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City set to build state of the art library in Abbey Quarter

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY City is to get a state of the art library which could be ready in 18 months. Members of Kilkenny County Council gave the project the thumbs up at its monthly council meeting yesterday. The new library is part of the proposed redevelopment of the Mayfair Ballroom in the Abbey Creative […]

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Health board for South East could return to Kilkenny, Government plans to curb HSE’s powers

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY WHO remembers the South Eastern Health Board or Bord Slainte an Oir-Dheiscirt? It could be set to make a comeback. It’s reported Minister for Health Simon Harris will recommend to Cabinet this week, the largest restructuring of Ireland’s health services since the creation of Health Service Executive (HSE) in 2005. The plan […]

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Burglar robbed two inflatable castles during break-in at county Kilkenny home – and then bounced

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI are on the lookout for a burglar who stole two bouncy castles from a county Kilkenny home. The thief stole two large bouncy castles from a shed in the rear of a house at Barna, near Freshford, last week. The burglary took place between 2pm on Sunday, July 7 and 10pm […]

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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan still set for €300k EU job, Taoiseach snubs new Council President

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has given Kilkenny’s EU Commissioner his full support by ignoring a request from the new president of the EU Commission. Last week the new EU Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen, requested the name of both a man and a woman from each member state to be put […]

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Son of Kilkenny’s former president of the FAI takes on mammoth challenge in memory of his father

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

A MAN is swimming the length of Ireland in memory of his late father, a Kilkenny man and former President of the Football Association of Ireland, to raise money for two charities close to his dad’s heart. Alan Corcoran, 28 from Waterford, is the son of Milo Corcoran, the FAI president between 2001 -2005. Alan […]

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New action plan launched to re-energise county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

A KILKENNY town has put together an innovative plan to battle back against the ongoing effects of the recession. The Callan Town Improvement Plan, launched recently, aims to use modern technology to assess and address the issues affecting, and opportunities available, to both community life and business in the town. The Callan Town Improvement Plan […]

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Tourists flock to Kilkenny Castle as it tops visitor list

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY Castle has topped the most visited site owned by the state list for 2018. Almost 1,000,000 people visited state-run sites around County Kilkenny last year. Almost 800,000 were drawn to the charms of Kilkenny Castle and grounds during 2018, according to figures released by the Office of Public Works (OPW) today. […]

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Dylan and Young confirm legendary status to adoring Kilkenny crowd

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

THAT was a gig that left everyone satisfied. Bob Dylan and Neil Young hit the notes the crowd came to hear. Each one of the 28,000 in attendance sauntered off into the Kilkenny night with a spring in their step. Maybe the London gig in Hyde Park was a warm-up for here, as Dylan seemed […]

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KILKENNY GAA ROUND-UP: All the latest local results and tables

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

J.J. Kavanagh and Sons Senior Football Championship Wed, 10 July (Round: Semi Final), Railyard 0-9 Conahy Shamrocks 0-7 J.J. Kavanagh and Sons Intermediate Football Championship Wed, 10 July (Round: Semi Final), Erins Own W/O Thomastown St Canice’s Credit Union County League Division 1 Tue, 09 July (Round: Round 6), Dicksboro 2-13 James […]

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Kilkenny skeletons’ stories brought to life in stunning new exhibition

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

THE exhibition featuring the bodies of three people discovered during the excavation at Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile Museum three years ago will be open to the public at the end of the month. ‘3 lives, 3 deaths, One life unlived’ tells the story of these three people, the lives they led and their cultural identity, and […]

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