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Kilkenny man wins biodiversity award at Young Farmer of the Year competition

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 0

A Kilkenny farmer has been named Young Biodiversity Farmer of the Year. Alan Doyle, a drystock farmer from Gowran, was awarded the title at the FBD Young Farmer of the Year Awards. Alan won his awards after demonstrating a passion for farming, which protects the environment and enhances biodiversity. Alan has 170 ewes and 23 […]

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

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 0

J.J Kavanagh and Sons Under 21 A Hurling Championship Sun, 01 Dec, (Round: Semi Final), O’Loughlin Gaels 2-14 Dicksboro 0-8   J.J. Kavanagh & Sons  Under 21 B Hurling Championship Sat, 30 Nov, (Round: Quarter Final), Rower Inistioge 0-16 Glenmore 1-5 Sun, 01 Dec, (Round: Semi Final), Lisdowney 2-18 St Lachtain’s 0-10   J.J. Kavanagh […]

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Running the show: four Kilkenny athletes make Irish team for European cross-country championship

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 0

Four Kilkenny athletes have been selected to represent Ireland in the upcoming European cross-country championships. Eoin Everard, Aoibhe Richardson, Peter Lynch and Shay McEvoy are all members of Kilkenny City Harriers and will be jetting off to Lisbon, Portugal next week to compete in the European cross-country championships on Sunday, December 8. Eoin Everard secured

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BIG FREEZE: Warning as temperatures plummet to -3C

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 0

Temperatures will plummet to as low as -3C over the coming days as a Big Freeze grips Kilkenny and the rest of the country. Motorists are being urged to drive carefully this morning amid widespread frost as a result of freezing overnight conditions. Although very cold, today is expected to be a dry day, with […]

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Burglars break-into Kilkenny pub and strip premises of all its wiring

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

The owner of a Kilkenny bar that had closed down was shocked to find that someone had broken into the premises and stripped it bare of all its wiring. The former bar on the Castlecomer Road in Kilkenny was broken into sometime between Wednesday, November 20 and Wednesday, November 27. It was only when the […]

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Ballyhale Shamrocks are Kings of Leinster again

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 1-21 St Mullins (Carlow) 0-15  Henry Shefflin’s Ballyhale Shamrocks are just two games away from being crowned All-Ireland club champions for a second successive season. The Kilkenny and All-Ireland kingpins are AIB Leinster club champions for a record tenth time after they showed true grit to secure back-to-back titles against a gutsy

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Kilkenny multinational bottom of European league table for milk prices

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

Kilkenny’s food giant Glanbia has come bottom of a table for milk prices paid to farmers by Europe’s largest dairies. A survey released by the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture, which is based on the VAT-exclusive prices paid to farmers for milk delivered in September reveals Glanbia pays the lowest milk prices of 16 […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

Gabriel (Gay) CLEERE Malahide, Dublin/Kilkenny Cleere Gabriel (Gay). Malahide and formerly of Kilkenny. 29th November 2019. Peacefully in the wonderful care of Talbot Lodge Nursing Home, surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of the late Una. Very sadly missed by his loving children Anne, Phillip and Paul, son-in-law David, daughter-in-law Yvonne, his 7

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Not very lice: Selfies and smartphones blamed for increase in nits among schoolkids

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

Selfies and the sharing of smartphone screens are being blamed for an increase in nits and head lice among schoolchildren in Kilkenny and across the country. Head lice needs head-to-head contact to spread and experts say this is happening more regularly as young people spend more time looking into screens together. Pharmacist Caitriona O’Riordan of […]

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ISIS bride Lisa Smith is arrested on terrorism charges

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

ISIS bride Lisa Smith has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism charges. The arrest came after the former member of the Defence Forces and her daughter arrived back in Ireland from Turkey this morning. An unmarked garda car and a black Ford people carrier with blacked out windows were waiting for Smith and her daughter […]