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Revealed: Rachel Allen’s special Christmas menu for local culinary event

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2018 0

CELEBRITY chefs Rachel Allen and Martin Shanahan and Rachel Allen have just unveiled what they’ll be cooking and baking as the count-down to this year’s long-awaited Culinary Christmas programme up the road in Carlow gets underway. Tickets for Rachel’s demonstration at Visual on Friday, December 7, are almost completely sold out. And seats for Martin […]

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‘Marie’s killer must pay’ – family of murdered Killenny mother-of-two

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2018 0

THE family of murdered Kilkenny mother-of-two Marie Tierney have spoken of their ongoing anguish that their sister’s killer has still not been brought to justice, more than 30 years after she was killed and dumped in a ditch. Marie was reported missing on 22 October 1984 by her husband. She had left their house at […]

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Freshford murder trial: ‘It was like looking at a different face and body’

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

A WOMAN asked to identify the body of her deceased friend – whose partner is on trial for her murder at their county Kilkenny home – said it was like looking at a different face and body. Renars Veigulis, 32, of Old Bridge Street in Freshford has pleaded not guilty to murdering Rita Apine, 29, […]

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St Luke’s apologises to family after Kilkenny mother-of-eight died of heart attack

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

ST LUKE’S General Hospital has apologised in the High Court to the family of a 68-year old Kilkenny woman who died of a heart attack two days after she was admitted to the hospital. Mother-of-eight Bridget Tallis had a heart pacemaker inserted six days before she was admitted to St Luke’s Hospital three years ago […]

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Kilkenny’s got talent – and TV show is challenging local families to prove it

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

A NEW television show is looking for Kilkenny families with talent. TG4, in conjunction with Adare Productions, are back looking for Ireland’s most talented family to take part in a new series of Réalta agus Gaolta. If you and your brother or sister, father, mother – or even your granny – has a talent worth […]

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1,300 tonnes of waste recycled at local bring banks

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

KILKENNY householders’ recycling efforts are enough to make other counties Green with envy. New figures released by Kilkenny County Council reveal local householders prevented a whopping 1,300 tonnes of waste going to landfills by recycling material at local bring centres during the first nine months of this year. A breakdown of the figures shows the […]

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BREAKING: Taoiseach appoints John Paul as FG Director of Elections

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has chosen local Minister John Paul Phelan to spearhead Fine Gael’s bid to win more council seats in next year’s local elections. The Kilkenny TD’s appointment as Fine Gael National Director of Elections for the May 2019 local elections was confirmed this evening. Minister Phelan was the Director of Elections for Fine […]

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Glanbia defends launch of grass fed venture in US

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

GLANBIA has defended its plans to progress with the launch of its Truly Grass Fed brand in the US despite deepening tensions with Ornua, the owners of Kerrygold, over the move. Last week Ornua CEO John Jordan raised concerns the venture would “erode value” for Irish farmers. Ornua fears Glanbia’s new venture will threaten Kerrygold’s […]

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Who killed Marie? RTE’s Prime Time investigates Kilkenny murder mystery

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

RTE’s Prime Time programme will tonight broadcast a special report on the 33-year-old mystery surrounding the murder of Kilkenny mother-of-two Marie Tierney. Tragic Marie’s body found in a ditch on Bleach Road on the outskirts of Kilkenny city on December 21, 1884. Noone has ever been charged with her murder. Tonight’s Prime Time feature will […]

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Waterford’s attempts to extend boundary into South Kilkenny were ‘waste of time, money and effort’ – Minister Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2018 0

MINISTER and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has hit out at Waterford City and County Council’s ill-fated plan to extend the city’s boundary into South Kilkenny, describing it as “as absolute waste of time, money and effort”. The Waterford Boundary Commission had recommended that parts of South Kilkenny should come under the governance of the […]

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