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Health food company plans new plant for Kilkenny city, but it has a hurdle to jump

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 Post a comment

A highly successful health food company which supplies some of Europe’s largest supermarkets is looking to create a manufacturing facility in Kilkenny creating 20 jobs in the process. Virginia Health Foods has identified a site just outside of Kilkenny city, which they say is the perfect location for their new facility as it fits into […]

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Less than a week left to register to vote in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

Kilkenny people yet to register to vote in the upcoming general election are being reminded that they have less than a week to do so. Kilkenny County Council has issued a reminder that the closing date for the supplement to the Register of Electors is Wednesday, January 22. There is some confusion surrounding voter registration […]

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Kilkenny commuters warned of traffic chaos as farmers target Dublin’s M50 and Port Tunnel

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

Commuters heading home to Kilkenny have been warned to expect traffic chaos this evening as protesting farmers target the M50 and the Port Tunnel. The protest is expected to create long tail backs onto the N7/M9 slip roads as vehicles are stalled along the M50. The farmers have left St Stephen’s Green and Merrion Square […]

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In the swing: Kilkenny golf resort named among World’s best

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

A Kilkenny golf course has been included on a list of the Top-100 courses in the world by a leading magazine for the sport. Mount Juliet Estate and Golf Resort has been named the 80th best golf course in the World by Golfscape’s Top 100. Mount Juliet is joined on the list my numerous other […]

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Glanbia unveils new monthly payment for Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

Glanbia Co-op has announced a new monthly payment for its Kilkenny milk suppliers. Glanbia Co-op owns 60% of Glanbia Ireland (GI) and receives a dividend each year which equates to 30% of the milk processor’s annual Profit-After-Tax (PAT). At the formation of GI in 2017 members voted at a Special General Meeting (SGM) in Punchestown […]

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Young woman appears in court charged with murder of Kilkenny dancer in London

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

An 18-year-old woman has appeared in court in the UK charged with murdering talented Kilkenny dancer Adrian Murphy. Diana Cristea is accused of the murder of the hugely popular 43-year-old, who was found dead at an apartment in Battersea, London, on June 4 last year. She is also charged with poisoning by administering a substance […]

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PICTURED: 17-year-old who was butchered in vicious drug feud

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

This is 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods whose butchered remains were discovered in a bag in Coolock in Dublin on Monday night. Gardaí last night confirmed that the severed limbs are those of the teenager from Beechwood Drive, Drogheda, Co Louth on Sunday. Detectives believe that the gruesome murder is part of the ongoing feud between rival […]

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Drug driver nabbed at Garda checkpoint outside Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

A suspected drug driver was caught with a quantity of cannabis when he was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after his vehicle was searched on the Hebron Road on Sunday evening and is due to appear in court. A local Garda […]

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Kilkenny on track to get new trains

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Welcome relief is coming down the track for Kilkenny commuters after Irish Rail confirmed they are adding new trains to its Waterford-Dublin services, starting next year. Irish Rail confirmed some of the new 41 carriages it ordered late last year have been earmarked for the Waterford-Dublin Heuston route. It was initially believed all the new […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Enjoy the election poetry – we’ll be back to prose soon enough

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Unless opinion polls have been getting it badly wrong, the result of this General Election is unlikely to be very different from the outcome of the last one. In 2016, Fine Gael got just over 25% of the first preference vote and Fianna Fáil a little over 24%. Support for the two big parties has […]