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Kilkenny soccer startlet selected in Irish squad for games in Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2020 0

A Kilkenny girl will be able to show of her skills on the international stage close to home next week after being named in Ireland’s Under-17 football squad. Ellen Molloy from Thomastown has been selected for the upcoming friendlies against Iceland, games which the FAI are playing in Waterford and Tramore The U17’s are using […]

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Kilkenny burglar flees after failing to break down backdoor

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

A burglar who attempted an early morning break-in of a Kilkenny house gave up his on his heist after meeting his match in a belligerent backdoor. The bizarre incident occurred at Garden Villas off the Nuncio Road in Kilkenny city sometime between 9.30am and 1.30pm on Saturday, February 1. The burglar managed to jump over […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why it’s time to talk to Sinn Féin

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

Sinn Fein says its spending proposals have been costed by the Department of Finance. The claim is true but misleading. They have been costed like a bookie costs a bet. If I ask a bookmaker for the financial implications of putting €10 on a 200-1 outsider, he will tell me that if it wins I […]

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Two Kilkenny water sources supplying 16,000 back on stream after pollutants cleared

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

TWO water sources serving 16,000 people in Kilkenny abandoned last year after dangerously high levels of environmental pollutants were discovered in the water have been restored. The Inistioge and Kilkenny City (Troyswood) water supplies, shutdown when dangerously high levels of trihalomethanes were discovered in the water last July have been given the all-clear by the

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

Ann Fleming (née O’Neill) Ballygown, Kilmoganny, Kilkenny Fleming, Ann (nee O’Neill), Ballygown, Kilmoganny, Co. Kilkenny. Peacefully, after a short illness, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, on Monday, 3rd February 2020. Deeply regretted by her sorrowing husband Richard, sons Richard, Eoghan, Pat and Peter, daughter Marie, daughters-in-law Linda, Andi and Karen,

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Election will proceed in Tipperary on Saturday – Returning Officer

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

It looks like voting will take place after all in the General Election in Tipperary this Saturday as originally scheduled. Tipperary’s Returning Officer James Seymour has indicated he has been advised that – subject to written confirmation – polling will take place this Saturday, February 8 as originally arranged. There were fears the election in […]

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Campaigner criticises Government for failing to tackle domestic violence crisis 

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

A young abuse campaigner has heavily criticised the Government for failing to tackle the deepening domestic violence crisis in Ireland at a special conference in the UK. Ainie Grainger, a co-founder of Stop Domestic Abuse in Ireland (SDVII), accused the Government of paying lip service to the problem of domestic violence, but of failing to […]

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Two lucky Kilkenny punters among 30 new Lotto millionaires

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

Two lucky Kilkenny punters were among 30 new millionaires created by the National Lottery last year. On December 7 last the Centra in Mooncoin sold a €6,834,414 winning ticket that forever changed the lives of the winner and their family. Another local punter struck it lucky on February 15 after they landed the Daily Million […]

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Bungling burglar flees empty handed after botched break-in at home in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

A hapless burglar made repeated attempts to break into a home in county Kilkenny before eventually climbing in through the front widow – and then fleeing empty handed. The attempted break-in occurred at a property in the Skehana area of Castlecomer between 7.30pm and 8.20pm last Friday. A Local Garda spokesperson confirmed the would-be burglar […]

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Bus-ted! Gardai patrol new Kilkenny City Bus Service

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai appear to be wheely excited by the city’s new bus service. Officers have been showing a presence on the new coaches to make sure everything is above board for the many passengers using the service since it launched in late December. And our boys in blue were quick to give the new service […]