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Rural Kilkenny to finally get high-speed broadband, but plan will cost taxpayers €3bn

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 61

THE Government is set to give the green light to the rollout of the national broadband plan, which will finally deliver high-speed internet facilities to rural parts of Kilkenny. However, the cost of the project to taxpayers is likely to be a whopping €3 billion, according to reports this morning. The Irish Times, citing briefings […]

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SPONSORED: Abbey Mobility – bringing the personal touch to stairlift peace of mind

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 0

FOR many people, stairlifts offer a new lease of life, allowing them to easily and safely go up and down the stairs. They get back the full use of their house and the risk-free lifts mean peace of mind for their loved ones. The Mobility Aids Grants Scheme helps some elderly or disabled people with […]

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‘It’s for people I’m doing this, not awards’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 0

HERO campaigner Vicky Phelan has slammed ongoing delays in the cervical cancer screening process as “unacceptable”. The Kilkenny mother-of-two spoke out a year after she was awarded €2.5m in a High Court action over the alleged misreading of her cervical cancer smear. The Mooocoin woman was recently forced to take a step back from campaigning […]

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Now they’re suckin’ diesel! Thief siphons €400 of fuel from bus parked outside Kilkenny hotel

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

A BUS operator was left fuming after a thief siphoned €400 worth of diesel from a coach that was parked on the grounds of a well-known Kilkenny hotel. The bizarre theft has fuelled a Garda probe into the incident. A local garda source confirmed the theft occurred sometime between 5.30pm on Tuesday night and 8am […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Batten down the hatches – Storm Hannah is coming

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

LAST weekend’s glorious Easter Bank Holiday weekend will be sadly long forgotten by tomorrow night when Storm Hannah hits Kilkenny. Met Éireann today issued separate orange and yellow wind warnings covering most parts of the country, and a small craft warning for the Irish Sea. Kilkenny is among the counties included in the Status Yellow […]

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BREAKING: Overcrowding at St Luke’s at crisis point, 30 patients on trolleys

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

OVERCROWDING levels at St Luke’s General Hospital were among the highest in the entire country today. A total of 30 patients were left languishing on trolleys at our local hospital, which left  doctors and nurses struggling to cope with the massive workload. Only University Hospital Limerick (60), University Hospital Galway (37), Tallaght University Hospital (39), […]

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Kilkenny Family Resource Centres to benefit from €18m funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

FAMILY Resource Centres in Kilkenny and across the county are to get an extra €1.5 million for the coming year, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan has confirmed. The extra funding brings to €18 million the overall allocation to the Family Resource Centre Programme for 2019 – the largest in 10 years. In Kilkenny, […]

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‘Don’t mind the red carpet George – come home and open our new tearoom!’

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY HOLLYWOOD star George Clooney, whose ancestors hailed from Windgap, hit the headlines over the past week when he visited Ballyfin House, just over the county border in Abbeyleix, as part of a family reunion with some of his Irish relatives. And now the famous actor has been issued with a personal invite […]

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‘The State is failing us’ – Kilkenny mother of children with special needs to lead protest outside Dáil

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 Post a comment

A KILKENNY campaigner and mother of special needs children is urging parents to come out and support a national protest to highlight the lack of support services for children with autism and intellectual disabilities. Linda Comerford, who is spokesperson for the ‘Enough is Enough – Every Voice Counts’ campaign, confirmed the protest will take place […]

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Gardai to visit Kilkenny estates today in new drive to combat break-ins

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

GARDAI will be making door-to-door visits to homes in estates in Kilkenny city this evening as part of a new initiative to combat burglaries in the city. Superintendent Derek Hughes is spearheading the initiative, codenamed Operation Homesafe, which will take place between 5pm and 9pm. A Kilkenny Garda spokesperson said: “The aim of the operation […]