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Hot Wheels: County Kilkenny fire stations get much-needed new vehicles

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

Two county Kilkenny fire stations have just received delivery of new response vehicles replacing old equipment that had served them so well but are now over 17-years-old. The stations at Callan and Freshford this week had a brand new fire jeep presented to each local service which will now be put to work as front-line […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

Michael Fitzgerald Knockbrack, Glenmore, Kilkenny Michael Fitzgerald, Knockbrack, Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny, who died on Friday, 14th February 2020, peacefully at University Hospital Waterford, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents John and Ellen, brother Monsignor Paul. Michael will be sadly missed by his brother Sean, sisters Jo (O’Shea) and Mai

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ALERT: Kilkenny stores warned after local shop targeted in ‘change scam’

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

Kilkenny businesses are urged to be on the lookout for a fraudster who conned a store out of money in a “change scam”. The incident occurred at a shop in MacDonagh Junction last Wednesday, but the deception did not come to light until the store was doing up its tills for the day. A person […]

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Search for Kilkenny man missing in River Nore suspended until Storm Dennis passes

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

The search for a man reported missing in the River Nore since Monday will have to be put on hold until Storm Dennis passes. Emergency services will now have to wait until next week to resume a full search for the man after it was reported he went into the river close to John’s Bridge […]

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Con man who tricked elderly Kilkenny people out of cash by impersonating Gardai arrested

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A man suspected of impersonating Gardai in an effort to con elderly people in rural Kilkenny out of money was finally captured by the law this week. The man who has been a major target for Kilkenny Gardai was arrested as part of Operation Storm earlier this week. There have been numerous reports of people […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Cheerful and still pretty cheap

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

I first visited Portugal in the late 1970s. The country had not long emerged from a right-wing dictatorship. It was under-developed, poor and very, very cheap. We bought a nice bottle of wine in a restaurant for next to nothing, then found one in a café for even nexter to nothing and another in a […]

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Border-ing on bizarre: Kilkenny farmer’s mutt swiped and swapped with doggy double

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A Kilkenny farmer was left fuming and bewildered when he discovered his trusted sheepdog had been stolen but the thieves left a similar dog in its place. The bizarre incident happened on a farm at Pollagh, Skeoughvosteen near Goresbridge between 10.30am and 12.30am on Thursday, February 13. The farmer had left his dog, a Border […]

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Local woman to manage new JYSK store which opens first store in South East on February 27

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A home retail store which aims to revolutionise the South East’s home and furnishings shopping experience is to open its brand new store by the end of the month. Danish home retailer JYSK will open the doors to its new store at Boland’s Retail Park in Waterford at 9am on Thursday, February 27, creating 10 […]

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Decision on new county Kilkenny 95-bed care hospital due next month

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

A decision on whether a much-needed new community care hospital promised by the Government for county Kilkenny will be made next month. The Health Service Executive (HSE) hopes to build a 95-room community nursing and residential care unit next door to Thomastown’s St Columba’s Hospital. A report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority […]

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In Bloom: Kilkenny amateur gardeners urged to get their green fingers out

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

Green-fingered Kilkenny gardeners with an eye for talent are being urged to take part in this year’s Bord Bia Bloom festival. The festival returns on the June bank holiday weekend from May 28 to June 1 at the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Bord Bia Bloom is calling for budding gardeners from Kilkenny to submit entries for […]