News

LATEST: Power returns to 8,000 Kilkenny homes hit by Storm Diana

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2018 Post a comment

UP to 8,000 homes, farms and businesses in Kilkenny were left without power as a result of Storm Diana. ESB Networks this morning reported there were no service interruptions in the county after crews battled to restore power throughout the night. Kilkenny, along with Kildare and Cork, was the worst affected county in the country […]

News

‘Wait until new houses are built’ – Bank chief tells couples priced out of market

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2018 0

YOUNG Kilkenny couples desperately trying to get their foot on the property ladder have been told they must until new houses are built after the Central Bank refused to relax its tough borrowing laws. There had been pressure from estate agents and mortgage brokers to relax lending limits that would help many people who are […]

News

Scouts confirm 80 new cases of alleged child sex abuse

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

A TOTAL of 80 people from across the country have contacted Scouting Ireland in the last week claiming they were survivors of child sex abuse. The alleged victims came forward in recent days in the wake of disturbing revelations of historic abuse. Last week Scouting Ireland disclosed an internal review had identified 108 alleged child […]

News

The calm after the storm: ESB confirms Kilkenny was one of worst hit counties

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

ESB Networks crews are battling to restore power to thousands of homes who felt the full brunt of Storm Diana today. Kilkenny was among one of the worst affected counties, along with neighbouring Carlow and Cork, Kerry and Tipperary. Around 19,000 homes, farms and businesses were left without power as severe gusts of up to […]

News

Conor McGregor disqualified from driving and fined €1,000 for speeding

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

UFC fighter Conor McGregor has been disqualified from driving for six months and fined €1,000 after admitting driving at 154km/h in a 100km/h zone He was stopped by gardaí in Co Kildare in October last year while travelling at about 1.5 times the speed limit. McGregor, with an address given in the Lucan area of […]

News

Freshford murder trial: Jury to resume deliberations tomorrow

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

A JURY will continue to consider their verdict tomorrow in a trial of a 32-year-old man who denies murdering his partner at their county Kilkenny home. Renars Veigulis of Old Bridge Street in Freshford has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Rita Apine (29) at their home on or about May […]

Business

Government plans to ‘fast-track’ broadband for isolated rural areas

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

THE Government plans to ‘fast-track’ broadband access for rural communities in Kilkenny and across the country by the end of next year, according to reports this morning. Under the plan, the first of 540,000 rural homes and businesses under the State-sponsored scheme would get high-speed broadband in 2019, ahead of the expected 2020 rollout. The […]

Business

Enable Ireland Kilkenny given €500 grant from Aldi store in Callan

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

ENABLE Ireland Kilkenny has been given a €500 grant from the Aldi store in Callan in recognition of the charity’s work within the local community. The €500 giant cheque was presented to Paula Rudkins and Hannah Carey, representing Enable Ireland Kilkenny, by Ger Quinn, the Aldi Callan store ‘Charity Champion’ (pictured together above). Aldi has […]

News What's On

Trailer for Disney’s Artemis Fowl starring Kilkenny teen Ferdia Shaw is released

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

THE trailer has just been released for the new Disney film Artemis Fowl – starring talented Kilkenny teenager Ferida Shaw. The segment shows Ferdia in the lead role of Artemis, alongside his co-stars,  Lara McDonnell and Josh Gad (pictured above on set). Ferdia landed the coveted role of the young criminal mastermind in the big-screen […]

News

Hero campaigner Vicky: ‘Make drug available to all women with cervical cancer’

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2018 0

CAMPAIGNER Vicky Phelan has called for all women with cervical cancer to be given free access to an expensive drug she has credited with reducing her tumours. The Kilkenny woman said the drug Pembrolizumab, which is free to all women who are suitable in the 221 CervicalCheck group, is paid for by the HSE and […]