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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

Thomas (Tommy) BOLGER Killabeg, Enniscorthy, Wexford/Kilkenny City Bolger (The Lodge, Killabeg, Enniscorthy Co. Wexford and formerly of Haltigan Tce, Riverview and Ballinalina, Kells Road, Co. Kilkenny) 3rd February 2021, peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff of Our Ladys Hospice, Harolds Cross and St. James Hospital, Dublin, Thomas (Tommy), predeceased by his

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Massive 271 hectare wind farm development planned for scenic area of Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 Post a comment

Plans have been unveiled for a huge 271 hectare windfarm in a scenic part of south Kilkenny. Springfield Renewables has applied to An Bord Pleanála seeking permission to develop a 21 turbine wind farm on lands at Castlebanny between Mullinavat and Inistioge. They are seeking to have the project approved as a Strategic Infrastructural Development […]

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Good job! Fewer people signing on in Kilkenny now than when pandemic hit

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

There are fewer people signing on the Live Register in Kilkenny now than when the pandemic hit last year. And there are just a handful more people claiming unemployment payments in the county now compared to the end of 2019, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal. The latest figures show there are 3,036 […]

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Kilkenny people targeted in ‘massive’ rise in text and online scams during lockdown

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 8

Kilkenny people have been targeted by a wave on online and texts scams during lockdown. In its latest warning on scams doing the rounds, Kilkenny gardai again urged people  “exercise full caution when receiving unsolicited emails and strange phone calls”. A local Garda spokesperson added: “Scammers are very persistent in their efforts to gain your […]

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Successful Kilkenny food business seeks more time to grow

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

A small Kilkenny business success story is requesting an extension period for it plans to build a processing plant and waste water treatment facility in order to expand its business. Mooncoin Homegrown Beetroot has requested more time from Kilkenny County Council to complete construction of a processing room and water treatment facility as the initial […]

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Terrified Kilkenny man held captive as burglary gang ransacked his home

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

A man was held captive in his home in county Kilkenny while a gang ransacked his house and fled with cash. The aggravated burglary happened at a house in Gathabawn, near Freshford between 6.50pm and 7.10pm yesterday evening. The owner was in his house when five men burst in. The gang, all whose faces were […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,013 new cases of virus as 94 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

A further 94 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,013 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,512. There have now been 199,430 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Do banks work for us or do we work for them?

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

Whatever happened to rounding? No, not rounders – although, come to think of it, it’s years since I last saw anyone playing that old family favourite. Rounders has been with us for as long as people have played with bat and ball. Rounding arrived just six years ago. It came in with a bang and […]

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Kilkenny solar farm requests more time to complete large development

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

Plans to develop a large solar farm adjacent to a busy road in county Kilkenny are back on the table after the developers requested more time to complete the project. Wexford Solar Farms have requested from Kilkenny County Council an extension to their planning permission to build the 4MW solar farm at Curraghmartin, Carrigeen. The […]

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Kilkenny film nominated for Golden Globe Awards

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

Kilkenny’s multi-award winning Cartoon Saloon have done it again! The world renowned animation studio has been nominated for a prestigious Golden Globe Award for it’s critically acclaimed new feature, Wolfwalkers, which is set in medieval Kilkenny. Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is also among the Irish nominees in the TV categories for his portrayal of former […]