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Plans to demolish old Kilkenny pub for major new housing development

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2022 0

Plans to demolish a well-known former pub and restaurant in Kilkenny and build more than 30 new homes on the site have been lodged with the local authority. The development by MJ McGuinness would see the existing former pub on O’Loughlin Road torn down to be replaced by a new scheme of apartments and houses. […]

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Ireland rugby heroes see off Scots to capture Triple Crown

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2022 Post a comment

Ireland finished their Six Nations campaign with an impressive victory over Scotland to capture the Triple Crown on home soil for the first time in 18 years. The 26-5 bonus point triumph at the Aviva Stadium follows impressive earlier victories over Wales and the English at Twichenham, capping a successful campaign for coach Andy Farrell […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2022 0

Catherine BROGAN Pill Road, Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary/Piltown, Kilkenny Formerly of Clonmore, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny. Pre-deceased by her partner Mickie, their baby daughter Lynn, and her sister Josephine. Our Catherine slipped away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at South Tipperary General Hospital under the kind care of the staff in Medical 4. Catherine will

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: How a dark horse helped Charlie beat the bookie at last

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2022 Post a comment

Work was scarce when I was growing up and a lot of men, with nothing better to do, divided their days between the bookmaker and the pub. Once a week they collected the dole – the buroo, they called it, Belfast-speak for the employment bureau. Battle-hardened wives would swoop quickly to get some family money […]

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Good Samaritan comes to help of elderly lost visitor to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2022 0

A big-hearted woman went to the aid of an elderly tourist who wandered off and got lost during a visit to the city this week. The man, who is in his 80s, arrived in Kilkenny on a bus trip from the UK. It is understood he got separated from his group and ended up five […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2022 0

Patricia GORMLEY (née Gunnell) Ossory Hill, Johnswell, Kilkenny/Roscrea, Tipperary Gormley (nee Gunnell) (Ossory Hill, Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Carrick, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary) 16th March 2022, peacefully, in the presence of her family, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, after a long illness borne with dignity, Patricia, predeceased by her father Tom

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Kilkenny to bask in bank Holiday sunshine and blue skies

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2022 0

Kilkenny will bask in some beautiful blue sky weather over the double Bank Holiday weekend. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said today will be mianly dry, with “some good sunny spells”, although southern area will experience some cloudy conditions. The forecaster added: “Cloud may also move onto some eastern and western coasts in the […]

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Tragdy as man’s body found in river near Kilkenny-Tipperary border

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2022 0

Gardai are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a river near the Kilkenny-Tipperary border. The man, who is understood to have been in his 40s, were recovered in the Gortnahoe area at lunchtime on Wednesday. His remains were removed to University Hospital Waterford for a post-mortem examination, which will determine the course of […]

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Garda on mountain bike chases chatty motorist down Kilkenny’s busiest street

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2022 0

A motorist was hit with a fine and three penalty points after they were caught holding a phone while driving the length of Kilkenny’s busiest street. The brazen driver had passed a Garda on mountain bike patrol on High Street yesterday and kept driving, prompting the officer to give chase after the vehicle. A local […]

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30,000 visitors descend on city as Kilkenny goes green

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2022 Post a comment

Festival Kilkenny is well and truly underway. Yesterday marked the beginning of six days of festival events featuring American marching bands, fireworks and fireshows, concerts, street entertainment and, of course, this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. A spokesperson for Kilkenny County County said the city expects to welcome 30,000 visitors over the coming