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More than 60 children in State care in Kilkenny have no social worker

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

Sixty-three children living locally in the care of the state have not been allocated a social worker. This represents one in every five children in Kilkenny who require assistance from the Family and Child agency Tusla, going without a dedicated social worker. The Kilkenny/Carlow/South Tipperary Tusla region has the second highest proportion of children in […]

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Investigation launched into ‘unexplained circumstances’ surrounding the death of an infant

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

An investigation has been launched into “unexplained circumstances” surrounding the death of an infant in Waterford yesterday afternoon. The infant died following an incident at a “domestic premises” in Waterford city at around 2pm on Tuesday, February 18. The body of the child has been removed to Dublin where a post-mortem will take place this […]

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New café hopes to serve up a slice of the past in historic building in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

New plans it is hoped will breathe new life into a historic building in a county Kilkenny town which has been masquerading as a shop for close to half a century, have been put to the council planners. A planning application has been lodged with Kilkenny County Council which would see the 18th century Market […]

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More rural Kilkenny Post Offices face closure as IPU predicts 400 under threat nationwide

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

There are fears for the future of a number of Post Offices in county Kilkenny unless more government services can be offered to the public from them. That is the stark assessment of the current state of Post Offices by its union representative – the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU), who claim up to 400 post […]

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Kilkenny County Council pick up the ‘smart’ prize at Croke Park ceremony

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council’s effort to reduce energy by retro fitting streetlighting has received a national prize for being a smart inititative. The local authority was named as winner of the best energy smart initiative category at the All Ireland Community & Council Awards announced over the weekend. The award was handed over to Kilkenny council […]

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Slick burglar makes off with home heating fuel and engine oil from county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2020 0

A slippery burglar managed to get away with fuel and machine oil after breaking into a yard in county Kilkenny. The burglary happened at Pollagh, Skeoughvosteen, Goresbridge between midday on Friday, February 7 and midday on Wednesday, February 12. The intruder made their way to the boiler house in the yard, where they broke a […]

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Pair deny murder of Kilkenny’s World Champion Irish Dancer in London

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2020 0

A 25-year-old man and teenage woman have both denied murdering a World Champion Irish dancer from Kilkenny at his South London last summer. Joel Osei (25) and Diana Cristea (18), both of no fixed abode denied the charge of murder of Adrian Murphy (43) when they appeared via video link at the Old Bailey in […]

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Kilkenny Council to introduce horse exclusion zone on 20 streets in bid to crack down on animal welfare abuse

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2020 Post a comment

A new horse exclusion zone will hopefully help end animal welfare abuses locally after 28 animals were seized in recent weeks by Kilkenny County Council. The new zone on 20 of Kilkenny city streets is also set to be unveiled in the coming weeks by Kilkenny County Council as animal welfare by-laws adopted are finally […]

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Search to resume today for man missing in River Nore for over a week

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2020 0

The search for a man reported missing in the River Nore since last week will resume this afternoon following an improvement in conditions. Emergency services were forced to postpone the search over the weekend until Storm Dennis passed after being hampered in their search all last week due to strong currents and low visibility. Services […]

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‘There are no confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland’ – HSE responds to suspected Coronavirus case in South East

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2020 0

The Department of Health and Health Service Executive (HSE) has said there is no confirmed case of Coronavirus (novel CoVid-19) at University Hospital Waterford. It follows reports this morning that a person presented to UHW with possible symptoms of the virus which is sweeping China at the moment. KilkennyNow.ie contacted the office at the Department […]