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‘Thousands of checkpoints and no Easter egg deliveries’ – Garda Commissioner warns Kilkenny public what to expect

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

Thousands of checkpoints with more than 2,500 Garda are to be expected on Irish roads this weekend enforcing Operation Fanacht, the operation aimed at curbing the movement of the public beyond 2km. The operation will see an extensive network of checkpoints set-up to deal with anyone who is more than 2km from their homes and […]

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Gardai given powers to turn Kilkenny people away from holiday homes in Easter crackdown

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

An Garda Siochana have been given sweeping new powers that allows them to turn Kilkenny people to holidays homes and coastal regions for the Easter weekend. Minister for Health Simon Harris has signed regulations to give members the authority to enforce Covid-19 restrictions including forcing people to return to their homes and to arrest or […]

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Cats legend calls on his generation to lead the way in battle against Coronavirus

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

A Kilkenny hurling legend is calling on people in the same position as himself to heed the HSE’s advice and “cocoon” yourself. 78-year-old Eddie Keher and his wife Kay are cocooning at their home in Inistioge and is urging everyone over the age of 70 to do the same. The six-time All-Ireland winner says for […]

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Car smashed up in driveway of Kilkenny home as owner looked on in horror

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

A car parked in the driveway of a home in county Kilkenny was smashed up while the horrified owner looked on from inside the house. Gardai are investigating what is being called “an act of wanton vandalism”. A man was seen running from the scene and jumping into a waiting car after smashing the front […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Sharp spike in deaths as 36 lose their lives while number of confirmed cases rises by 345

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

A further 36 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 210 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 5,709 after another 345 were diagnosed. A total of 42,484 tests have been carried […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: A diary of self-imposed isolation. Easy riders and human kindness

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

My deepest heart-felt thanks to all those people, of all guises, who, locally, nationally and globally have risen to the occasion and are showing, in however small or big way, that good will always prevail, triumph even. From the organised community helpers to the supermarkets putting aide shopping times for the elderly to the willingness […]

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Gardai release man being questioned about Carrick-on-Suir stabbing without charge

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

The person being questioned in relation to the death of a 45-year-old Lithuanian man following a stabbing incident in Carrick-on-Suir over the weekend has been released without charge. “He was released from Clonmel Garda Station this afternoon and a file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions,” a statement from Gardai said […]

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Busted: Driver (22) caught with €52,000 worth of cocaine in car at Waterford checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

Gardai seized €52,000 worth of cocaine  after it was discovered in a car at a checkpoint outside a county Kilkenny village last night. Gardai had set up a Covid-19 checkpoint at the Grannagh Junction Roundabout at the entrance to the M9 motorway. Shortly after 11.30pm a vehicle was stopped and gardai became suspicious of the […]

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Kilkenny WIT students get 24-hour access to online libraries

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

Waterford Institute of Technology has made a wide range of online resources, eBooks, journals, and help guides online to support their study and research. “WIT Libraries are endeavouring to meet our communities’ information needs by delivering access to credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources,” Head of Library & Information Services, Terry O’Brien

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Vandals smash in windows of car parked in driveway of home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

Vandals smashed the windows of a car parked outside the owner’s home in a daylight attack in Kilkenny city. The car, a Seat Leon, was parked up on a driveway in Burrell’s Walk in Kilkenny’s Wetlands last Saturday, March 28. Sometime between 3pm and 7pm, while the owner was out, the rear windscreen was smashed. […]