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Primary school crisis – two out of every three Kilkenny kids in overcrowded classrooms

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY TWO OUT of every three Kilkenny primary school children are being taught in overcrowded classrooms. Class sizes in Kilkenny are some of the highest in the country with more than 67% of classes containing 25 pupils or more. The statistics provided by the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) show Irish classrooms are […]

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Kilkenny farm to host key event of Farm Safety Week

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny farm is to host one of the four main events of Farm Safety Week 2019 this evening. This evening Andrew Phelan is hosting a farm safety evening on his farm at Ballytarsney, Mooncoin Co. Kilkenny. Farming continues to have one of the poorest safety records of any sector in Ireland. Last year, […]

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‘Lucky no one was seriously injured’ – thugs smash window of moving car

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NUMBER of moving cars sustained damage when they were targetted by people throwing stones at them on Friday night. This serious incident happened on the Callan Road just after 9 pm. One car had its passenger window smashed as it was driving on the Callan Road, while a second car had […]

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Man left languishing in €1,200-a-day hospital bed because HSE won’t fund move to specialist unit in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN with acute brain injuries has been left languishing in a €1,200-a-day hospital bed as health authorities say there is no money to send him to a specialised care facility in county Kilkenny. Darragh Stakelum (29), who is from Thurles, Co Tipperary, has been waiting for 16 weeks to be discharged […]

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Kilkenny County Council gives €250,000 towards seven community-led projects

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 Post a comment

CULTURAL art spaces, playgrounds, and scout halls are among the projects to receive funding as part of Kilkenny County Council’s €250,000 its Community and Cultural Facilities Capital Grant Scheme. This year, seven projects receive contributions from the council towards the capital cost of community-led cultural and amenity facilities. In all 16 applications were received

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Gardai investigate attack on a five-year-old girl by group of young boys

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating an alleged attack on a young girl by three boys. All the children involved in the incident are under the age of ten. It’s alleged the five-year-old girl was attacked by three boys aged between seven and ten in a shed at a derelict house. The young girl escaped, but not before […]

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THROW-IN: Your complete guide to all the GAA fixtures for the week ahead

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

Tue 16 July J.J. Kavanagh and Sons Intermediate Football Championship (Round: Semi Final), Venue: Piltown, Mooncoin V Piltown19:45,   St Canice’s Credit Union County League Division 1 (Round: Round 5), Venue: Mullinavat, Mullinavat V Bennettsbridge20:00, (Round: Round 2), Venue: Canon Kearns Park, Erins Own V Ballyhale Shamrocks20:00,   J.J.Kavanagh &

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Kilkenny parents feel the pinch as back-to-school costs rise

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY parents are cutting back on holidays, school-trips and sportswear for their kids as the cost of sending them back to school continues to rise. More than half of parents are under pressure financially because of back-to-school costs, while a third of parents say they have to cut out some school-related costs […]

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Ban on public and media attending Kilkenny council policy meetings overturned

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE DECISION of county councillors to ban the media and the public from Kilkenny County Council’s policy meetings has been reversed. The U-turn was led by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, the parties who originally pushed for the ban. The ban was put in place following a vote at June’s monthly council […]

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City set to build state of the art library in Abbey Quarter

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY City is to get a state of the art library which could be ready in 18 months. Members of Kilkenny County Council gave the project the thumbs up at its monthly council meeting yesterday. The new library is part of the proposed redevelopment of the Mayfair Ballroom in the Abbey Creative […]