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More Kilkenny households eligible for Government mortgage scheme

By Kilkenny Now 4th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY MORE Kilkenny households are set to benefit from a Government initiative aimed at helping people in mortgage distress or arrears. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government initiative was established to help homeowners at risk of losing their homes due to unsustainable mortgage debt. And now the department has increased its […]

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Vandals destroy graves in county Kilkenny cemetery

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY VNADALS have been laying siege to a county Kilkenny graveyard, breaking tombstones and destroying graves. Gardai are hunting a person or group who have been vandalising graves at St Mary’s Graveyard in Callan. So far seven graves have been targeted and the headstones damaged.  The first grave was targeted on Saturday, June […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Gay Ireland is part of the mainstream and very, very welcome

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 2

ON the day of the big Pride parade I was in Dublin for a play at the Abbey. Michel Tremblay’s The Unmanageable Sisters was written in French and set in Canada, but Deirdre Kinahan has skilfully transplanted it to the Ballymun of 1974. It is a dark comedy which manages to wring plenty of laughs […]

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Kilkenny landlords no longer able to rent out other properties on Airbnb

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

LOCAL landlords will no longer be able to rent out second properties through Airbnb after a clampdown by Kilkenny County Council. The local authority is taking a hardline stance after the Government unveiled new rent rules earlier this week. Kilkenny owners of buy-to-let properties, which are not their primary residence, will now have to get […]

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Visiting biker’s bags stolen in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

A VISITOR who was touring around Ireland on a motorbike got a nasty shock when they realised someone had made off with their storage bags in Kilkenny The opportunistic thief stole the motorcycle bags, known as panniers, from the unattended bike and then fled. The bike was parked on Kieran Street in the city on […]

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Price of houses in Kilkenny soars by €20,000 in just three months

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE AVERAGE price of a four-bed house in Kilkenny has jumped by €20,000 in just three months. These stunning figures are from the latest house price report from MyHome.ie examining the national housing market for Q2, 2019. The report shows that a typical family three-bedroom semi-detached in Kilkenny cost €10,000 more in […]

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Setback for Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium as FBD Insurance pulls sponsorship

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY FBD Insurance has confirmed it is ending sponsorship arrangements with Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium. The blow comes in the wake of last week’s RTÉ Investigates programme on the greyhound industry, which revealed up to 6,000 dogs that don’t meet racing expectations are killed each year. Reports say the deal between FBD Insurance and […]

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Missing girl found safe and well – gardai thank public for assistance

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

The 19-year-old girl from missing from Carrick-on-Suir since Monday morning has been found safe and well. Gardai would like to thank everyone who assisted their appeal in looking for the 19-year-old Deva Hodkinson. Deva Hodkinson was located by gardai just after 10pm last night.

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Kilkenny schoolkids to be given new meningitis vaccine in September

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY children starting secondary school in September will be offered a new meningitis vaccine targeting strains of the disease that have become more common recently. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) announced it is providing the MenACWY – which protects against meningococcal C and other types of meningococcal disease W and Y […]

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No disabled swing for Kilkenny Castle Playground despite €100,000 revamp

By Kilkenny Now 3rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THERE will be no swing suitable for children with physical disabilities in the revamped Kilkenny Castle Playground, simply because there is not enough space. This was the response a Kilkenny resident received after contacting the Minister with responsibility for the Office of Works (OPW), Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran. The €100,000 project will see […]