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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2020 0

Tom KIRWIN Mooncoin, Kilkenny/Togher, Louth Formerly of Togher, Dundalk and Drogheda County Louth. Husband of the late Dinah. Deeply regretted by his loving daughter Anne, son Padraig, son-in-law Shay, daughter-in-law Valerie, grandchildren Liam, Sean, Eunan, Nathan, Laoise, David and Sadhbh, great-granddaughter Lily, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. In keeping with

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Fighting back: 64 Kilkenny tourism businesses sign up to Covid Safety Charter

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2020 2

Tourism businesses in Kilkenny have been quick to sign up to a Covid-19 safety programme aimed at instilling confidence in tourists and the public. Sone 64 tourism businesses in Kilkenny have received Fáilte Ireland’s Covid-19 Safety Charter and Fáilte Ireland is encouraging more local businesses from the accommodation sector, restaurants, attractions and activities to

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SPONSORED: Best of the West – an enchanting hotel in the mystical Burren   

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2020 3

The village of Ballyvaughan is at the heart of The Burren, one of Ireland’s most beautiful scenic attractions and indisputably the most distinctive. At the heart of Ballyvaughan is one of Ireland’s finest small hotels. The Hylands Burren Hotel offers a welcome as warm as its wood-burning fires, as traditional as its locally sourced food, […]

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Kilkenny pharma company gets green light to double size of facility in city

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2020 0

A Kilkenny-based medical device manufacturer has been given the green light for a major expansion plan which will see its facility more than double in size. Kilkenny County Council has granted CF Pharma permission to build a more than 1,600 sq meter extension beside its current facility at the Hebron Industrial Estate in Leggetsrath West […]

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Drill gang targeting vans parked in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2020 2

Gardai in Kilkenny are hunting a gang of thieves who are targeting parked work vans by drilling holes into the vehicles to steal valuable power tools. On Tuesday several power tolls were stolen from a van parked in the Larchfield area of the city. The van, a Renault Traffic, was parked at the roadside at […]

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LATEST: Five new cases of virus in Kilkenny, 10 more deaths and 613 infections nationwide

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2020 Post a comment

A further 10 people have died after contracting the coronavirus  as 613 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus currently stands at 1,810. There are now 37,668 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 3rd October 2020 Post a comment

Charlie BOLAND Talbots Inch, Kilkenny City Boland (Talbots Inch, Kilkenny) 1st October 2020, peacefully, in the presence of his family, Charlie, beloved husband of the late Frances and much loved father of Conor, Emmet and Ruth, sadly missed by his loving family, brother Mike and his wife Anne, son-in-law Stephen, daughter-in-law Deirdre, grandchildren Lilly, Evan […]

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‘We are at a critical point’ – special appeal from Kilkenny Council, gardai and HSE amid rise in Covid cases

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2020 0

Kilkenny Council, local gardai and health chiefs have joined forces to male a special public appeal to halt the spread of Covid-19. The joint statement issued by the Health Service Executive (HSE), local authority bosses and Garda leaders comes after nine new cases of the virus were confirmed yesterday, bringing the overall number of infections […]

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Shopping for homes: Lidl plans to build new supermarket – and 13 houses – on Kilkenny city site

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2020 0

Kilkenny could be set for a new supermarket if plans to build a new store, as well as over a dozen new homes, are approved by the local authority. Lidl Ireland have applied to Kilkenny County Council to build a new supermarket on the site of their existing supermarket on the Waterford Road in Kilkenny. […]

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Contempt of court: Kilkenny people targeted in ‘jury duty’ scam

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2020 0

Waterford residents have been targeted in a new jury duty ‘phishing scam’. Gardai have warned residents are being targeted by fraudsters falsely claiming to represent an official government department. They then trry to con people into registering for jury duty by providing their private personal details online. People are receiving emails from a ‘jury@justice.ie’ address