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‘If I get two years, I’ll be delighted’ – hero campaigner Vicky Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she “won’t be here for two or three years” unless a drug or a cure can be found. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke candidly of the difficulty she faces some days in coming to terms with the reality of her illness during an interview with the Love and […]

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SPONSORED: Get connected – Imagine has fibre and wireless solutions to rural broadband problem

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

BRINGING efficient broadband to rural Ireland has become a hot political issue. Several big telecom companies have backed away from the project, which the Government estimates will cost taxpayers €3 billion. But one provider believes it can supply the service for a fraction of that price. And while debate rages about a national plan, Imagine […]

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Showers and sunshine – brace yourself for another week of unsettled weather

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

SUMMER will remain a distant dream for now with cool and unsettled weather conditions set to continue for the week in Kilkenny and throughout most of the country. Met Éireann has forecast more rain today in Kilkenny and the rest of Leinster, “some heavy and prolonged”, with the mercury set to rise to highs of […]

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Vandals attack county Kilkenny home, smash every window on property

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

A DISTRAUGHT county Kilkenny householder returned home to discover all the windows of his home had been smashed in. The windows of his car and a caravan that was on the property were also broken while he was away. The vandals caused thousands of euros of damage in the attack, which occurred in the Ballyfoyle […]

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WATCH: Top band Kodaline’s emotional tribute to Kilkenny ‘Angel’ Ciara Lawlor

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

LEADING band Kodaline paid an emotional tribute to a Kilkenny teenager who died at one of their concerts as they performed in Dublin over the Bank Holiday weekend. Ciara Lawlor tragically lost her life when she collapsed at the concert in Marley Park three years ago. The band has since done everything they can to […]

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Kilkenny pet owners urged: ‘Get your bunnies vaccinated’

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

KILKENNY pet owners have been urged to get their bunnies vaccinated. The warning was made by pet retailer Petmania, who have partnered with Burgess Pet Care to bring Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) to Ireland for the first time. The event will take place between June 1–9. Petmania said in a statement: “Petmania are urging rabbit owners to […]

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Our Number 1! Kilkenny athlete Aoibhe wins VHI Women’s Mini-Marathon

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

A TALENTED young Kilkenny athlete is celebrating today after she won the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin, the largest all-female event of its kind in the world. Aoibhe Richardson was among the 30,000 who woman of all ages who took over the streets of the capital yesterday, clocking the fastest time of all at […]

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New Windgap tearooms opens this morning – with or without ancestral son George Clooney!

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY SO FAR there’s been no word back from George Clooney, but the show must go on and the much-anticipated opening of the community café in his ancestral county Kilkenny village will go ahead as planned this morning! There had been speculation (most of it, admittedly, of the wildly exaggerated variety …) that […]

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Criminal gang break into building site in Kilkenny city overnight, hardware stolen

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2019 0

GARDAI are hunting for a criminal gang who broke into a building site in Kilkenny city overnight and made off some valuable hardware. The robbery occurred at a building yard compound in the Green’s Bridge area of the city sometime in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It is not known how the gang gained […]

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Kilkenny farm received €230,000 in CAP payments last year

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2019 0

COUNTY Kilkenny’s O’Shea’s Farms received the second highest payment under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) last year, newly released figures reveal. The Piltown farm, which recently secured a major contract to supply Aldi with potatoes received €229,633.96 in CAP payments last year. This was second on the list top CAP payments behind representatives of Nicholas […]