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PLOUGH ON! Our complete guide to the 2019 National Ploughing Championships

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY UP to 250,000 people are expected to descend upon a small village in neighbouring Carlow this week, for Europe’s largest agricultural show. The National Ploughing Championships takes place this year in Ballintrane, Fenagh, county Carlow. Now in its 88th edition, organisers say the event could top the records crowds seen last year […]

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

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

Kilkenny Honda Centre Minor A Hurling Championship Sun, 15 Sept  (Round: 1st Round (A)), Mooncoin 0-13 Thomastown 0-12   Kilkenny Honda Centre Kilkenny Honda Centre Minor A Hurling League Tue, 10 Sept (Round: Round 9), Rower Inistioge 1-22 Piltown 0-20 Fri, 13 Sept (Round: Round 6), Galmoy/Windgap 7-14 James Stephens 2-9   Kilkenny Honda Centre […]

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4,000 Kilkenny patients now on waiting lists to see consultant at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY 4,000 people in Kilkenny are waiting to see a consultant for an outpatient appointment at St Luke’s General Hospital, new figures reveal. And over 600 people have been waiting a year or more to get an appointment with a consultant at our local hospital. The figures emerged from the monthly National […]

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Kilkenny gardai probe bizarre case of criminal damage

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny business owner was left perplexed after he arrived at his premises to discover a side window on one of his vehicles had been carefully removed and placed directly in front of it. The bizarre incident occurred at the premises in Maddockstown sometime between 7.30pm last Wednesday and 8.30am the next morning. A […]

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Man airlifted to hospital after horror crash in south Kilkenny has died

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

A MAN who was suffered horrific injuries in a road accident in south Kilkenny earlier this month has died. The crash occurred on the M25 near Glenmore on September 2. The victim was airlifted to from the scene and taken to University Hospital Waterford (UHW). However, the man, who is from Co Wexford, died from […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Ray of light – see what’s in store for Kilkenny this week

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE weather in Kilkenny this week will be settled and sunny, and there’s very nice news for the thousands making the annual pilgrimage to the Ploughing Championship up the road in Carlow tomorrow. Today will be mainly cloudy, but the sun will break through at times, with temperatures of between 16C and […]

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Leading Kilkenny venue named Ireland’s best Family Friendly Hotel at 2020 Georgina Campbell Awards

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Newpark Hotel has been named Ireland’s leading Family Friendly Hotel at the 2020 Georgina Campbell Awards. It’s just the latest accolade for the four-star Kilkenny hotel, which is renowned for its family-friendly facilities. In 2018 Newpark won the Gold Medal Award for Ireland’s Best Family Friendly Hotel, and has again been nominated in the […]

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BREAKING: Chaos as arsonists set HSE building in Kilkenny city ablaze

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A HOUSE earmarked by the state to provide much need accommodation in Kilkenny city was almost razed to the ground overnight. The Health Service Executive building known as HSE House, in Wetlands would have been destroyed if it were not for the quick reactions of the emergency services. It is the fourth […]

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Man arrested following heroin seizure in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2019 0

A DRUG dealer was arrested after he was found possession of a quantity of heroin in Kilkenny city. The man was arrested by members of the Kilkenny Detective Unit, backed up by uniformed officers, targeting the sale and supply of “controlled drugs” in the city. He was found to be in possession of an estimated […]

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Kilkenny villages wish to walk in a wifi wonderland

By Kilkenny Now 15th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO villages in Kilkenny, concerned their villages will be left in a broadband black hole by Government plans, are looking into setting up a fibre network all of their own. Piltown and Fiddown’s broadband speeds will not be improved under the Government’s National Broadband Development Plan (NBDP), so a meeting was held […]