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SPONSORED: Cork Airport – your holiday starts here!

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

MORE and more sunseekers and commuters from Kilkenny and across the South East are choosing to fly from Cork Airport. And it’s not hard to see why. Just over a 90-minute drive from Kilkenny, Cork Airport is the fastest growing airport in the country with 10 new routes added over the past 12 months – […]

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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK: Beautiful family home in sought-after Kilkenny city estate for less than €300,000

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

The address: No. 20, Talbot’s Court, Freshford Road, Kilkenny city  The lowdown: Fine three-bed family home in popular Kilkenny city estate that will be a big hit with the kids! The price: €295,000 ______________________________________________ LOCATED, space and privacy are just some of the fine attributes that come with No. 20 Talbot’s Court. This fine family

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Female teacher receives three-year sentence over sex with student

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

The female teacher convicted of having sex with one of her secondary school pupils has been sentenced to three years in prison. The 25-year-old female, who admitted to having sex with one of her students on two occasions last year when the boy was just 16, today received a three years jail sentence, with the […]

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Huge boost for region as investors confirm €350m Ferrybank development will go ahead

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 Post a comment

After months of speculation, the economy of South Kilkenny, Waterford and the South East region recieved a huge boost today after the €350m North Quays development received firm commitments from its investors that the project is ready to progress. Falcon Real Estate Development confirmed it will lodge a formal planning application to Waterford City and […]

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Three Kilkenny hurlers win All-Star awards

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

KILKENNY have been rewarded for their efforts in getting to this year’s All-Ireland Hurling final by getting three players on the 2019 All-Star team. Fresh from their county championship wins, Ballyhale forwards TJ Reid and Colin Fennelly receive an award, while Tuallaron’s Padraig Walsh picks up his All-Star for his stellar performances in defence. TJ […]

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Talented Kilkenny student awarded prestigious bursary

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny third-level student has been awarded a prestigious bursary for her work in Biotechnology. Aoife Walsh from Mooncoin received the 2019 Regeneron Ireland College Award, in collaboration with the University of Limerick (UL), at an event in Regeneron’s Industrial Operations and Production Supply (IOPs) facility in Limerick last week. The annual awards

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Two ‘hills’ come out on top at Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Awards

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

TWO estates, just off the Ring Road, were the big winners at the Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Awards 2019. Rose Hill, just off the Kells Road, was named as the best overall larger residential estate in Kilkenny, while Gallows Hill, off the Bennettsbridge Road, won the best overall smaller residential estate in Kilkenny. Patrick Street was […]

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Bungling burglars bail-out after waking Kilkenny publican during botched break-in

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 0

Burglars who broke into a popular county Kilkenny pub fled empty-handed after being rumbled by the bar owner. A number of men forced their way into a bar on the Square in Castlecomer around 3am on Tuesday. The bar owner was woken by a loud bang downstairs, he then heard voices coming from the private […]

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Kilkenny named one of ‘most haunted’ places in Europe

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 0

You may need nine lives if you are visiting Kilkenny – a city so spooky it has been named one of the five most haunted places in Europe. Travel and Leisure magazine, the US-based bible of holidaying, has bestowed the spooky title upon Kilkenny in a recent article. It points to the city’s haunting history, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris beware, history has a warning for you …

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 Post a comment

Boris Johnson has got the general election he wanted and goes to the country buoyed by opinion polls which suggest he could score a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Be careful what you wish for, Mr Johnson. Theresa May thought she was heading for a landslide when she called a snap election in […]