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Burglars make off with haul of tools after break-in at county Kilkenny business park

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai are hunting for burglars who stole expensive equipment from the grounds of a business in Callan. The burglary occurred at the Westcourt Business Park in the county Kilkenny town sometime between 10am last Friday, May 15 and 5pm on Tuesday, May 19. The burglars made their way onto the grounds of a business in […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 12 more deaths and 76 new cases, Taoiseach warns of clampdown on pandemic payments

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

A further 12 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 76 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,583. There are now 24,391 cases of Covid-19 in the country, the Department of Health said in its latest daily update. The […]

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Cross one’s heart: Second cath lab for South East set to go to tender in July

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

The long-awaited second Cardiac Cath Lab in for the South East is set to go to tender in July while the refurbishment of the existing lab should be completed by summer’s end. At present, there is only a mobile Cath Lab service available in University Hospital Waterford(UHW) which operates just three days a week. The […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Joseph (Joe) BOURKE Abbey Road, Carrick-Beg, Carrick-on-Suir/Kilmeaden, Waterford/Piltown, Kilkenny Late of Ballyduff, Kilmeaden and Hillcrest, Piltown. After a long illness bravely borne. Predeceased by his wife Maureen. Deeply regretted by his loving family, Caroline, Raymond, Joanne and John, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. In

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Kilkenny gardai make major breakthrough in fight against organised crime: gun, ammunition, cocaine and cash seized

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny and Waterford have made a major breakthrough in ther fight against organised crime in the south east. Today it emerged some €35,000 worth of cocaine was recovered in Glenmore in south Kilkenny during a follow-up search after operation yesterday which resulted in the arrests of four men. The four, suspected members of […]

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Gardai hunt arsonist who broke into WIT overnight and started fire in college

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai were called to the scene of a fire at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), where one-in-four of all Kilkenny students attend, overnight. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately and gardai have captured CCTV footage of a suspect leaving the rear of the college. Local gardai confirmed they were notified of the […]

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Bank builders: Kilkenny school pipped for top prize at AIB challenge

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Students from a Kilkenny school were announced as runner-up in the 18th ‘AIB Build A Bank Challenge,’ a national schools competition this year held through video conferencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students from Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny took second prize in one of the countries longest running schools programmes for Transition and 5th Year […]

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Step in the right direction: More space for pedestrians in new Kilkenny traffic scheme agreed by council

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Kilkenny city centre is ready to adapt to the social distancing issues raised by Covid-19 and create more space for pedestrians in time for the easing of restrictions imposed upon us by the global pandemic. Local councillors have agreed to a plan creating a one-way traffic system in the city centre’s narrow streets allowing much […]

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Four arrested after gun, ammunition and large quantity of cocaine seized in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Four people are in custody after a gun and ammunition were recovered after gardai searched a vehicle in south Kilkenny yesterday afternoon. Three men were arrested after the vehicle was stopped and searched by gardai in Glenmore at around 4pm yesterday. Three suspects, aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested and taken to Thomastown […]

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Party goers facing criminal charges after gardai break up gathering in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 0

A massive house party in a county Kilkenny town was shut down by gardai over the weekend and all those there are now facing charges. A call was made to gardai in Callan shortly before 2am on Sunday informing them of a large house party happening in the town. When the gardai arrived, they were […]