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‘Let the celebrations continue’ – hurling star TJ Reid announces engagement

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

HURLING star TJ Reid and former Miss Kilkenny Niamh de Brún have announcement their engagement. Niamh, who is also a well-known blogger, took to Instagram last night to deliver the good news to her followers. Posting a picture of her and TJ, each with a glass of celebratory bubbly in hand, she simply said: “I […]

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Free high-speed broadband hub opens in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

A TELECOM company has opened a new high-speed broadband hub in Kilkenny city, one of the three for the South East. The others are in Carlow and Wexford. They are part of an initiative launched in 2017 by Vodafone and Siro, in a joint venture with the ESB. To date, 13 hubs have been established throughout the […]

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€500,461 funding boost for Kilkenny, Castlecomer, Gowran and Danesfort community groups

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

COMMUNITY groups in Kilkenny, Castlecomer, Gowran and Danesfort will receive more than €500,000 in new Government funding. Details of the funding were announced by Kilkenny councillor Patrick O’Neill (pictured), who was recently added to the Fine Gael ticket in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency for the next General Election. Six local groups will receive a total of […]

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It’s a beautiful day! Temperatures to rise to 16C in Kilkenny today: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

WE’RE in for another beautiful day today, with temperatures rising to as high as 16-17 degrees in Kilkenny and throughout Leinster, Met Éireann has said. But, alas, our summery joy is not set to last, as the national forecaster predicts another turn for the worst from tomorrow as temperatures drop again. Met Éireann said mist […]

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Kilkenny Crystal plays replica Trump card

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2019 0

KILKENNY Crystal has begun making replicas of its beautiful shamrock bowl which was presented to US President Donald Trump in the White House on St Patrick’s Day. Images of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presenting the Kilkenny Crystal bowl to President Trump were beamed all over the world, giving the Callan-based company, which celebrates its 50th birthday […]

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Gardai investigate four break-ins at same county Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating four recent break-ins at the same county Kilkenny village. The latest burglaries occurred in the Glenmore area last Saturday between 4.15pm and 7.15pm. At 4.15pm a house in the Ballycroney area, which was unoccupied at the time, was ransacked. A witness reported seeing three males running from the scene. Later that evening, […]

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Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan and partner Mairéad second favourites to lift Glitter Ball

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’S John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan are the bookies’ second favourites to take home the coveted Glitter Ball on this Sunday’s Dancing with the Stars grand finale. Paddy Power bookmakers are offering 2/1 odds of the popular couple winning the hit RTÉ series. This is just behind the Love/Hate actor Johnny Ward […]

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Teenage girls injured in serious road crash rushed to St Luke’s and Midlands hospitals

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 Post a comment

FIVE people were rushed to St Luke’s and the Midlands Regional hospitals after a serious road crash. The single vehicle collision occurred at around 11.50am in Ballinabranagh, Co Carlow. The five were injured, two seriously, in the crash which involved only one vehicle. A man in his 20s and four teenage girls were taken to St […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Time to bring down the curtain on Britain’s parliament panto

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

BRITAIN’S parliament has been compulsive viewing of late with its ‘ayes to the right, noes to the left’ and the demented Speaker shouting for ‘aw-DA! aw-DA’. It reminds me of nothing so much as the pantomime, with its set pieces, stage villains and the audience hissing and booing. It also calls to mind another old […]

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Kilkenny heist movie chosen for prestigious film festival

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

A HEIST movie starring a cast of talented Kilkenny actors will feature in the prestigious Fastnet Film Festival. Fastnet, based in Schull, Co Cork, is one of the country’s top film festivals, making it a fantastic coup for the local production company behind the film. Steve Coogan of Alan Partridge fame, who himself has family […]