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BREAKING: 16-year-old brutally assaulted by group outside city-centre takeaway

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was assaulted in an unprovoked attack outside a takeaway in the city-centre. Kilkenny gardai are looking for a group of at least four youths responsible for the cowardly attack, which occurred outside a fast-food restaurant on John Street at 12.05am last Wednesday. The teenage victim was initially singled out for no apparent […]

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LAURA WARREN: ‘From culinary virgin to cooking up a storm in 12 months’

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

WHEN it comes to cooking, I’m living proof it’s never too late to start! Flashback to just 12 months ago and I was struggling even to boil an egg properly. Now I’m creating gourmet fish dishes, making my own recipes and loving every second of it. It’s fair to say my poor mother’s attempts to […]

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Tributes paid to 16-year-old driver killed in Mount Leinster road tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy who died when the car he was driving crashed into a wall near The Nine Stones at Mount Leinster has been described as a “very popular student” who will be greatly missed. Tributes were paid today to Eamon Kavanagh, who died at the scene close to his home in Borris, just over […]

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32,000 new jobs created in Kilkenny and South East over past six years: report

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY and the South East is making steady progress in cutting unemployment and increasing the labour force. That’s the main message from Alan Quirke, recently appointed Director of the Ireland South East Development Office, in a new bulletin. It says more than 32,000 jobs have been created over the past six years in the South […]

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Kilkenny Trad Fest 2019: Local favourites to Reel in the crowds on St Patrick’s Day

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY will come alive to the sound of some incredible music on St Patrick’s weekend as the Bulmer’s Live Sessions returns to Paris Texas. The popular High Street venue will host three gigs in three days – and all of them are free. On Friday, March 15, Yvonne Casey & Band will entertain revelers with […]

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Saucy samba sees Kilkenny’s John Nolan and celebrity partner Mairéad into next stage of DWTS

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY dancing star John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan have made it into the last six of the popular RTÉ show. The pair were the first contestants out of the traps on last night’s programme, performing a samba to Barry Manilow’s Copacabana. Their matching yellow costumes were more Copa-banana, with judge Jennifer Zamparelli commenting: […]

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Kilkenny sparkles at Oscars, but Cartoon Saloon loses out to Disney favourite

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY sparkled at the Oscars last night, but there was disappointment for locally-based animated studio Cartoon Saloon which lost out on Best Animated Short to Disney. Cartoon Saloon’s Late Afternoon, directed by Louise Bagnall and produced by Nurio Blanco, was the studio’s fourth Oscar nomination. But in the end it was not to be as […]

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Here comes the sun: Met Éireann says temperatures will rise to 17C today

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 Post a comment

UNSEASONABLY high temperatures will see mercury levels rising by up to a sizzling 17C in Kilkenny today. There is more good news in store for tomorrow and Wednesday, but Met Éireann warned conditions will become unsettled again by the middle of the week Temperatures will be positively balmy for the coming days, but the national […]

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Kilkenny motorists face delays as major roadworks get underway this morning

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists have been warned to expect delays as major road works on one of the main arteries into the city get underway this morning. A ‘Stop & Go’ traffic management system will be in operation along the Castlecomer Road from 9.30am this morning until 4.30pm. The works, between the junction on Ballybought Street to […]

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You have the right to remain stylish: Kilkenny’s emergency services scrub up nicely for Blue Light Ball

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2019 0

KILKENNY’S brave emergency services scrubbed up very well for the Blue Light Ball 2019. The annual ball was organised by Kilkenny gardai and paramedics, Kilkenny Fire Service and nurses from St Luke’s General Hospital and Aut Even. More than 260 people attended last night’s gala event at Hotel Kilkenny. Spot prizes were donated by several […]