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Kilkenny taxi driver rushed to St Luke’s after brutal attack by thugs who tried to flag him down

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2019 0

A KILKENNY taxi driver suffered serious head injuries after he was brutally attacked by a group of people in the city-centre just moments after they tried to flag him down. The 45-year-old victim, who is from the city, was savagely assaulted in the unprovoked attack on John Street a minute after midnight yesterday. KilkennyNow.ie has […]

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Kilkenny man arrested over Spain murder wanted in connection with drug offences here

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

A KILKENNY man arrested by Spanish police investigating the murder of Irishman Carl Carr is also wanted for questioning in relation to criminal activity in this jurisdiction. KilkennyNow.ie has learned the suspect, who is from the city, left Ireland before he could be charged in relation to the drug-related offences. However, lawyers for the suspect […]

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Burglar caught after breaking into FIVE business premises in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

A BURGLAR who attempted to break into FIVE business premises at the Newpark Shopping Centre over the weekend has been arrested and charged. Gardai arrested the man at around 6am on Sunday morning after they were alerted to the break-ins. In each case the burglar managed to gain entry to the premises by forcing the […]

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Country cabs: Kilkenny communities could benefit from new rural-urban taxi system

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

RURAL Kilkenny towns and villages could benefit from a new “county cabs” system to improve public transport for people living in isolated areas. The ambitious ‘Ruxi’ or rural-urban taxi scheme has been proposed by Fine Gael Minister Jim Daly. The ‘Ruxi’ scheme would see locals who are Garda vetted and use their own cars fulfil […]

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Castlecomer looking to crown Kilkenny’s Rose in 2019

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

THE Rose of Tralee is coming to Castlecomer for the first time ever. And the winner of the event due to take place this Saturday, February 9, could be the lucky girl who goes on to step into the shoes of last year’s Kilkenny Rose Helena Hughes (pictured above with Kilkenny coach Brian Cody) at […]

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Car-azy: Kilkenny gardai stop vehicle towing trailer with lethal load on M9

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai did a double take when they saw this pile of rusted junk hurtling down the motorway yesterday. The mangled vehicle was crudely strapped onto a tiny trailer that was clearly too small to fully contain the battered remains of what appears to have once been a Ford Kia with thin bits of rope. The […]

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Council welcomes €13.7m funding to help fix our storm-damaged roads

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council has welcomed the announcement that €13.7 million of funding will be invested in our roads this year. The funding is a 15% increase on what was originally allocated in 2018, which will allow the council to make badly need repairs to roads across the county that were badly damaged in last year’s […]

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Nurses return to the picket line: how today’s strike will affect Kilkenny patients

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

PATIENTS are being urged to stay away from St Luke’s General Hospital unless in emergency cases as the second 24-hour nurses’ strike in a week gets underway this morning. The Health Services Executive (HSE) believes up to 50,000 people will be affected by today’s strike. This is effectively double the number that were directly impacted […]

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LAURA WARREN: Take the healthy road less travelled – prepare your own air fare

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2019 0

LET’S face it – plane food is, on the whole, just plain unappetising. Prison food, in some cases, is probably better. When ordering their last meal, the prisoner on death row seldom requests the soggy muck they munched 30,000 feet above sea level all those years ago. In a bid to improve airline fare, Singapore […]

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Kilkenny man arrested in connection with murder of Irishman in Spain

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2019 0

A KILKENNY man has been arrested by Spanish police investigating the murder of an Irishman whose body was discovered buried in a shallow grave close to a motorway last week, KilkennyNow.ie has learned. The man, who is in his 30s, was one of four people arrested and questioned by Spanish authorities in relation to the […]