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Speeding motorist clocked doing 173km/hr on M9 at Paulstown

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2019 0

A SPEEDING motorist was arrested after they were clocked doing 173km/hr on the M9 at Paulstown yesterday evening. The driver was caught red-handed (pictured below) by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit who were out in force for the busy bank holiday weekend. They pursued the speeding driver before ordering him to pull over. […]

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‘New bank culture board is rigged’ – Kilkenny TD John McGuinness

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has claimed the new board set up to improve banking culture is “rigged” in favour of the lenders and not customers. Deputy McGuinness, who is also chair of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, said he lacked faith in the Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB), which last week appointed 14 board members. […]

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Tributes paid to popular Kilkenny hotelier after his sudden tragic death

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

TRIBUTES have been paid to hotelier Joe Comerford, whose sudden and untimely death has shocked his many friends and the wider community in Castlecomer. Mr Comerford’s death was announced during the Easter vigil mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception last night in Castlecomer. Just two months ago the popular businessman and his wife […]

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New housing estate planned for Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

A PLANNING application has been lodged for a new housing estate in Kilkenny city. Kilkenny County Council received the application to build 31 new houses in a new estate on the Old Sion Road. The application has been made by Raggett Homes Kilkenny Ltd. PHOTO: Stock image 

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Health insurer to stage free heart screening clinic in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

LAYA Healthcare is extending its HeartBeat screening locations to include Kilkenny. The potentially life-saving Heartbeat benefit is unique to Laya Healthcare and offers a heart screening to all members over the age of 12. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Ireland each year. HeartBeat screening helps identify underlying conditions that […]

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Easter Sunday sizzler – Kilkenny to bask in temperatures of up to 22C

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2019 0

MET Éireann and weather experts have some very good news to start your Easter Sunday. Yesterday’s glorious sunshine is set to continue today, with temperatures rising to up to 22C in parts of Kilkenny, Met Éireann has forecast. So get out the sun cream and enjoy the unseasonably sunny weather, which will see mercury levels […]

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The last straw – thieves steal bales of hay from county Kilkenny farm

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2019 Post a comment

THIEVES made off with large bales of hay after they targeted a county Kilkenny farm overnight. The bizarre robbery occurred at a farm in the Riverside area of Callan earlier this week. Kilkenny gardai said the theft happened sometime between Wednesday night and 7.30am on Thursday, when the stunned farmer discovered his hay had been […]

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Major public meeting to tackle health reform will take place in Kilkenny next week

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2019 0

A PUBLIC meeting in the city next week will hear plans to make Kilkenny a national leader in providing disability facilities while discussing new ways of tackling health reform. The meeting, which will take place at the Clubhouse Hotel on Wednesday, April 24, will feature an impressive line-up of panellists who are involved in various […]

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REVEALED: Star-studded literary line-up confirmed for Borris Festival of Writing

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2019 0

FILM-MAKERS, artists, war correspondents, political commentators, film-makers and artists are among the speakers confirmed for the 2019 Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas. Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and multi-award winning writers including Julian Barnes, Donal Ryan, Phillipa Perry, Lara Marlowe, Ben Okri,

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Kilkenny Council must declare a ‘climate emergency’ – Clllr Noonan

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2019 0

GREEN Party councillor Malcolm Noonan has praised the Kilkenny activists who travelled to Dublin to take part in yesterday’s Extinction Rebellion protest in the capital. Cllr Noonan has also supported calls for a “climate emergency” to prepare Kilkenny for a “much changed future”. The Kilkenny councillor, who is also his party’s