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Glanbia reveals milk prices it will pay to Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2020 Post a comment

Local diary and food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay Kilkenny farmers 31 cent per litre (cpl) for September. Glanbia Ireland (GI) said it will pay a base milk price for September of 30.18 cpl (including VAT) for creamery milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is unchanged from last month. Farmer members […]

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Thieves steal €1,400 trailer from garden of house in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2020 0

Thieves stole a trailer from the garden of a house in county Kilkenny. The Ivor Williams 12×6 trailer, with illuminous stripes down each side and purple paint on the tow bar, is valued at around €1,400. It was stolen from a property in The Ring, Bennettsbridge, sometime between 10.30am on Thursday and 11.30am on Saturday. […]

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On the right track: Works on Kilkenny roads, new cycle lanes and footpaths underway  

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2020 0

Important works on local roads, laneways, cycle and footpaths are underway or about to commence. A comprehensive road works update was provided by Kilkenny County Council engineers at the Callan/Thomastown Municipal meeting yesterday. At the meeting, councillors were told that the next phase of footpaths at the Woodlawn estate in Bennettsbridge are due to get […]

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Vandal smashes in front door of house in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

A vandal smashed a pane of glass in the front door of a house in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred at a property in the Seville Grove area on the Callan Road at around 9.30pm on Saturday. Gardai are investigating the incident. They have urged potential witnesses or anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,095 new cases of virus as five more deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

There has been five further coronavirus related deaths as 1,095 new cases of Covid019 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,835. There are now 45,243 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Lament for sozzled cads and bonking trollops 

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

The word ‘sozzled’ may be heading for extinction because, apparently, hardly anyone under the age of 30 knows what it means. Well, dear youthful reader, let me correct your ignorance right now. Sozzled means bladdered and hammered and wasted and bevvied. Not all at the same time, of course. That would leave you rat-arsed. Nowadays […]

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Crime-busting canine sniffs out drugs destined for Kilkenny at mail centre

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

Drugs destined for the Kilkenny market have been uncovered at a national mail centre by a customs sniffer dog. More than €38,000 worth of illegal substances were seized at Athlone mail centre in county Westmeath after Bailey (pictured) the sniffer dog rooted them out. The canny canine discovered 1.5kg of herbal cannabis, ketamine, heroin, meth, […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

James (Jim) KELLY  Lower Ballycashin, Butlerstown, Waterford/Thomastown, Kilkenny The death has taken place of James (Jim) Kelly, Suncrest, Lower Ballycashin, Butlerstown, Co Waterford and formerly of Grennan, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. (Ex Waterford Crystal). Peacefully, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Sadly missed by wife Alice, sons Eamon and Tony,

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King Henry and wife Deirdre join Kilkenny volunteers to help homeless on streets of Dublin

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

Hurling legend Henry Shefflin, who gave so much to so many during his stellar career on the field, is still giving back. The 10-time All-Ireland winner and his wife, former Kilkenny camogie player Deirdre, joined the Kilkenny Helping the Homeless team giving out food and clothes on Dublin’s streets over the weekend. Henry wrote on […]

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Childcare left behind in €17.75bn Budget – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

Budget 2021 was “a missed opportunity” to refrom the childcare sector, a Kilkenny TD said today. Despite the record almost €18 billion Budget measures, Deputy Kathleen Funchion said she was “shocked and disappointed” that it failed to address what she described as “chronic under investment in the childcare sector”. The Kilkenny TD, who