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Major blow: Golf’s Irish Open at Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet Estate postponed for foreseeable

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2020 0

The decision has been made to postpone the Irish Open Golf at Thomastown’s Mount Juliet Estate. No date has been announced for when the tournament will now take place with organisers saying they will wait until they ‘have clarity on the global situation’. The European Tour last night announced the Dubai Duty-sponsored event, due to […]

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Retail therapy: Grocery sales up 23% to €363m as Kilkenny shoppers flock to supermarkets

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2020 0

Kilkenny shoppers have certainly been stocking up when doing their weekly shop with grocery sales across the country up massively since the Covid-19 crisis kicked-off. Purchases are up 23% on the same time last year, and by 16% when compared to the previous week, according to the latest data from the week ending March 15, […]

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Vandals smash windscreen of car parked in driveway of county Kilkenny home as Covid-19 lockdown kicked in

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2020 0

Vandals smashed the windcreen of a car parked in Callan over the weekend, just hours after the tough new Covid-19 restrictions came into effect. With the county in lockdown, the vandals targeted the car, a grey Seat Leon, that was parked in the driveway of a house in the town sometime between 3pm and 7pm […]

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CAR-AZY: Drink driver was 15 times over legal limit, banned motorist also arrested by Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

The fight against crime hasn’t been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 emergency, local gardai have warned. Officers in the Kilkenny-Carlow Division have made a number of arrests in recent days in spite of the lockdown. Yesterday in Glenmore in the south of the county gardai stopped a disqualified driver who had […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: Eight more die as 295 new cases of Coronavirus are confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

Eight more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 295 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed tonight. The latest fatalities brings to 54 the total number of people who have died from the virus. Six of the deaths are in the east of the county, one in the south and one in the west. […]

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BREAKING: RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy tests positive for Covid-19

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

RTÉ has confirmed presenter Ryan Tubridy has tested positive for Covid-19, RTE confirmed this evening. In a statement, Mr Tubridy said he was fortunate to have an “unintrusive” experience with the virus, which had now come to an end and he said he looked forward to being back at work really soon. He also paid […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: A diary of self-imposed isolation

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

Covid-19 crisis has been coming for some time You couldn’t make it up. Well, in truth, you could. The award-winning movie Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon. Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Gwyneth Palthrow, and which I watched for the first time at the weekend, tells of health and government officials and […]

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Covid-19 crisis: Kilkenny donors urged to give blood at special clinic in city

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is urging people in Kilkenny to come forward and donate during the coronavirus crisis as blood is still needed for critical services in our hospitals. The IBTS will be in Kilkenny for five days next week and they are asking those who wants to give blood to ring in […]

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Dedicated Kilkenny Covid-19 helpline goes live

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has launched a dedicated Covid-19 helpline, which provides a vital one-stop support number for anyone in need of assistance during the emergency. The free and confidential phone service – which can be accessed on 1800 500 000 – combines the great work being done by all the local organisations into one dedicated […]

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COVID-19: ‘Every time we don’t meet someone, it’s saving someone’s life’ – Kilkenny’s top cop praises public

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

Kilkenny’s most senior Garda has thanked the people of Kilkenny for buying into the Government’s stricter segregation guidelines. In an interview on KCLR this morning, Chief Superintendent Dominic Hayes urged people to continue to remain indoors while the restrictions are in place. “Every time you don’t go out or you don’t meet people, you are actually […]