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GAA ROUND-UP: All your latest local results and league tables

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2019 0

J.J Kavanagh and Sons Under 21 A Hurling Championship Sun, 08 Dec, (Round: Semi Final), Shamrocks Ballyhale 1-18 Danesfort 1-13   J.J. Kavanagh & Sons  Under 21 B Hurling Championship Sun, 08 Dec, (Round: Semi Final), Piltown 0-13 Rower Inistioge 0-10   Permanent TSB Under 19 Hurling Sun, 08 Dec, (Round: County Final), St Martin’s […]

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‘They’re just complaining from the sidelines’ – Kilkenny TD hits out at celebrity homeless campaigners

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2019 0

Kilkenny TD and Government minister John Paul Phelan has criticised celebrity homelessness campaigners who have attacked Fine Gael over the housing crisis. Minister Phelan (pictured below) said he “did not see the point” in musicians and actors weighing into the homelessness debate, adding that they knew “little or nothing about” the issue.

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WEATHER FORECAST: Hair we go again! Kilkenny braced for more gusts and rain

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2019 0

Kilkenny thankfully escaped the worst of Storm Atiyah over the weekend. And today we’ll experience a welcome calm before conditions become more unsettled again later in the week with rain and strong gales forecast. A Status Yellow wind warning issued for Kilkenny and the rest of Leinster, along with counties Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary and […]

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ALERT: Three Kilkenny homes in same area hit by burglars in countdown to Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 8th December 2019 0

Gardai are investigating if there is a link between a spate of burglaries that occured within a small area of county Kilkenny during the week. The first two break-ins occured on Tuesday, December 3, between 1.30pm and 10pm. In the first incident, on Station Road in Bennettsbridge, the homeowner arrived back from work at 8pm […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 8th December 2019 0

Henry LAHERTY Swords, Dublin/Knocktopher, Kilkenny LAHERTY, Henry (River Valley, Swords, Co. Dublin and formerly of Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny) – December 7th, 2019, (peacefully) at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Sadly missed by his loving wife Mary, daughters Lorraine, Siobhán and Ger, son-in-law Tom, grandchildren Conor and Izzy, sisters Peggy and Breda,

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Could it be you? Lucky Kilkenny punter lands life-changing €6.8m Lotto jackpot

By Kilkenny Now 8th December 2019 0

The National Lottery has appealed to Lotto players throughout Kilkenny to check their Lotto tickets after one lucky ticketholder scooped last night’s Lotto jackpot worth €6,834,410. The winning Lotto numbers are: 13, 16, 18, 25, 38, 41 and the bonus number was 1. This latest Lotto win is the ninth jackpot win this year, with over €62 million […]

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Two killed in separate road tragedies

By Kilkenny Now 8th December 2019 0

Two men have been killed in separate weekend road tragedies. Grdai this morning confirmed that a pedestrian in his 30s was fatally injured near the M9 southbound in the townland of Greenhills, Kilcullen, Co Kildare late last night. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been removed to Naas General Hospital. […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Warnings issued as Storm Atiyah approaches Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 8th December 2019 0

Don’t go outside unless you really have to today as Kilkenny and the rest of the country feels the force of Storm Atiyah and gusts of up to 130kph. Weather chiefs have issued three separate alerts over the first named storm of the year with nine counties on orange warnings until Monday morning. Counties Donegal, […]

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Burglars thrash Kilkenny home and make off with ‘significant’ amount of cash

By Kilkenny Now 7th December 2019 0

A shocked Kilkenny homeowner came home from work to find his house trashed and a significant amount of cash stolen, along with an expensive watch and a set of car keys. The break-in happened on the Waterford Road in Springhill last Tuesday sometime between 8.30am and 10.15pm. The burglars managed to force their way inside […]

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Council rejects plans to build 25 new homes in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 7th December 2019 0

Plans to build 25 new homes in a Kilkenny village have been knocked back by the local authority. The development planned for Dangan townsland, beside Kilmacow, would have created homes for over 70 people. However, Kilkenny County Council turned down the proposed development, saying the plans are “premature”. Dunkitt Properties Ltd submitted the planning application