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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Would you clap hands for Linfield?

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Loyalist supporters of Linfield football club caused serious trouble in Dundalk during and after a European Cup match in 1979 . The rioting opened a wound in Irish soccer that  hadn’t fully healed 25 years later  when Shelbourne were drawn against Glentoran, Linfield’s arch rivals from equally loyalist east Belfast. Violence was feared and steps […]

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475 Kilkenny businesses get €1.7m in grants to help them through crisis

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Almost 500 Kilkenny businesses have received supports totalling over €1,700,000 from Kilkenny County Council to help pull them through the Covid-19 crisis. The local authority, through Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Kilkenny, has approved €696,719 for 291 local businesses. This money will be used to help cover consultancy costs to develop short and long term business […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Patricia BARRETT (née Finn) Waterford Road, Kilkenny City Barrett (nee Finn) (Waterford Road, Kilkenny) 27th July 2020, peacefully, in the wonderful care of Anne and the staff at Drakelands House Nursing Home, Patricia, beloved wife of the late Peter (Peadar) and much loved mother of Michael, Niall and Carol Ann, sadly missed by her loving […]

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Vandals smash patio door and windows of house in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Vandals broke a patio door and two windows of a house in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred at a property in Loreto Lodge on the Freshford Road last Wednesday shortly after 9.30pm. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Kilkenny Garda Station on 056 777 5000.

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Reopening Kilkenny: Most local businesses exempt from paying rates for six-months

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Most Kilkenny businesses will not have to pay commercial rates for the six months as part of new measures to help local companies recover from the pandemic. Kilkenny County Council confirmed the six-month waiver will apply to “all commercial rate payers impacted by Covid-19”, except a small number of businesses that fall into “specific excepted […]

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Carlow councillor accuses Kilkenny Council of ‘neglecting’ Travellers’ housing needs

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

A Carlow-based councillor has accused Kilkenny County Council of neglecting the housing needs of the local Traveller community. People Before Profit’s Adrienne Wallace criticised Kilkenny and Carlow councils for not drawing down money she said is “designated to specifically help meet the needs of the Traveller community”. Cllr Wallace said in a statement: “In accordance

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Gardai investigate death of man after series of incidents in Kilkenny and Tipperary

By Kilkenny Now 29th July 2020 0

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man following a number of incidents in Kilkenny and Tipperary on Sunday night. Gardai and ambulance staff responded to a report of a man with a “signififcant injury to his arm”at a house in the An Grianan Housing Estate in Killenaule, county Tipperary at 6.30pm on Sunday. He […]

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Famous Kilkenny business and tourism agency latest to fall foul of scammers

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

A renowned Kilkenny hotel and a local tourism agency have become the latest victims of the increasing incidence of online staycation scams. Langton’s Hotel Kilkenny and Kilkenny Tourism have fallen foul of online scammers who are using a cloned account to try and extract personal details from members of the public. Kilkenny Gardai have confirmed […]

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No new deaths for third day as PUP recipients told they must be ‘genuinely seeking’ work

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

There were no new deaths from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland for the third day in a row, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,764 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,929  after another 40 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) […]

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Two Kilkenny community groups benefit from Covid-19 restart fund

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 Post a comment

Two Kilkenny charity and community groups have become among the first to benefit from a special fund set up to assist projects in towns and villages across Ireland as they emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. The Bank of Ireland ‘Begin Together’ fund, which is this year replacing the community enterprise awards, has awarded €5,000 to […]