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Two down, one to go: Double delight as Kilkenny teams battle to win All-Ireland club championships

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

It’s double delight for Kilkenny’s county and provincial hurling champions as both were crowned All-Ireland Club champions today after two exciting and hard-fought victories. Tullaroan, the Kilkenny and Intermediate club hurling champions broke Cork hearts with a last gasp winner against a seriously impressive Fr O’Neill’s team in a match which put to bed the […]

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‘No one should have to feel isolated’ – support group for transgender people in Kilkenny to hold first meeting

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

The first-ever meeting for Kilkenny people of the transgender community, or those considering the change, will take place in the city this week. Organised by Rebecca Harold with the assistance of the Kilkenny Leader Partnership (KLP), Translife Kilkenny aims to create a safe space where people of the transgender community can come together to share […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

Sr. Marie (Perpetua) BRAY Presentation Convent, Parnell St., Kilkenny City, Kilkenny / Fermoy, Cork Sr. Marie (Perpetua) Bray (Presentation Convent, Parnell St., Kilkenny). January 17th 2020. Predeceased by her parents James and Ellen, brothers Willie, Dan, James and Timmie. She will be sadly missed by her loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives,

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Aware calls for Kilkenny volunteers to help with its mental health support line

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

One of the country’s leading charities helping people affected by depression is looking for volunteers in Kilkenny to help man its telephone service. The Aware Support Line is a national freephone service which operates from 10am to 10pm 365 days a year and provides telephone support to people concerned about issues relating to their own mood or […]

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By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

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Kilkenny Council’s ‘lightbulb moment’ shortlisted for national community award

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

A lightbulb moment by Kilkenny County Council staff has been shortlisted for a prestigious national community award. The local authorities ‘Streetlight LED Retrofit Pilot Project’ has been nominated in the Best Energy Smart Initiative at the the All Ireland Community and Council Awards Now in its 14th year, the All Ireland Community and Council Awards, […]

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Burglars ransack home in Kilkenny town while owners were away

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Burglars broke into a county Kilkenny home while the owners were away over the Christmas holidays and ransacked the property. The break-in at the property in Westcourt Demesne, Callan, occurred sometime between Tuesday, December 31 and January 12. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “A window at the rear of the house was forced open. All rooms […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: For every tasty dish there’s a perfect partner

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

I recently enjoyed the company of a woman who owns a wine bar and the chef who works for her. Unsurprisingly, the conversation turned to matching wine to food. It is an unnecessarily complicated business, in my opinion, as well done by trial and error. But their opinions were interesting and here are a few […]

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Detective tells trial murdered Kilkenny woman suffered a ‘violent death’

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

The trial of a man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow mountain has heard “the deceased suffered a violent death”. Kieran Greene (34) of 34 Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor  (nee Cooke) originally from Windgap, county Kilkenny on 29 May, 2017. The Central […]

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Hundreds of Kilkenny teachers to strike over ‘pay discrimination’ in election week

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Hundreds of teachers in Kilkenny are to take part in a one-day strike called in the week running up to the general election. The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has today announced it is to take strike action on Tuesday, February 4 over what they are calling ‘pay discrimination.’ The TUI represents more than 19,000 members […]