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Donate a mug and help Kilkenny’s homeless: Good Shepherd Centre

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Good Shepherd Centre is urging local householders to donate any unused mugs to help the homeless in the city. The Good Shepherd Centre has been fighting homelessness in Kilkenny for over 20 years. It works with men who are homeless – or at risk of becoming homeless – through support and resettlement services. The […]

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Tipperary farmer killed love rival and hid his naked body in slurry tank, murder trial hears

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2019 Post a comment

A FARMER from neighbouring Tipperary murdered his “love rival” – a DJ known as ‘Mr Moonlight’ – and hid his naked body in a slurry tank so he could rekindle an affair with his best friend’s widow, a murder trial has heard. Michael Bowman SC opened the trial of Patrick Quirke yesterday by saying the […]

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Brave Kilkenny woman frightens off burglar who broke into her home

By Kilkenny Now 24th January 2019 0

A BRAVE county Kilkenny woman frightened off a burglar who broke into her home while she was away. The attempted burglary occurred in Lios Na Sí near Johnstown yesterday morning. Kilkenny gardai confirmed the woman returned to her house at around 10am to discover an intruder had gained entry to her home. She shouted at […]

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BUSTED: Passenger had cocaine, MDMA and cannabis ‘bagged and ready for sale’

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai seized this haul of suspected cocaine, MDMA and cannabis after they stopped and searched a car at a checkpoint. A 24-year-old man was arrested after the drugs, which were contained in individually wrapped bags,  were found in the car he was travelling in after the vehicle was stopped in Turkstown, Piltown, yesterday. A […]

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Gardai roll out neighbourhood text alert scheme in Gowran

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

KILKENNY Garda Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Peter McConnon will address a special community meeting in Gowran tonight as part of the ongoing rollout of the hugely successful neighbourhood text alert scheme. Sgt McConnon will be joined by Sgt Ted Hughes and Margaret Quinn of community development group Muintir na to explain how the text alert system […]

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Cats have last laugh as iconic Kilkenny festivals get €126,000 funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

THREE iconic Kilkenny festivals have received a significant funding boost. Fáilte Ireland has allocated a total of €126,000 to Cat Laughs, the Arts Festival and Kilkenny Animated as part of its 2019 Regional Festivals & Participative Events Programme. Confirmation of the funding will come as welcome news for the three landmark festivals, which combine to […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Google your vice and you will undoubtedly find a survey that makes a virtue of it’

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

HAVE you broken your New Year’s resolution yet? A survey says 75% of resolutions survive the first week of January but only 15% of them are still unbroken by the first week in February. So you only need to hold on for a few more days if you want to join the elite. Too late […]

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Minister Phelan on Baltic Brexit mission to promote Ireland on St Patrick’s Day

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

MINISTER and Kikenny TD John Paul Phelan will travel to the Baltic states on St Patrick’s Day as part of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s team to promote Ireland abroad. Minister Phelan will wear the green jersey as he represents the Government at the celebrations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This year senior and junior ministers have […]

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History in the re-making: public invited to view Tholsel Building’s development plans

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

THE public will have an opportunity to get a close-up view of the proposed development of Kilkenny’s historic Tholsel Building on High Street during two ‘open days’ over the next week. Kilkenny County Council has confirmed it will host the open days on Saturday, January 26 from 2pm to 4pm and next Wednesday, January 30 […]

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‘Nah, you’re chopped sis’ – US rapper Azealia Banks attacks Rose of Tralee Kirsten on social media

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

US rapper Azealia Banks has attacked reigning Rose of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher on social media. Kirsten, who represented Waterford in the Rose of Tralee but grew up and went to school in Mullinavat in south Kilkenny, found herself in the cross-fire of Banks’ online tirade against Irish women, who she branded “ugly” ahead of […]