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Brennan brothers looking to serve up a helping hand to Kilkenny hospitality industry

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2020 0

Calling all Kilkenny hospitality businesses – the Brennan brothers are looking for you! As the industry gets ready to reopen on July 20, renowned hoteliers Francis and John are seeking owners of large three or four star hotels or tourist attractions to take part in a new series of At Your Service which is currently in […]

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SPONSORED: Dinner is served … gourmet restaurant meals delivered by Sams to your kitchen table

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2020 2

Since staying in became the new going out, everyone is turning to takeaways to help beat the lockdown blues. But takeaway food doesn’t have to be fast food and it certainly doesn’t have to be junk food. One Kilkenny restaurant is showing how it can be done by preparing gourmet meals which you can collect […]

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Early house: Pubs with restaurant licences to be allowed open doors sooner than expected – report

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2020 0

Hundreds of larger pubs with restaurant licences are set to open weeks earlier than expected, according to this morning’s Irish Times. According to the report, the Government will give the go-ahead over the next few days after it met with representatives of the industry with the Licensed Vintners Association’s Donal O’Keeffe saying “hundreds of pubs […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Mixed bag for Kilkenny this weekend … but brighter days on the horizon

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2020 0

We hope you enjoyed the summer while it lasted as it’s going to be mixed bag in Kilkenny over the weekend! Today will be cool and blustery with sunshine and scattered showers, with temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees with fresh to strong and gusty northwesterly winds. It’ll be wet and windy tonight and early […]

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Wheels of justice: Garda warning following spate of bike thefts in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

Kilkenny cyclist are being urged to take extra caution when storing their bikes as the worrying trend in bike theft continues. More bikes have been reported stolen this week in the city following on from a number of thefts reported over the previous weeks. In one instance, a grey mountain bike was stolen last Saturday […]

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A further five pass away as Taoiseach says pandemic payment will be extended ‘for months’

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

A further five people lost their lives 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 1,664 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,142 after another 38 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said in […]

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Kilkenny company launches most accurate Coronavirus test kit on Irish market

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

A Kilkenny based company is about to launch an accurate and quick Covid-19 antibody diagnostics test kit to the market. MyBio, which is based in the Kilkenny Research and Innovation Centre in St Kieran’s College, has teamed up with German lab MöLab GmbH to distribute the Coroanvirus indicating test in Ireland. The kits can give […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

Patrick (Pat) JORDAN Kyle, Kilmoganny, Kilkenny/Bunclody, Wexford Jordan, Patrick (Pat), Kyle, Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Raheengraney, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. Very peacefully at his residence on Tuesday 2nd June 2020. Deeply regretted by his sorrowing family, partner Phil, son Chris, daughter Kayleigh, grandchildren, sisters Margaret and Mary, brothers John

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Kilkenny new car sales crash, but local dealers performing better than other counties

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

Sales of new vehicles in Kilkenny plummeted by over 27% last month, new industry figures reveal. Official new vehicle statistics published by the the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) this week show the number of new car registrations in Kilkenny fell by 27.59% last month to 1,084. This compares to the 1,497 new […]

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We’re back: SVP opening Kilkenny store on June 8

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2020 0

St Vincent de Paul is to reopen one of its Kilkenny stores at Butts Green on June 8 when current Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. However, it’s other store in Thomastown is to remain closed for the timebeing. Almost 100 of the 234 Society of St Vincent de Paul Vincent’s charity shops throughout the country will […]