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MICHAEL WOLSEY: When a glimpse of stocking was nothing shocking

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2022 0

I was scrolling through television listings when I noticed the BBC was running some of the old St Trinian’s films. Not the 2009 version, with Colin Firth and Talulah Riley, but the originals, with Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole . I vaguely remembered having watched them as a child, maybe a teenager, with […]

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‘Cian would brighten your day’ – moving tributes to Kilkenny teen killed in road tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2022 0

Warm tributes have been paid to the Kilkenny teenager who tragically lost his life in a car crash earlier this wek. Cian Mooney (17), a student at Kildalton College who was from Castlecomer, died after the car in which he was a passenger crashed outside Piltown at around 8pm on Wednesday. Two other young men […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2022 0

Cian MOONEY  Moneenroe, Castlecomer Tragically taken aged 17 years. Cian is survived by his broken hearted parents, Sylvia and Eamon, and his sisters, Beibhinn, Caoimhe, Saidhbh, and Méabh, his grandparents, Eamon and Mary Mooney, and Norman and Dorothy Leeper, his uncles, aunts and cousins. Sadly missed by a wide circle of friends and his classmates. […]

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2022 0

Local diary giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay Kilkenny farmers 47.08 cent-per-litre for milk supplied in March. In a statement, Glanbia said this includes a base milk price for March of 46.58 cpl, including VAT. This is an increase of 5 cpl from the February base price of 41.58 cpl. The company said a […]

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BANK HOLIDAY WEATHER: Not such a Good Friday in store for Kilkenny as unsettled long weekend forecast

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2022 0

Kilkenny and the south east faces an unsettled Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with wet conditions and temperatures set to drop from Sunday. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said today, Good Friday, will start ‘mostly cloudy with further scattered outbreaks of rain’. But it added; “It will brighten up and become drier through the day […]

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Angry cyclist kicks wing mirror off car during rush hour incident in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2022 0

A man kicked the wing mirror off a car as he cycled through Kilkenny city during busy morning traffic. The incident happened at Upper New Street at around 8.30am on Monday. A local Garda source said a male cyclist kicked the wing mirror off a silver Kia Creed before cycling off. Anyone who witnessed the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2022 0

Agnes O’SHEA Viewmount, Waterford/Piltown, Kilkenny The death has occurred of Agnes O’Shea, resident of St. Joseph’s Nursing Home (Little Sisters of the Poor) and formerly of Garnarea, Piltown and Viewmount, Waterford. Agnes passed away peacefully at University Hospital Waterford surrounded by close family on April 12th 2022. Predeceased by her sisters

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Club cyclist’s €10,000 bicycle stolen in planned robbery outside Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2022 0

An Irish club cyclist was the victim of a recent burglary on the outskirts of Kilkenny in which his new €10,000 bicycle was among a haul of goods in what appars to be a well-planned robbery. Fergal Kennedy, who lives in Dunmore, believes the thieves who targeted his garage staked out his property in advance. […]

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Teenager killed in county Kilkenny collision, road closed off overnight

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2022 0

A teenager was kilkenny when the car he was travelling in crashed in county Kilkenny last night. The tragedy occurred at Dowling in Piltown shortly after 8pm. Gardai confirmed the one of the passengers in the car, a male teenager, was later pronounced deceased at the scene. His body was later taken to the mortuary […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2022 0

Alice (Cissie) HEFFERNAN (née Kearney) Drumglen, Aylwardstown, Glenmore Heffernan; (nee Kearney) ” Drumglen” Aylwardstown, Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny. 10th April 2022 Alice (Cissie). It is with great sadness that we make known the peaceful passing of our beloved Mammy (Cissie), surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her loving husband John and grandson