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‘Shocking, very shocking’ – starving, terrified animals found in puppy farm

By Kilkenny Now 23rd February 2019 0

TERRIFIED animals were discovered almost starved to death and soaked in their own urine in a puppy farm in neighbouring county Carlow. Details of what one senior ISPCA official described as “one of the worst cases of animal cruelty” emerged in harrowing detail at Carlow Circuit Court yesterday. Images and videos of the animals and […]

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Kilkenny TD launches scathing attack on Government and warns cost of Children’s Hospital will soar to €2bn

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness launched a scathing attack on the Government as he warned the cost of the National Children’s Hospital project could soar to a staggering €2 billion. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy McGuinness called for the Dáil spending watchdog to be given increased powers to prevent future State contracts from spiraling out […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: When it’s easier to drink it than say it

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

THERE was a time, apparently, when German wines were highly regarded and expensive. Hock, named for the region of Hochheim, was the drink of kings, sipped from special hock glasses, with a green bowl and ribbed stem. I say ‘apparently’ because I don’t remember that time. I do remember a market flooded with thin, sugary, […]

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Friday Night Fever! Check out all the fantastic events happening in the Marble City tonight

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 2

Tonight – 18.00  Matt The Millers – Wildfire & DJ -Late Bar Kick-start your weekend with traditional Irish music at Matt The Millers at 6pm.  Try to take it handy though, because taking to the stage after the trad session is the fantastic musical stylings from The Kilkennys followed by DJ at the late bar. Tonight […]

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An Post is going green and coming clean in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

AS part of it’s new zero emissions policy, An Post is switching all its delivery vans and other vehicles from petrol to electric. It also intends to install solar panels on all its buildings The Post Eco Plan is being introduced this year in Dublin and will be in operation in  Kilkenny by the end […]

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It is a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s a Castlecomer Rose!!

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

CASTLECOMER’S Roses showed their adventurous side as they took turns taking to the skies on Ireland’s longest zip-line yesterday. The day started off calmly enough as the girls posed for photographs outside the pretty fairy village at the Castlecomer Discovery Park. Then it was time for Aoife, Alice, Sinead, Amy, Jessica, Aoife and Niamh to […]

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‘Anyone who says Kilkenny are gone are codding themselves’ – Limerick hurling legend

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 Post a comment

LIMERICK hurling legend Eamonn ‘Ned Rea’ has warned it is foolish for anyone to write off Brian Cody’s Kilkenny team just yet. And despite the Treaty’s nine-point mauling of the Cats last weekend, the All-Ireland winner and well-known publican said he would not like to meet Kilkenny at the business end of the season in […]

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Elderly pensioner robbed by heartless thieves offering to sell her saucepans

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

GARDAÍ have warned householders in Kilkenny and Carlow to be wary of strangers calling at their door. They issued the warning after an elderly woman was robbed by callers who offered to sell her saucepans. After they left she noticed money was missing. The incident happened at Powerstown, near Leighlin Bridge and close to the […]

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‘No-deal Brexit will decimate our farming and food sector’ – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

THE Government must put contingency plans – including a financial aid package – in place to protect the local and national food industry as the threat of a no-deal Brexit looms, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward said. Deputy Aylward spoke out as reports emerged that Britain is planning to open their market to South American beef. […]

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Kilkenny will be hotter than Rome and Athens this weekend: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2019 0

KILKENNY and parts of Ireland will be hotter than Rome, Athens and Marseille this weekend as temperatures soar after the county endured two miserable rain-sodden days. Met Éireann said the country will see unusually warm weather over the next couple of days, soaring to 5 degrees above the average for February. And there’s even more […]