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Save Our Soccer: FAI rescue funding package announced

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

The Government will double its funding and give the FAI an interest free loan of €2.5m annually for the next three years as part of a refinancing package to help save crisis-hit organisation. Details of the rescue package emerged this evening after Sports Minister Shane Ross and Minister of State Brendan Griffin met representatives from […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

Br. Michael ALOYSIUS (Al) O’Connor Edmund Rice House, Westcourt, Callan/Kilmanagh Br. Michael Aloysius (Al) O’Connor, Edmund Rice House, Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and Strathmore Lodge Nursing Home, Callan and formerly of Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny. Peacefully, on Tuesday 28th January 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Co. Kilkenny. Predeceased by his parents, his

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‘Tens of millions available’ for North Quays development in Ferrybank: Taoiseach

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said there is “tens of millions available” from the Government to ensure a project with the potential to transform Waterford and the South East goes ahead. Mr Vardkar was speaking as he officially opened the N25 bypass. He insisted the Government is fully behind the €500 million North Quays project in Ferrybank, […]

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‘A slap in the face’ – Carlow-Kilkenny TD criticises latest cut to childcare funding

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

A Kilkenny TD has hit out at the Government’s decision to cut essential funding to childcare services who are participating in a national demonstration next week. Deputy Kathleen Funchion described the move  as “outrageous” and “a slap in the face” to all those working in the childcare sector. The Carlow-Kilkenny general election candidate

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New café and holiday apartments puts Kilkenny village in spotlight once again

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s most picturesque locations is set to be reinvigorated by the creation of a new café and holiday apartments in the centre of the village. The famous building and restaurant known as Circle of Friends in Bank House on Inistioge’s High Street is set to undergo a major transformation which will include the […]

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Kilkenny gardai armed with new device to nab uninsured or disqualified drivers

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai will soon be armed with new technology that will allow them detect vehicles without valid tax, insurance and NCT – and to recognise disqualified drivers. The rollout fof the crime-busting app follows the successful trial of 50 devices in the Limerick Garda division. The app is now being rolled out on 2,000 Garda […]

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Burglar broke into Kilkenny home as owners slept and stole wallet

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

A burglar crept into a home in Kilkenny while the owners slept and went through their private belongings. The break-in occurred at a house in The Paddocks on Kells Road in Kilkenny city between 12.30am and 8am on Saturday morning. The homeowner awoke in the morning to discover the light on in the kitchen and […]

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Tender letters for construction of MRI scanner at St Luke’s Hospital sent out days before election

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

With just over a week to go before the General Election, it has emerged the Government are ready to sign off on the construction stage of the long-awaited MRI scanner project at St Luke’s General Hospital. Emails seen by the Friends of St Luke’s group who have long campaigned for an MRI scanner in the […]

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WATCH: Taoiseach opens Ireland’s longest bridge, spanning Kilkenny and Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

Ireland’s longest bridge, spanning Kilkenny and Wexford on the new N25 motorway by-pass 15 kilometres outside Waterford city, was officially opened by Taosieach Leo Varadkar today. The 887-metre long Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge forms part of the new 15km New Ross Bypass Project. The bridge crosses the River Barrow between Wexford and Kilkenny and forms […]

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BREAKING: Mother (43) appears in court charged with murder of three children

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2020 0

The mother of the three children found dead at their home in county Dublin last Friday has appeared in court charged with their murder. Deirdre Morley (43), with an address at Parsons Court in Newcastle, appeared before a special sitting of the Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice this evening. The bodies […]