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BREAKING: First case of coronavirus contracted by patient in Ireland who hadn’t travelled abroad

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 2

A man in Cork who has tested positive for Covid-19 is believed to be the first person in Ireland to have contracted the disease without leaving the country. He was the seventh person in the Republic – and tenth on the the island – to have caught the highly contagious virus but the first not […]

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Man appears in court in relation to €25,000 heist on Kilkenny store

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A 31-year old man has appeared in court in relation to burglary where €25,000 worth of tech goods were stolen from a Kilkenny store. The man was arrested yesterday in Mullingar, county Westmeath in connection with the burglary at the DID Electrical store in the Kilkenny Retail Park at Smithlands on the Ring Road, in […]

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Boil water notice lifted from county Kilkenny town’s water supply

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A boil water notice in effect for nearly four weeks at a county Kilkenny town has today been lifted. The Ballragget Public Water Supply,  which services 1,282 consumers, had been placed under a boil water notice since February 11, as a precaution due to inadequate disinfection of the water at the plant. Following consultation between […]

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Green light for €19 million 100-patient community care facility in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A new €19 million, 95-bed community care unit for county Kilkenny has been given the green light. Kilkenny County Council approved plans this week for the 95-bed facility on the grounds of St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown. The new facility became essential following a report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in the […]

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Sole sisters: Kilkenny women urged to get runners on as mini-marathon entries open

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

Women in Kilkenny are being urged to dig out their runners and sign-up for the the 2020 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon as entries for the largest all female event of its kind open. The event, now in its 38th year, will take place on Bank Holiday Sunday, May 31 and more than 30,000 women are […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

Eamonn DOYLE Clara, Clifden, Kilkenny Doyle, (Rathcash, Clifden, Clara, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Station Road, Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow), 4th March 2020, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Eamonn, beloved husband of Kay and much loved father of Carol, sadly missed by his wife and daughter, mother Annie, brothers Liam, Séan and Brian, sister Patricia, son-in-law

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Parents of students in Kilkenny school get text saying their children had contact with coronavirus

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 Post a comment

Parents of children in a secondary school in county Kilkenny have just received a text stating a number of the students in the school had low risk contact with a confirmed Coronavirus case. Parents and students in Coláiste Éamon Rís in Callan were informed of the contact with the virus this morning. A number of […]

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Man (24) due in court over €48,000 drugs haul in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A 24-year-old man is to appear in court this morning in relation to a €45,000 drugs seizure in county Kilkenny, The male was arrested yesterday afternoon in North Kilkenny in connection with a drugs seizure on Saturday, February 25 in Freshford. During a planned raid of the Freshford house, gardai discovered more than €5,000 worth […]

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Kilkenny’s gory past on travel bible’s ‘alternative Irish bucket-list’

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

The world’s most respected travel guide is pointing people in the direction of one of Kilkenny’s most spectacular tourist attractions if they are in Ireland for an alternative experience. The Lonely Planet this week published its ‘Alternative Irish bucket-list’ which it claimed would “challenge even the most well-travelled locals.” Kilkenny’s famed Dunmore Caves made the

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King of the swing: Kilkenny’s Master Clubmaker looking for shot at the big boys after unveiling revolutionary new golf putter

By Kilkenny Now 5th March 2020 0

A Kilkenny man with an award winning pedigree is looking stateside with the view to cracking the lucrative golf market. Peter Doyle from Piltown,  who runs the business Precision Fit Golf from Tramore, county Waterford has been named European Clubmaker of the Year. Now the Master Clubmaker and custom fitter has just launched his latest […]