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Pandemic puts brake on new car sales in Kilkenny: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have dropped by 20% in just one year. New vehicle registration figures released by The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show there were just 535 new registrations in Kilkenny in January. This compares to 666 sales recorded in January 2020, a 19.7% decrease. Nationally, new cars registrations for […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

Joe DONOGHUE Tourtane, Clogh, Castlecomer, Kilkenny/Ballinakill, Laois Joe Donoghue Tourtane, Clogh, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny & formerly of Knockbawn, Spink, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois. At St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin surrounded by his loving family. Joe will be sadly missed by his partner Catherine, daughters Sharon, Philomena, Ann-Marie, Sarah, Emma, Megan, sons

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Local businessman pays big for stunning portrait of Kilkenny hero cancer campaigner

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

A stunning portrait of Vicky Phelan was sold in auction for €58,000 yesterday by a local businessman and friend of the Kilkenny cervical cancer campaigner. The portrait of the Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currently undergoing experimental cancer treatment at the National Institute of Health near Washington, DC, could be used to to raise awareness and […]

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Kilkenny drivers and passengers urged to belt up as five perish on county’s roads

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

Five people died as a result of accidents on Kilkenny’s roads last year. The Roads Safety Authority’s (RSA) Annual Review of Road Safety shows the number of deaths on Kilkenny’s roads fell by just one year-on-year, from six in 2019 to five in 2020. Nationally, there were 148 deaths on our roads as a result […]

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Huge rise in number of new homes built in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

The number of new home builds in Kilkenny city and county jumped by over a third last year, a new report reveals. The number of apartments, scheme houses and private homes completed in Kilkenny in 2020 rose by 37.5% compared to the previous year, according to figures just published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Here we snow again! Kilkenny braced for another Big Freeze – Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2021 0

Kilkenny and the rest of the country are braced for significant snow falls next week as temperatures plummet again. Met Éireann said it is on “high alert” for the second half of next week as mercury levels drop significantly from Sunday. Head of Forecasting Evelyn Cusack told RTÉ a cold weather system is set to […]

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Man in dark clothes seen fleeing Kilkenny house after cash and jewellery robbery

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

Gardai are on the hunt for a man seen leaving a house in Kilkenny city following a burglary in which cash and jewellery were taken. The theft occurred at Lintown Walk on the Johnswell Road on Saturday evening. A local Garda source confirmed a man wearing dark clothes was spotted leaving the house at 9pm. […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,318 new cases of virus as 75 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

A further 75 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,318 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The number of cases reported since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has now passed 200,000. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,587. There have now been 200,744 confirmed cases […]

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SPONSORED: How a well-known Kilkenny takeaway is fighting back – and giving back to the community – in the face of the pandemic

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 Post a comment

For one local Irish-Italian business, family and community mean everything. The Central Take Away in Thomastown is very much a family affair and recently celebrated its 40th year serving the local community. The story of the popular fast-food restaurant stretches from a small village in Italy, before stopping off in Carlow where Bruno Bove would […]

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Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Centre for Kilkenny people to be located in Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

Kilkenny residents will have to travel to Waterford for their Covid-19 vaccinations as the Government scales up the rollout of the national programme. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has chosen The Arena at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) to host the Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) for the South East region. Once operational, the centre will […]