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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 1st January 2021 0

Breda BUTLER-DAVIS (née Quinn) Leapstown, Ballyfoyle, Kilkenny/Clonmellon, Westmeath Butler-Davis (nee Quinn) (Leapstown, Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath), 31st December 2020, peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital, Breda, beloved wife of Ron and much loved mother of Leanne and Gregory, sadly missed by her loving family, sisters

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Have the conversation: Kilkenny people urged to consider organ donation in 2021

By Kilkenny Now 1st January 2021 0

People in Kilkenny are being asked to have that difficult conversation with loved ones and consider becoming an organ donor as we head into 2021. The Health Service Executive (HSE) and Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland (ODTI) are urging people to consider making donating an organ, which could save someone else’s life. Around 500 people […]

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NEW YEAR’S FORECAST: Kilkenny braced for Big Freeze as temperatures plummet

By Kilkenny Now 1st January 2021 0

It will be a very cold start to 2021 in Kilkenny and the rest of the country as Met Éireann forecast widespread frost over the coming days. Snow fell much of the county yesterday, making driving conditions trecherous on some roads. The national forecaster  said we can expect more frost and ice today, adding: “It […]

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The mast resort: Developers challenge council’s refusal to allow giant telecoms tower in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 Post a comment

A telecoms company has appealed the decision by Kilkenny Council to refuse planning permission for a 50ft high mast near the centre of a local village. On October Eircom Limited sought permission to erect a 16-metre-high, free-standing communications mast close to the centre of Kells. Earlier this month Kilkenny Council planners ruled the development would […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,620 new cases of virus as 12 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 0

A further 12 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,620 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,237. There has now been 91,170 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 0

Michael CAREY 28 Brandondale, Graiguenamanagh Late of 1 Fr Hayden Road, Kilkenny). Predeceased by his grandson Gary, brothers Gus, John, Noel and Paddy and sister Marie. Deeply regretted by his wife Margaret, daughters Shirley and Jackie, grandchildren James, Shannon, Mark and Alan, great- grandchildren Cían, Millie and Fiadh, sons-in-law Tommy and Danny, extended family

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Kilkenny animal welfare groups benefit from record funding

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 0

Two Kilkenny animal welfare groups will share €24,000 in funding after a record grant scheme from the government this year. A Dog’s Like in Glenmore and the Kilkenny Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received the funding from Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue as part of a €3.2 million package for 101 animal welfare organisations […]

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WARNING: Snow and ice makes driving conditions trecherous, car skids on black ice on Kilkenny Road

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have urged motorists to drive carefully and slowly on “trecherous” local roads that have been left with patches of black ice. One car was involved in a single-vehicle accident after it skidded on ice on the Kilkenny Road in Carlow early this morning. A local Garda spokesperson urged motorists to “drive with caution, […]

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Kilkenny without Bishop for second time in five years

By Kilkenny Now 31st December 2020 0

Kilkenny is looking for a new bishop, a little over two years after previously filling the role following a long search. It comes after the Bishop of Ossory Dermot Farrell was appointed as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin. Commenting on his appointment, Bishop Farrell said it was “the last thing in the world” he […]

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Green light for new estate with over 100 homes in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2020 0

Plans for a development of more than 100 new homes in Kilkenny have received a major boost. An Board Pleanála has decided that an application by developer Denis Treacy Construction Limited to build 112 new homes at Margaret’s Field on the Callan Road in Kilkenny can go directly to the planning stage. The application has […]