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New Kilkenny bus service to link 41 parts of the city

By Kilkenny Now 27th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FORTY-one locations in Kilkenny will be serviced by the new city bus service and buses will run every half-hour. The new bus service will be ready for November after Kilkenny  County Council confirmed it has chosen the preferred operator – Galway-based City Direct – to run the service. Kilkenny Councillor Andrew McGuinness […]

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By Kilkenny Now 27th August 2019 0

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Distraught owners of new county Kilkenny home return to find property vandalised

By Kilkenny Now 27th August 2019 0

VANDALS broke into the site of a new house under construction and caused extensive damage to the property. The incident occurred at a site in the Kilmacow area of South Kilkenny sometime between 7pm last Friday and 1pm the next day. A local Garda spokesperson said: “The owner of the property returned to find that […]

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Bishop confirms fewer masses across Kilkenny as priest numbers dwindle

By Kilkenny Now 27th August 2019 Post a comment

THE amount of masses celebrated in churches around Kilkenny is to be noticeably scaled-back as the diocese grapples with a sharp decline in ordination and an aging clergy. Bishop Dermot Farrell has contacted all the parishes in the Diocese of Ossary to inform them there will be significantly fewer masses celebrated by advent this year. […]

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Man viciously assaulted in popular Kilkenny city pub

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

A MAN was repeatedly punched in the face during a vicious attack in a popular pub in Kilkenny’s city centre. The attack took place at the busy High Street premises at around 11.30pm on Friday night. A local Garda source said the victim received “a number of punches to the face resulting in a black […]

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Gardai hunt arsonists behind latest attack on HSE building in Wetlands

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have issued a public appeal for anyone with information about the latest attack on the HSE building in the Wetlands area over the weekend to come forward and assist their investigation. On Saturday, KilkennyNow.ie reported how arsonists torched HSE House in Wetlands just after midnight on Friday, causing extensive damage. Gardai today confirmed: […]

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Kilkenny’s Rose ready to dazzle the Dome – and upset the odds!

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY Rose Clodagh Cassin takes to the stage in Tralee’s famous Dome tonight. And the talented graduate, hockey player and sometime farmer has high hopes of bringing the Rose of Tralee crown home to Kilkenny, despite the bookies giving her extremely generous odds of 50/1 to win. The 22-year-old was the judges’ […]

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Three rural Kilkenny communities share €115,000 funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

THREE Kilkenny communities are celebrating after it was confirmed they will share just under €115,000 in funding under the Government’s CLÁR Programme. Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan today announced that Windgap, Black & Whites GAA and Community Centre and Tullogher Rosbercon GAA Club will benefit under the Government’s CLÁR Programme, which funds small […]

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Family pays moving tribute to Kilkenny ‘Angel’ on day of her 21st birthday

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE family of a Kilkenny ‘Angel’ has paid a beautiful tribute to her on the day that would have been her 21st birthday. Ciara Lawlor (17) died tragically in July 2016 after collapsing at a Kodaline concert in Marlay Park, Dublin. Yesterday her family posted a moving tribute on Facebook, accompanied by […]

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Kilkenny’s River Nore comes out top in 2019 anti-litter league table

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S River Nore is an “excellent site” that has a “virtual absence of litter”, according to the 2019 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey of coastal areas and waterways. The area of the River Nore examined in Kilkenny city received a glowing endorsement, just one of seven areas in Ireland the report […]