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Kilkenny businesses get sneak peak of Fáilte Ireland’s new €6m domestic tourism campaign

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

Fáilte Ireland launched a new €6m domestic tourism campaign in Hotel Kilkenny this week which will appear on TV, radio and outdoor advertising over the next few weeks. Kilkenny tourism businesses were invited to attend an early sneak preview of the campaign which is called ‘Keep Discovering’ which aims to grow the domestic tourism market […]

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‘Nearly everyone has been the subject of an attack’ – assaults on ambulance staff highest in Kilkenny and Southern region

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

Incidents of assaults on ambulance staff in Kilkenny and the southern region are the highest in the country. A paramedic working in the region told KilkennyNow.ie: “There are a lot more assaults and attacks we just don’t report.” The figure released by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) show there were 44 assaults on ambulance staff […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

Mary FUNCHEON (née O’Gorman) Magdalen Court, Maudlin Street, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny Funcheon (nee O’Gorman) (Magdalen Court, Maudlin Street, Kilkenny and formerly of Gortfree, Kilmanagh) 19th February 2020, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Mary, pre-deceased by her loving son Philip, sadly missed by her devoted husband Patrick, son Paul, daughter

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Kilkenny Council to distribute sandbags in preparation for flooding as 14 days of wet weather forecast

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 Post a comment

Sandbags are to be given out to Kilkenny residents following a warning from the council to prepare for flooding. People all across the county are being urged to prepare for the worst following advice from Met Éireann that we can expect heavy rain and possible snow which could continue for the next two weeks. Kilkenny […]

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Man (50s) dies following accident at work site in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

A local man in his 50s died overnight as a result of the injuries he sustained during an accident at a building site in Kilkenny on Monday. The man fell from scaffolding while working at the site which is located in Kilkenny city. The Health Safety Authority this morning confirmed that the man passed away. […]

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Search team hopes to resume dives for missing Kilkenny man after more than a week

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 Post a comment

As the search for the man missing in the River Nore now enters its tenth day, divers have been unable to enter the water in more than a week. Rescue services are now hoping for a change in conditions as they search for a man reported missing in the River Nore since Monday, February 10. […]

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Man (50s) remains in critical condition following accident at Kilkenny work site

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2020 0

A local man in his 50s remain in a critical condition today following an accident at a building site in Kilkenny on Monday. The man fell from scaffolding while working at the site which is located in Kilkenny city. The man was rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital where he remains in a critical condition, […]

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Chateauneuf du Pape, Rodney – ‘Del Boy’ pulled on a Kilkenny road in an Andy Murray and elephant trunk, doing a Reliant Robin in a jam-jar with no bees-wax, got nicked with a wad of Ricki Lakes in his skyrocket!

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

You Plonker! A man arrested on a host of driving offences has been compared to ‘Del-Boy’ by Kilkenny Gardai after he was initially pulled over for speeding but then found to be driving on three wheels, without tax and insurance, with a wad counterfeit money and drunk. The man was stopped driving with only three […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Here’s one thing they must not change

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

Whatever other policies the next Government jettisons, it should not abandon Ireland 2040, the plan for decentralisation. Nor should new ministers tinker or toy with this so-called National Planning Framework. If they can strengthen the proposals, fine. And if they can speed up things that would be great, for the outgoing Government has done very […]

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North Quays Development in Ferrybank a step closer as Government commits €12.6m to new city centre bridge

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 Post a comment

The North Quays Development in Ferrybank moved one step closer today following the announcement of €12.6m funding for a new bridge across the River Suir linking Waterford’s quays. The announcement of the substantial funding was made by Waterford City and County Council who received the funding under the 2020 round of expenditure as part of […]