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Kilkenny gardai seize €5,000 of cannabis and MDMA during search of house in city

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have made another significant drugs seizure in the city. A 36-year-old man was arrested after gardai discovered around €5,000 worth of herbal cannabis and MDMA during a search of a house in the Newpark area last Thursday. “Drug paraphernalia” and a large quantity of contraband cigarettes were also found at the property, a […]

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Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum shortlisted for prestigious European architecture award

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Medieval Mile Museum has been shortlisted for a prestigious European architecture award. The beautifully restored St Mary’s museum has confirmed it was shortlisted for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – The Mies van der Rohe Award. It is one of just two Irish projects to receive nominations this year. The awards celebrate […]

Business

Six Kilkenny communities awarded €20,000 to fund social enterprises

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

SIX local communities have been granted funding as part of a government package that will see over €20,000 invested in new social enterprises throughout Kilkenny. Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan today confirmed the €20,350 funding will be made available from the Department of Rural and Community Development. The single largest beneficiary is the […]

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Significant drop in number of patients treated on trolleys at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

THE numbers of patients being treated on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital has dropped significantly over the past three days. Last Friday a total of 46 patients at our local hospital were forced to wait for a bed due to severe overcrowding. By this morning the number had dropped to just 14, according to latest […]

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Search for missing Kilkenny man ends in tragedy as body found in derelict house

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

THE body of a young Kilkenny man who had been missing since Christmas week has been found in a derelict house in Carlow. Rory Gahan, who was originally from Graiguenamanagh, was last seen on Tullow Street in Carlow on December 27. He was reported as missing on January 1, and a media appeal for information […]

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Kilkenny commuters face delays this morning as pavement works get underway

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY commuters have been warned to expect delays this morning as pavement improvement works get underway on one of the busiest routes into the city. The works will commence on the N77 Castlecomer Road between the Kilkenny Ring Road roundabout and Dunmore. They will continue until tomorrow. Kilkenny County Council said: “To facilitate these works, […]

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Winter is coming (finally) – but Kilkenny may escape snow: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2019 0

IT’s time to crank up the heater get the de-icer out. Winter, it appears, is finally upon us as the first true cold snap of the season replaces the unseasonably mild temperatures we’ve enjoyed over the past six weeks. Officially, we are now past the midway point of the meteorological winter, which ends on February […]

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Kilkenny gardai hunt criminals who made off with valuable ride-on lawnmower

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2019 0

A CRIME gang that has been targeting Kilkenny homes and businesses for valuable power tools and equipment in recent months is suspected of being behind the theft of a ride-on lawnmower. A Husqvarna TC138 ride-on lawnmower was stolen sometime between 5.30pm on Friday and 9.30am yesterday from the Corstown area in Kilmanagh. Gardai have urged […]

Opinion

LAURA WARREN: ‘Banish your winter blues and flu – go with your good gut feeling’

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2019 0

CHUNKY knits, crunchy leaves and mugs of hot chocolate by a roaring fire – I just love this time of year! But as we begin to feel the chill of falling temperatures it’s time to take out the long johns and woolly socks. It seems the whole country is suffering from a runny nose, sandpaper […]

Sport

Dunnamaggin and Noel Hickey book final date in Croke Park after extra-time thriller

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2019 0

Dunnamaggin 0-23     Cloughduv 2-16 (after extra time) NOEL Hickey is returning to Croke Park – where he collected nine All-Ireland medals during a glittering inter-county career – after his beloved Dunnamaggin side overcame their Cork opponents in a nail-biting AIB All Ireland club junior hurling championship semi-final. The Kilkenny legend afterwards laughed