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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2021 0

Miriam O’NEILL (née Maher) Kilmacahill, Paulstown O’Neill (nee Maher) (Kilmacahill, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny and late of Newlands, Danesfort) 16th January 2021, peacefully, at Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny, Miriam, beloved wife of Tony and much loved mother of Stephen and Kieran, sadly missed by her loving husband and sons, brother Richard and his wife Dympna,

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Easing of driving licence rules get thumbs up from Kilkenny over 70s

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2021 0

Kilkenny residents over the age of 70 who were in line to renew their driving licence can now do so without needing a medical report. The exemption was announced this week by Junior Minister Transport Hildegarde Naughton to ease the burden on medical services following the surge of Covid cases since the start of the […]

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Kilkenny school gets thumbs up to expand into former city centre shop

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2021 0

A Kilkenny Secondary School’s plan to use a former joke shop to create more classrooms while it deals with the effects of Covid-19 on education has been approved by the local authority. Kilkenny CBS on James’s Street has been given the green light by Kilkenny County Council to move into and convert the unit formerly […]

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Break-in at Kilkenny golf club

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

A haul of greenkeeping equipment was stolen during a burglary of a county Kilkenny Golf Club earlier this week. Callan Golf Club was the target of the burglars who broke in between 3.30pm on Tuesday and 7.30am on Wednesday. A number of sheds were forced open during the incident and hi-end equipment taken. Among the […]

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BREAKING: 50 Covid-19 related deaths among 3,498 new cases of virus

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

There have been 50 Covid-19 related deaths recorded this evening, while 3,498 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,536. There have now been 166,548 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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Home, sweet, home: More Kilkenny people to work from home as Government reveals remote working plan

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

More people in Kilkenny could be working from home or remotely in the near future after the Government announced plans to make remote working a permanent option. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, today published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy giving people the legal right to ask for and be allowed work remotely once the Covid-19 pandemic […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

Edward (Neddy) DERMODY Crowbally, Ballyhale Neddy passed away peacefully in the loving care of the nurses and staff at Gowran Nursing Home. Brother of the late Fr. Mick, Fr. Tom and James. Deeply regretted by his loving brother Owen, sister Kitty, sisters-in-law Mary and Eileen, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives and friends. In strict accordance […]

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Developer seeks to change permission on Kilkenny development to create 50% more homes

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

A developer who previously received planning permission to build 51 homes in a new area of Kilkenny City is now looking to alter the plans to provide more housing. Kilkenny County Council gave Inistioge based developers Chelmont Limited permission in December 2018 to build the 51 three and four-bedroom homes at Drakelands Lower in the […]

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Kilkenny records biggest drop in pollution cases in entire country

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

Kilkenny has recorded the largest drop in environmental pollution cases in the county. In 2018 Kilkenny Council Council recorded 1,437 cases of air, noise, water, litter and waste pollution. But within just 12 months, this figure dropped a fuill 28% to just 1,035 pollution cases, the greatest proportional decrease recorded by any county in the […]

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Well-known Kilkenny hotel’s ambitious plans for upward extension are shot down

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2021 0

Plans by a well-known hotel in Kilkenny city to create more rooms for guest accommodation have been refused by the local authority. The Pembroke Hotel’s plans to add another level to the build, creating space for five new suites, has been refused by Kilkenny County Council. Owner John Ryan lodged an application with the council […]