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WEATHER FORECAST: A touch of frost as cold snap hits Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 23rd November 2020 0

Our relatively mild winter is set to change fairly dramatically this week as a cold snap hits Kilkenny and the rest of the country. Met Éireann said temperatures will plummet to as low as -2 degrees this week as eight western countries were issued with a rainfall warning for today and tomorrow. Today will start […]

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Vermin alert: Warning as lockdown sees surge in rodent invasions in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

Kilkenny home and business owners have been urged to beware from the growing threats from rodents and cockroaches as the winter sets in. It comes as pest controller Rentokil recorded a 37% increase in callouts for rodents and a 26% increase in total callouts for pest insects in October, when compared to the previous month. […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny among 318 new cases of virus as one further death confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

One further person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 318 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,023. There are now 70,461 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

Rita FOLEY (née Walsh) Newport`s Square, Waterford City/Kilmacow, Kilkenny Predeceased by her husband Paddy and her son baby Gerard. Will be sadly missed by her loving daughters Dorothy, Bernadette and Isobel, sons Declan, Raymond and Damien, sons-in-law Jerry, Jimmy and Pat, daughters-in-law Ann, Mary and Jackie, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters Annette and

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Nice try! Kilkenny school scoops €10,000 in rugby competition

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

A Kilkenny school has just scored a cool €10,000 in a nationwide competition they try-ed very hard to win. Graignamanagh Boys National School is one of 10 primary schools around the country that received €10,000 from Aldi and the IRFU as part of their ‘Adli Play Rugby’ sticker competition earlier this year. Aldi Play Rugby […]

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Plans for giant 100ft telecoms tower on hill overlooking Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has received plans to construct a 33-metre telecommunications tower on public lands overlooking a Kilkenny village. Cignal Infrastructure Limited submitted plans this week to erect the structure on Coillte lands at Coolehill Upper, Windgap, Co Kilkenny. Standing at over 100ft, with multi-use tower with delta headframe would carry telecommunications

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Thieves armed with angle grinder remove steel gate from Kilkenny property in middle of night

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2020 0

Thieves stole a large steel gate from a county Kilkenny property using an angle grinder in the middle of the night. The theft occurred at the property on Tower Road, Jenkinstown, sometime between 9pm on Tuesday night and 8am the following morning. A local Garda spokesperson said it is believed an angle grinder was used […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny among 344 new cases of virus as four more deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2020 0

A further four people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 344 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,022. There are now 70,143 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2020 0

Rita FOLEY (née Walsh) Newport’s Square, Waterford City/Kilmacow, Kilkenny Pedeceased by her husband Paddy and her son baby Gerard. Will be sadly missed by her loving daughters Dorothy, Bernadette and Isobel, sons Declan, Raymond and Damien, sons-in-law Jerry, Jimmy and Pat, daughters-in-law Ann, Mary and Jackie, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters Annette

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Shear delight: Kilkenny sheep farmers share €266,000 payment

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2020 0

Some 260 sheep farmers across Kilkenny will share a combined €266,883 payment under year four of the Sheep Welfare Scheme. Details of the local payments were announced by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan this week. It is part of a €14.7 million spend under the scheme which will be shared among the country’s 18,000 sheep […]