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Kilkenny Traveller group chosen for new €1m programme

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

The Kilkenny Traveller Community Movement (KTCM) has been named as one of seven organisations nationwide who have been selected to take part in a €1 million pilot programme. KTCM is a traveller led organisation that supports Travellers and Traveller community development throughout Co Kilkenny. Community and Rural Development Minister Joe O’Brien said the aim of […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

Nicholas DEIGHTON Formerly of Crutt, Clogh, Castlecomer Nicholas Deighton: 22nd June, 2021 Resident of Hillview Nursing Home, Carlow Maudlin Street, Kilkenny City & formerly of Crutt, Clogh, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny Peacefully at Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny. Pre-deceased by his beloved wife Carmel, brothers Johnny, Patsy, Mikey, and Jimmy, sisters Mary, Sr.

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An Bord Pleanála rejects plans for ‘piecemeal’ Kilkenny development after objections

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

A long-running saga involving plans to build childcare facilities at a housing development in Kilkenny has been refused by An Bord Pleanála after local residents campaigned against its construction. The national planning authority rejected the “piecemeal” proposed development at Weir View on the Castlecomer Road on appeal. The Paddy Ragget Homes development had

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Beat that: Kilkenny radio listeners given chance to win Ibiza trip for the kids

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

South-East regional station Beat 102-103 is celebrating its 18th birthday over the coming weeks and wants to reward its loyal listeners with two huge giveaways. Beat 102-103 became the first regional radio station in Irish broadcasting history when it launched at 1.02pm on July 1, 2003 and has since established itself as the No.1 youth […]

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‘Beyond worrying’ – Kilkenny TD says State is failing domestic abuse victims

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

Domestic violence victims in Kilkenny and across the country are being failed by the State, a local TD has claimed. Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out in the wake of distressing findings contained in the recently published Women’s Aid annual report. The report revealed there has been a massive 43% increase in contacts with the domestic […]

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Lucky Kilkenny punter turns tiny €2 bet into €30,000 windfall

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2021 0

One lucky Kilkenny punter turned a tiny bet of just €2 into a €30,000 windfall when all his five horses came in. The anonymous winner picked up over €29,500 off a €1 each-way accumulator with BoyleSports on Tuesday. The punter picked out five horses and – within just 45 minutes of the first race finishing […]

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Young man fires bike at a passing car in Kilkenny before fleeing scene

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

A bike was thrown at the windscreen of a passing car in a bizarre incident in Kilkenny. The incident occurred on St Rioch’s St at 9.30pm on Saturday evening, June 19. A male youth threw his bicycle – a black BMX, at a white Hyundai Tucson car that was passing. The youth was in the […]

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LATEST: 348 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

A further 348 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening, an increase of 60 on yesterday’s figures. The Department of Health reported 41 people are being treated for the virus in hospitals, 12 less than yesterday’s total. 13 people are now being treated in Intensive Care Units, the same as yesterday’s figure. However, the […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why we need a law to keep us safe from scooters

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

I was shocked to read that Lisa Banes, the actress from Gone Girl and Young Guns, had died after being hit by an electric scooter. Ms Banes was on her way to dinner in New York and was on a pedestrian crossing when the scooter, which had been driven through a red light, struck her […]

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Funding secured for new extension to county Kilkenny national school

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

A county Kilkenny national school has received funding for a new extension that will have “a massive impact on the local community”. The approval of funding for the long-awaited extensionm which will consist of one new mainstream classroom and one Autism Spectrum Disorder Unit (ASD) classroom, at Joseph’s National School, Clinstown was confirmed by Kilkenny […]

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Kilkenny Traveller group chosen for new €1m programme

REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

An Bord Pleanála rejects plans for ‘piecemeal’ Kilkenny development after objections

Beat that: Kilkenny radio listeners given chance to win Ibiza trip for the kids

‘Beyond worrying’ – Kilkenny TD says State is failing domestic abuse victims

Lucky Kilkenny punter turns tiny €2 bet into €30,000 windfall

Young man fires bike at a passing car in Kilkenny before fleeing scene

LATEST: 348 new cases of virus confirmed

MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why we need a law to keep us safe from scooters

Funding secured for new extension to county Kilkenny national school