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Family of Kilkenny woman murdered alongside two daughters on Christmas Day welcomes new parole law: report

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

The family of a Kilkenny woman who was murdered alongside her two children on Christmas morning in 2008 has welcomed the announcement that life sentence killers will no longer be eligible for parole until they have served 12 years behind bars. Postman Brian Hennessy was sentenced to three consecutive life terms after he was found […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 774 new cases of virus as four further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

A further four people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 774 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,204. There has now been 86,129 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 27th December 2020 0

Mary CURRAN Cluain Mhuire, Goresbridge In the loving care of Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Mary beloved wife of the late Michael , pre – deceased by her daughter Maria and siblings Margaret, Theresa and Paddy. Much loved mother of Anne, Theresa and Kevin, Sadly missed by her loving daughters, son, brother John, sisters Annie, Elizabeth, […]

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Revealed: Dates for rollout of vaccine at Kilkenny nursing homes

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

Residents at nursing homes throughout Kilkenny city and county will begin receiving the Covid-19 vaccine from just over a fortnight. Mount Carmel nursing home will be the first care facility to recieve the eagerly awaited Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the first batches of which landed on Irish soil yesterday. Residents at all of the other nursing […]

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Eircom fights Council’s decision to refuse permission for huge telecoms mast in centre of Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

Developers who sought to erect a huge telecommunications mast in a Kilkenny village have objected to the local authority’s decision to refuse permission for the project. Earlier this month Kilkenny County Council turned down Eircom Limited plans to erect a 18-metre-high free standing communications mast in the centre of Mooncoin. Now Eircom has appealed that […]

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Plans to transform famous Kilkenny pub into apartments on ice after objection

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2020 0

Plans to transform a historic building in a Kilkenny village have been stalled after an objection to the development was lodged with the national planning authority. It comes after Kilkenny County Council granted developers Walsh Sheehan Investments Limited permission to build six new residential units on the site on The Square in Johnstown, better known […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,296 new cases of virus, first batch of vaccines arrive in Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2020 0

A further six people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,296 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,200. There has now been 85,394 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 26th December 2020 0

Nicholas (Nicky) COGHLAN  Cussane, Carrick-on-suir, Tullahough Nicholas (Nicky) Coghlan, Cussane, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Kilkenny. Peacefully at his residence, surrounded by his loving family on Christmas Day, Friday 25th December 2020. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Ann, daughters Niamh (Scanlon), Marie (Aylward), Noeleen and Roseann, sons-in-law Ian and Seamus,

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Kilkenny’s Big Phil breaks silence on Golfgate, considering ‘significant’ number of new job offers

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2020 0

Former Ireland EU Commissioner – Kilkenny man Phil Hogan – has said he did not get a fair hearing to give his side of the story when he was forced to resign amid the public outcry over the Golfgate controversry. The former Kilkenny TD and minister broke his silence four months after he stood down […]

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Objections put brakes on Kilkenny hotel’s huge expansion plans

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny hotel’s plans to almost tripling its number of guest rooms has been forced to put their plans on hold after objections to the development were made to the national planning authority. Last month Kilkenny County Council gave the green light to plans by The Kilkenny Inn to add 75 new rooms to it […]