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REVEALED: €350 a night for room in Kilkenny over 30 minutes from city when Dylan and Young come to town

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 3

By COLIN BARTLEY NEIL Young may have sang about a ‘Train of Love’ and Bob Dylan about a ‘Slow Train Coming’ – but Irish Rail have confirmed there is NO TRAIN COMING to collect fans after the legends of folk-rock gig in Kilkenny this month. And people will need transport to and from the gig […]

Opinion

EMILY BYRNE: ‘Acne – the key to understanding your skin and why it’s behaving badly’

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

By EMILY BYRNE IT’S the plague that doesn’t seem to go away for some. And and when acne persists – even after every lotion, potion and pill has been tried – it can leave a person feeling defeated, depressed and desperately frustrated. From the odd pesky pimple to a perpetual cycle of cysts, pustules and […]

News

Gardai investigate theft of construction equipment from building site in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

GARDAI in Kilkenny are investigating the theft of a valuable power tool from a building site in the city over the weekend. The theft occurred at the Wetlands area of the city sometime between 6.30pm on Friday and 8am the following morning. The thief made off with an expensive Stihl consaw drill with a distinguishing […]

News

Trolley numbers fall to near record lows at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE number of patients waiting on trolleys in St Luke’s General Hospital has plummeted to near record lows, new figures reveal. St Luke’s recorded one of the lowest figures for patients waiting on trolleys at any of the 38 hospitals in the country where the data is gathered from, over the last […]

News

Kilkenny builder killed in aircraft tragedy will be buried this week

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE well-known builder and businessman who died in the fatal light aircraft crash near his county Kilkenny home will be buried on Thursday. Richard ‘Dick’ O’Connell, who was in his 50s, died from his injuries after his aircraft crashed in a field close to his home at Rathcash, Clifden, at around 9pm last Friday night. […]

News Sport

Even a superhero couldn’t save Kilkenny in Croke Park yesterday …

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THERE were more heroes than those in purple and gold hanging around Croke Park yesterday afternoon. Literally. Another superhero’s spidey-senses may have got whiff of Kilkenny’s impending and ultimate demise yesterday, but alas didn’t hang around to save the day for the Cats. Eagle-eyed fans at GAA headquarters may have noticed a […]

Business News

EU trade deal with South America could be ‘catastrophe’ for Kilkenny farmers: TD

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THE proposed EU trade deal with South America could be “catastrophic” for local farmers, a Kilkenny TD has warned. Deputy Bobby Aylward spoke out after Irish farmers’ organisations expressed outrage over the announcement that negotiators from the European Union and the South American Mercosur trading block have agreed a trade deal that will “greatly damage […]

News

400 women waiting to see gynaecologist at St Luke’s, one woman waiting over a year

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

ALMOST 400 women in Kilkenny are waiting to see a gynaecologist for an outpatient appointment in St Luke’s General Hospital, according to new figures published today. And one woman has been waiting over a year to get an appointment with one of the four consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists at our local hospital. The figures emerged […]

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Thieves break into new house overnight, large haul of tools stolen

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

THIEVES broke into the site of a new house under construction overnight and made off with a large haul of tools and equipment. The theft occurred sometime between 6pm last Wednesday and 8am the following morning at the site at Smartcastle, Ferrybank. A consaw, laser level, cement mixer, a yellow and black De Walt drill […]

News Sport

KILKENNY GAA ROUND-UP: All local results and league tables

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2019 0

J.J. Kavanagh and Sons J.H.L (Section B) Sat, 29 Jun,  (Round: Round 3), Dicksboro 1-21 O’Loughlin Gaels 0-17 St Canice’s Credit Union County League Division 1 Sat, 29 Jun,  (Round: Round 4), Dicksboro 1-21 O’Loughlin Gaels 0-17   J.J. Kavanagh & Sons All County League  Tue, 25 Jun,  (Round: Quarter Final), Slieverue 1-32 Mooncoin 3-25 […]