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Kilkenny pensioner terrified as gang of teens go potty outside home in city

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 0

A Kilkenny pensioner was left terrified in their home after a gang of teenagers entered their property and destroyed flowerpots that were sitting outside the front door. The incident occurred at Dean Kavanagh Place in Kilkenny city last Sunday afternoon. The elderly resident became worried when they noticed a gang of youths outside their house. […]

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Slick Cats down dogged Dubs in hurling league opener

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 0

It took Kilkenny a while to shake off a determined Dublin challenge at UPMC Nowlan Park this afternoon, but once they did they eased away to a decisive 12-point victory. All week-long Kilkenny’s management team were talking up this Dubs in a game that had a real feel of a Leinster Championship match about it. […]

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Glitter-sliothar: Kilkenny legend overcomes odds to emerge as one of favourites to win Dancing With The Stars

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 0

Former Kilkenny hurler Aidan Fogarty is right in the mix to waltz off with the top prize on Dancing With The Stars after bookies slashed the odds on his adding the coveted Glitterball to his impressive All-Ireland medal collection. Last weekend just two contestants scored higher as Fogarty’s foxtrot to the Oasis hit Half The World […]

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SPONSORED: Barrow’s Keep has a new home – but its incredible food and wine hasn’t changed

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 Post a comment

Stephen McArdle has worked in top restaurants in Dublin, Belfast and London. But now he has made his home in Kilkenny and found the ideal place to cook the food he loves: locally sourced and with a strong identity. That place is Thomastown, where Stephen and his partner Morgan VanderKamer recently moved their renowned Barrow’s […]

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Woman arrested after man (33) fatally assaulted in county Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 Post a comment

A woman has been arrested after a 33-year-old man was fatally assaulted in county Wexford. Gardai this morning confirmed they are investigating “all of the circumstances” surrounding the death of the man following an incident at a house in Gorey. Shortly before 2am gardai received reports of an incident at a house in Ramsgate Village. […]

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‘Darkness is over the whole land’ – community in grief after deaths of three children

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2020 0

Gardai are waiting to interview the mother of the three children whose bodies were found in a house in Co Dublin on Friday evening. Conor McGinley (9), Darragh (7) and three-year-old Carla were found dead inside their terraced home at Parson’s Court in Newcastle, a village near Rathcoole. It is believed the siblings died after […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny motorway closed after serious crash, diversions in place

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2020 Post a comment

A section of the M9 motorway in Kilkenny has been closed following a serious accident. The crash occured near the Paulstown junction. The M9 has been closed between Junction 7 Paulstown and traffic has been diverted via Kilkenny city. There has been no resports of casualties yet. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed. “As a result […]

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Kilkenny election candidates turn to crowdfunding to back their campaigns

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2020 0

General Election campaigns are not cheap to run and even more difficult for the candidates in Kilkenny who are not members of the big party machines. Because of this some of the candidates have turned to the public in an effort to level the funding playing field in an effort to get their faces into […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2020 0

Diana Bolger Rockenham, Ferrybank, Waterford / Bigwood, Kilkenny Diana Bolger, Rockenham, Ferrybank, Waterford, who died on Friday, 24th January 2020, peacefully at Cherry Grove Nursing Home Campile, surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her dad Edward. Diana will be sadly missed by her son Alan, his partner Aoife, mam Marian, brother Derek, sisters Edwina, […]

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PICTURED: Gardai name the three children found dead

By Kilkenny Now 25th January 2020 0

Gardai have named the three children who were found dead in Co Dublin yesterday as Conor (9), Darragh (7) and Carla (3) McGinley. Their remains were found at around 7.45pm last evening after Gardaí responded to a call at Parson’s Court, Newcastle. The bodies of the three young children have been removed and the results of […]