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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Two weeks to learn Spanish? No problemo!

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

I HAVE two weeks to learn Spanish. I’m quite relaxed about it – and so I should be, for I do the same thing every year. Well, not exactly the same. Some years I learn French or Italian, depending on where I am going. I don’t know why I bother. The only natives I talk […]

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Man killed after being hit by truck in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN has been killed after being hit by a truck in Kilkenny this afternoon. The incident, in which a man died, happened on the N25 at Gaulstown, near Glenmore shortly before 3 pm. Gardai in the Thomastown District are at the scene and the road has been closed to allow for […]

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Young Kilkenny soccer star picked to start in Ireland’s Euro semi-final

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Ciaran Brennan has been picked to start in Ireland’s U-19 European semi-final against Portugal today. Brennan, who plays his club soccer with Sheffield Wednesday, has been picked to start in a front three for Ireland in Armenia this afternoon. Ireland made it to the semi-finals after drawing with Norway and beating  […]

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Blackspot – family carers in Kilkenny not getting the support services they need

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is “blackspot” when it comes to the delivery of services to support family carers. New research from Family Carer’s Ireland(FCI) shows a ‘postcode lottery’ exists for supports and services in the community for family carers. Kilkenny, along with neighbouring Waterford, is one of the areas most affected, due to a lack […]

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‘A huge win for the city’ – new public bus service ready for Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE NEW public bus service for Kilkenny city could be picking up its first passengers before the end of the year. The service will traverse the city and connect all areas of the city via two routes, both connected to the Ring road. Chairperson of Kilkenny County Council Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere said […]

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It’s the little things in life – doll’s house sells for €48,000 at Kilkenny auction

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY auction house was shocked when a doll’s house with a guide price of €3,000 – €4,000 was sold for 12 times that. An 1810 Travelling Baby house fetching an eye-watering €48,000 at the auction in Fonsie Mealy’s auction house in Castlecomer yesterday afternoon. The two-room mahogany doll’s house standing 44cm […]

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Oscar nominated film from Kilkenny’s renowned animation studio makes list of greatest children’s movies

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S world-famous animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has just received yet another stunning endorsement of their work. The Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated film, ‘The Breadwinner’ just got a spot on a coveted list of greatest children’s films ever made. The Oscar-nominated ‘The Breadwinner’ was released in 2017 and received the nomination in 2018,

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Weather update: Long sunny spells, but some thundershowers expected

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SPELLS of lovely sunshine will be mixed with heavy showers and thunderstorms over the next fewe days. Temperatures will remain up in the mid-20s, but it will be humid. This changeable weather is caused by yet another warm front moving across continental Europe from the Sahara. This is the second of such […]

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Garda Alert: Scammers prowling Kilkenny residents with dodgy bank emails

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY residents are being warned to look out for a scam email doing the rounds, claiming to be from their bank saying people’s accounts are frozen. Local gardai say a scam email targeting Bank of Ireland customers has been dropping into people’s inboxes over the last number of days. The scam email […]

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‘Absolutely outrageous’ – Kilkenny TD frustrated with ongoing delays in funding St Luke’s MRI scanner

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE LACK of urgency, and funding, involved in providing an MRI scanner for St Luke’s General Hospital has frustrated a Kilkenny TD and led him to become cynical about the Government’s guarantees. The issue of the non-provision of the MRI scanner was re-opened after the Minister of State with special responsibility for […]