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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘When Britain finally leaves we should shut the EU door and change the locks’

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2019 0

I WAS in Manchester on the day Theresa May first announced she had secured a deal with the European Union. I recalled the visit this week when the British prime minister reluctantly accepted the offer of a further six months to get that withdrawal agreement through parliament. I had been visiting Irish friends who are […]

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Teenage kicks: two girls and male wanted over late night attack on cars in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

GARDAI are looking to speak to three suspects, one male and two females, who were seen kicking parked cars on a Kilkenny city street in the early hours of the morning. The incident occurred in the Parnell Street area of the city at approximately 1.40am last Saturday. An eyewitness reported sending the trio walk lash […]

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A classical homecoming: violinist Patrick Rafter among stellar line-up for 2019 Kilkenny Arts Festival

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

KILKENNY’S internationally-acclaimed violinist Patrick Rafter is among the stellar line-up confirmed for this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival. Kilkenny audiences will get to see Patrick perform with Michael McHale, the Belfast-born pianist, at a very special performance at St John’s Priory on Sunday, August 11 at 3.30pm . It’s the latest coup for the Kilkenny Arts […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: There’s more to this one than a fat, fancy bottle

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

BACK in the Seventies, no trendy home was without a Chianti bottle. Some people even drank the wine, but the key thing was the rotund bottle, known as a fiasco (flask), in which candles could be burned, the accumulated wax giving them an even chubbier shape. Ruffino Chianti was the best known label bottled in […]

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MARBLE CITY NIGHTS: Sinéad Connolly’s going out guide for Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

THE weekend’s here – so it’s time to down tools, get your groove on and make the most of the fun-filled entertainment on offer in the Marble City! There’s plenty of great gigs in the city to keep you entertained this weekend. You can get down and boogie at Brogans Bar to The Se7en Inch […]

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John B Keane’s ‘Sive’ is brought to the stage in Goresbridge

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

THEATRE lovers are in for a treat in Ionad Dara, Goresbridge, tomorrow night when John B Keane’s play ‘Sive’ will be performed by the Fourth Wall Laois Theatre Group. ‘Sive’ was first performed in Listowel, Co Kerry in 1959 and it tells the story of a young woman who is promised in marriage to an […]

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Homeless in Kilkenny will have their own postal address for first time

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

PEOPLE living in homeless shelters or emergency accommodation in Kilkenny will have their own personal postal address for the first time as part of a new initiative by An Post. Not having an address is a major stumbling block for people trying to lift themselves out of homelessness. But now, under the Address Point Scheme, […]

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Calls for ban on delivery vans being used to promote election candidates in city

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor has called for a ban on vehicles being used to promote local election candidates in certain parts of the city. Cllr David Fitzgerald is putting a motion before the Municipal District Meeting this evening calling for a voluntary ban on delivery vans being used for political purposes. Speaking to KilkennyNow.ie, Cllr Fitzgerald […]

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Cats likely to be without four key players for next month’s Championship opener

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

INJURIES are mounting up for Brian Cody’s Kilkenny side as the Cats prepare for their quest to win their first All-Ireland title since 2015. With just a month to go before the start of the 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, four key players are already looking extremely doubtful for the opening round-robin games. Conor Delaney […]

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Companies failing to claim €26bn in travel VAT: Kilkenny-based Taxback International

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

COMPANIES could be failing to claim over a whopping €26 billion every year in VAT from travel expenditure, according to research carried out by Kilkenny-based Taxback International. The Kilkenny headquartered company specialises in VAT recovery and compliance across the globe. It said many businesses are leaving travel VAT unclaimed because of their lack of knowledge, […]