the special branch: Gardai investigate as mature trees cut down from county Kilkenny roadside

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

Eight mature trees were cut down from a roadside in county Kilkenny without the landowne’rs consent. The Sycamore trees were cut on lands at Pleberstown, Thomastown, sometime between 5pm on Saturday and 11am the next morning. Despite going to the effort of felling the trees, all eight were left lying in the field of the […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 359 new Covid-19 cases, 14 further deaths confirmed nationally

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

A further 14 people died after contracting the coronavirus as 359 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The 359 new cases are the lowest reported daily total since the middle of last December. Once again, zero cases were reported in Kilkenny. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,333. […]

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SPONSORED: KATHLEEN FUNCHION: Kilkenny tourism needs more support during these difficult times

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny has a long and proud traditional of the cead mile failte, but the last 13 months have tested this industry like never before. We all have fond memories of long summer nights in the city we love, full to the brim with excited American tourists taking in the sites of our ancient city. We […]

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WATCH: Kilkenny campaigner appears in powerful new cancer solidarity TV ad

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

Kilkenny campaigner Vicky Phelan, who is currently undergoing treatment in the US, appears in a powerful new ad campaign to show support and solidarity with anyone affected by cancer. The Mooncoin mother-of-two and eight year old Saoirse Ruane, who appeared on the Late Late Toy Show in 2020 to share her story, are among the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

Kathleen (Kitty) CASHIN (née Doherty) Kilmacow, Kilkenny/Waterford/Durrow, Laois Known fondly as Kitty, in her 98th year, she passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Connie and mother of the late John. Sadly missed by her sons Naois and Martin, daughters Jane, Mary and Anne, daughter-in-law Margaret, son-in-law Eamonn, grandchildren Brian,

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Jockey due to ride in Kilkenny today apologises after footage emerges of him jumping on dead horse

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

A jockey who is due to race in Gowran Park later today who plunged Irish horse racing into further controversy after a video emerged of him jumping onto a horse that had died while on the gallops has said he is “heartbroken” by the damage I have caused”. A video circulating on social media this […]

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Man (30s) arrested over firework attack on Garda at Dublin lockdown demo

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

A man in his 30s has been arrested in Dublin in relation to the firework attack on gardai at a demonstration in Dublin over the weekend. A Garda spokesperson confirmed the man was arrested this morning. He is currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 at Irishtown Garda Station. […]

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KILLIAN FOLEY-WALSH: Covid is their fault. Who will we blame tomorrow?

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

I, like you, remember February 2020 like it was yesterday. I remember the first murmurs that something was brewing in China, and that they had built a hospital overnight—because that’s just the way they do things on the side of the world that’s still functioning. I remember the water-cooler jokes about how great it would […]