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Heroin seized in raid on drug den in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

GARDAI seized €7,000 worth of heroin during a planned raid on a house in Castlecomer. Members of the Kilkenny-Carlow Divisional Drugs Unit swooped on the house in the Church Avenue area of the north Kilkenny town just after 5pm last Friday. Gardai confirmed a quantity of heroin with a street value of just under €7,000 […]

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Minister vows MRI scanner at St Luke’s will be delivered, but can’t confirm when

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 Post a comment

ST Luke’s General Hospital will get the long-awaited MRI scanner it badly needs, but Health Minister Simon Harris is unable to say if it will be built before the end of this year as previously promised. Minister Harris today vowed that the vital project – for which €250,000 has already been raised from local fundraising […]

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Just days left to nominate your local ‘superhero’ for Garda Youth Awards

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

THE final countdown is underway for applications for the inaugural Kilkenny-Carlow Garda Youth Awards. With less than two weeks to go before the May 31 deadline, community leaders, teachers, sports coaches and parents are being urged to nominate young people who are making a positive contribution to their communities. Garda Crime Prevention Officer Peter McConnon […]

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New Kilkenny hub to drive digitial transformation of Europe’s Agri-food sector: Commissioner Hogan

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

A NEW innovation hub in Kilkenny city can drive the digital transformation of Europe’s Agri-food sector, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said today. The former Kilkenny TD and minister was speaking at the launch of the Precision Agriculture Centre of Excellence (PACE) at the Lyrath Estate this morning. Commissioner Hogan said: “This impressive new hub

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Blow for city-centre as book store to close after quarter of a century in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

DUBRAY Books, which has traded in Kilkenny for 25 years, has announced it has been forced to shut its store in the Market Cross Shopping Centre. The announcement is the latest blow to the city-centre’s retail sector. Assistant Manager Kevin Power said the store has endured very difficult trading conditions in recent years. He told […]

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BREAKING: Warning after vehicle burst into flames on M9 outside Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

MOTORISTS using the M9 outside Kilkenny are being urged to use caution after a vehicle burst into flames on a stretch of the motorway this morning. Emergency services are at the scene of the incident, which occurred on the M9 Northbound between Kilkenny and Paulstown. Motorists in the area have been warned to use caution […]

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WEATHER UPDATE: See what’s in store for Kilkenny this week

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

IT’S going to be a wet and unseasonably cool start to the week in Kilkenny, Met Éireann has forecast. The national forecaster said this morning will get off to a dry and bright start, but “scattered” showers will hit the county and the rest of Leinster later on, with highest temperatures of between 15 nd […]

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Kilkenny midwife Sarah is fashion Queen of the racetrack yet again

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

STYLISH Kilkenny midwife Sarah Cass has done it again! The Gowran woman landed the best dressed title at the races for the second time this month after impressing the fashion police at Naas Racecourse yesterday. Sarah, who is now based in Dublin, also turned heads at Punchestown earlier this month when she walked away with […]

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‘It’s a very worrying time for us’ – Kilkenny Islamic leader says local Muslims abused on our streets

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2019 0

THE leader of Kilkenny’s Islamic community has spoken out after a number of disturbing instances in which locally based Muslims were targeted on the streets and online. Imam Ebrahim Ndure (pictured) said he fears his adopted home may no longer be safe for his family after a number of “alarming” events in recent weeks. In […]

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‘Show more leadership’ – Kilkenny TD urges Minister to make life-saving drug available to Kilkenny man

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY TD Kathleen Funchion has urged Health Minister Simon Harris to “show a lot more leadership” and order the Health Service Executive (HSE) to make a life-saving drug available to a seriously ill Kilkenny man. John Holmes recently received his tenth infusion of the drug Pembrolizumab (Pembro) at a cost of more than €50,000. So […]