Business News Property

Put away the sprinkler: Hosepipe ban on the way for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2020 0

It is becoming “increasing likely” a hosepipe ban will be put in place in county Kilkenny as temperatures continue to soar with little rain forecast in the immediate future although temperatures are due to drop in the coming days. Irish Water has confirmed that it will have to impose a Water Conservation Order following increased […]

Business

Blooming great: Hospice Sunflower Day in Kilkenny goes online

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2020 0

The national Hospice Sunflower Day in Kilkenny is going online as on-street collection can no longer take place due to Covid-19. The annual fundraising event is run by Together for Hospice, The National Hospice Movement and is a vital source of funding for hospices, with nearly €800,000 raised nationally last year. This year also marks […]

News

Gardai seize €8,000 of cannabis growing in back garden on Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Gardai have uncovered a barely disguised cannabis grow house in the back garden of a property on the Waterford border. Shortly before 7pm, gardaì in Carrick-on Suir entered a house on the Ballyrichard Road in the town as part of a planned raid. During the search, gardaí were astonished to find a transparent polytunnel in […]

News

COVID-19 UPDATE: A further eight pass away as number of people on pandemic payment declines

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

A further eight 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 1,658 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,072 after another 10 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, the number of people claiming the Covid-19 […]

News Opinion

PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: Let’s not consign all old people to Ga Ga land …

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

We might like to think that those in the autumn of their years have never had it so good. Thanks to advancements in nutrition and medicine, not to mention those (no thanks!) elective cosmetic treatments, our picture of ageing has changed radically in the past decades. In my lifetime, life expectancy has risen from 69 […]

News

REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Patsy Egan Donaguile, Castlecomer, Kilkenny Suddenly at his Residence. Beloved husband of Ellen and much loved father of Patricia, Bernadette and Catherine, sons-in-law Tom, Michael and John, grandchildren Micheál, Pádraig, Aoife, Shane, Keith and Conor, great grandchildren John, Charlotte, and Éanna. Deeply regretted by his sisters and brothers, sisters-in-law,

News

Awash with visitors: Gardai clear crowds from Kilkenny Waterfall as some sunseekers travel 50km for a dip

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Gardai had to issue fines to move on the huge crowds that had gathered a popular Kilkenny tourist over the weekend where the vast majority were not adhering to social distancing. Local residents contacted the gardai yesterday after the roads leading up to the Poulanassy Waterfall near Mullinavat were chock-a-block with cars making it difficult […]

Business News Sponsored

SPONSORED: Extraordinary ‘stay-cations’ and world-renowned fine dining await at Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet Estate

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 Post a comment

Kilkenny’s five-star Mount Juliet Estate has unveiled exciting new dining and accommodation plans as it prepares to reopen its doors to the public this month. The multi award-winning venue has confirmed it is back in business from June 29, in line with Government’s latest guidelines on lifting restrictions across the country. The team at Mount […]

News

Body of five-year-old boy recovered from lake following water tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

The body of a five-year-old boy who went missing in a lake in county Mayo yesterday afternoon has been discovered this morning. It is understood the boy fell into the water at Lough Mask near Tourmakeady while boating on the lake yesterday afternoon. A massive search was launched including Coast Guard and coast guard Helicopter […]

Business News

Government must ‘act now’ to save 4,300 tourism jobs in Kilkenny – hotel chief

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Hotel and guesthouse owners in Kilkenny and across the country have urged the Government to introduce measures that will tackle the catastrophic crisis facing many businesses as a result of the pandemic. Welcoming the positive drop in Covid-19 cases this week, Colm Neville, Chair of the South East branch of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), […]