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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 […]

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‘FG and FF have enabled worst crises in housing and health for a generation’ – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have presided over and “enabled the worst crises we’ve seen in housing and health for a generation,” Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has said . Speaking after it was confirmed the county will go to the polls on Saturday, February 8, the Sinn Féin candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny said her party is […]

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LATEST: Human remains found in blazing car believed to be those of missing teen

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Gardaí suspect body parts found in a burning car in Dublin this morning and further remains discovered in a separate part of the city are linked to a missing teenager. The 17-year-old was last seen in Drogheda, Co Louth on Sunday. Human remains were discovered in a vehicle in Drumcondra, north Dublin this morning. They […]

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Four stand trial over murder of Kilkenny woman whose remains were found scattered across Wicklow Mountains

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

Four people are to stand trial today facing various charges relating to the murder of a Kilkenny woman whose remains were discovered scattered around the Wicklow Mountains. Patricia O’Connor (nee Cooke), originally from Windgap was murdered at her home in Rathfarnham on May 29, 2017. The deceased’s daughter Louise O’Connor (41), of Millmount Court, Dundrum […]

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BREAKING: Woman (18) charged with murdering world champion Kilkenny dancer

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

An 18-year-old woman in Britain has been charged with murdering champion Kilkenny dancer Adrian Murphy and in London last year. Diana Cristea, of Barnet, has been accused of the murder of the hugely popular 43-year-old, who was found dead at an apartment in Battersea, London, last June. Cristea also faces charges connected to the poisoning […]