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SPONSORED: A bit of good luck and a lot of hard work helps plucky Kilkenny business reach global audience

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2021 0

A determined Kilkenny businesswoman is reaching out to a global audience in her drive to make her small company an online success in the face of the pandemic. Anne Healy of Biddy’s Good Luck Horse Shoes recently got the opportunity to showcase her enterprise on the prestigious Women’s Inspire Network (WIN), which was founded by […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: This old devil makes a hell of a wine

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2020 0

Pinot Noir is an old variety of grape. It is difficult to grow and gave rise to the famous verdict of one vineyard owner that “god made Cabernet Sauvignon but the devil made Pinot Noir”. However, most growers agree that Pinot Noir is worth the effort for the excellent wine it produces. It turns up […]

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Worrying shortage of family doctors in Kilkenny, new research reveals

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2019 0

KILKENNY has one of the lowest levels of GPs in the entire country. There are just 0.61 registered doctors per 1,000 people in the county, well over a third the recommended number, which is 1 per 1,000. The findings are contained in research published by the Medical Council last week. It undertook the research in […]

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Aussie Annie’s 15,500km mission to track down her South Kilkenny family

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 0

A YOUNG Australian woman has travelled across the world in a mission to track down her relatives in South Kilkenny. Annie Moroney is trying to trace surviving relatives in the Ballyhale area, and in the process help to heal a family heartache spanning over a century. Annie’s grandmother Mary Kelly was just 19 when she […]