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Kilkenny beekeepers wanted: Have a buzz and hive off some honey from your back garden

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2020 3

People in Kilkenny are being asked to do their bit for the environment, by sitting back at letting someone and something else do all the hard work. Irish beekeepers are looking for people to host beehives on their property for a year or two. And in return they will receive some of the delicious honey […]

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Class news: Kilkenny school gets green light for much-needed extension

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2020 0

A national school in a rural Kilkenny has been granted permission to build a much needed extension for its growing student numbers. Kilkenny County Council has given the go-ahead to Fr Dan Cavanagh, Chairperson of the Board of Management of Listerlin National School for their ambitious plans. The new extension will see the construction of […]

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Daylight robbery: Ride-on mower stolen from Kilkenny farm

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 0

An expensive ride-on mower was stolen during a brazen daylight burglary at a property in county Kilkenny. The theft occurred at a farm in Danesfort between 11am and 6pm on Thursday. The owners came home to find the gates into the farmyard were wide open and the locks had gone missing. On inspecting the farmyard […]

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Three further lives lost as US and Britain set to be excluded from travel green list

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

There were three deaths further from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,752 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,730 after another 34 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, Simon Coveney, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has said […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A drink for the dry season

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

Full of fruit … bursting with fruity flavour. Those are descriptions of wine you will often see quoted by way of a compliment. Not by me. I dislike those big reds with more blackcurrant than Ribena. Whites “bursting with flavour” of peach or pear are nearly as bad. If I want to drink fruit juice, […]

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Gardai tackle thieves who stole fishing equipment from Kilkenny angler’s property

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

A county Kilkenny homeowner was left reeling after thieves broke into his property and made off with his fishing equipment. The break-in occurred at a shed on a property in Bonnettstown sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Kilkenny gardai are investigating the theft. They have urged anyone who noticed any fishy behaviour in the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

Mary O’KEEFFE (née Fripps) Dungooley, Carrigeen/Mooncoin, Kilkenny Mary O’Keeffe nee Fripps, Dungooley, Carrigeen, Co. Kilkenny, who died on Thursday, 16th July 2020, peacefully, at home, surrounded by her loving family, Predeceased by her dad Michael. Mary will be sadly missed by her loving husband Eamon, her adoring children Conor, Ellen and Mike,

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An Bord Pleanála to rule on plans for 42 new homes in Kilkenny commuter village

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

An Bord Pleanála will now rule on plans to build 42 homes in a county Kilkenny village that were rejected by the local authority. Developer John Staunton lodged an appealed to the planning authority after Kilkenny County Council turned down his application to build the homes as part of phase two of a development at […]

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Youth unemployment in Kilkenny almost doubles: new report

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

Youth unemployment in Kilkenny has almost doubled as a result of the pandemic, a worrying new survey reveals. There are currently 1,489 people between the ages of 18 and 25 in Kilkenny who are currently in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), according to a survey carried out by the National Youth Council of […]

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Look what gardai discovered at ‘routine’ checkpoint on motorway near Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2020 Post a comment

Gardai seized this massive haul of illegal drugs after they stopped and searched a vehicle on the M9 heading in the direction of Kilkenny. The driver, a man in his 40s, was arrested after gardai discovered approximately €800,000 worth of suspected cannabis resin which was vaccum packed in the back of the vehicle. Gardai said […]