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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Sad, funny and soulful – but it’s just not Belfast

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2022 0

Like Kenneth Branagh, Belfast is my native city. Like Branagh, I was living there in 1969 when the Troubles began and, like Branagh, I left shortly after. Like Branagh, I was raised in the Protestant community. But my memory of the city in the late 1960s is very different from the one displayed in his […]

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First case of coronavirus is confirmed in Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2020 0

The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Ireland. The patient is currently being treated in isolation at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast after they arrived in the country through Dublin Airport. It is understood the patient is an adult. The news was confirmed during a briefing by Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency this […]

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Leading Kilkenny venue named Ireland’s best Family Friendly Hotel at 2020 Georgina Campbell Awards

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Newpark Hotel has been named Ireland’s leading Family Friendly Hotel at the 2020 Georgina Campbell Awards. It’s just the latest accolade for the four-star Kilkenny hotel, which is renowned for its family-friendly facilities. In 2018 Newpark won the Gold Medal Award for Ireland’s Best Family Friendly Hotel, and has again been nominated in the […]

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Body found in search for Irish girl missing in Malaysia

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2019 0

AUTHORITIES in Malaysia searching for missing Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin say a body has been found. The 15-year-old had been holidaying with her family when she vanished more than a week ago. The family had only spent one day at the rainforest resort at Dusun, about 70km south of Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, when Nóra […]