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WATCH: Dancing dad, stunning gymnastics and a bemused pony … Kilkenny village is latest to step up to Jerusalema dance challenge

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2021 2

Beautiful Bennettsbridge is the latest Kilkenny community to come together to take on the Jerusalema dance challenge that has swept the globe. The picturesque Nore side village put its best foot forward as young and old members of the community followed in the footsteps of Graiguenamanagh’s recent excellent take on the dance craze. County Kilkenny […]

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‘A fantastic investment’ – neighbouring Kilkenny parishes get green light for €1m road works

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2021 3

Kilkenny County Council has given the green light for almost €1 million to fund new road works in the Bennettsbridge and Danesfort areas. The council has allocated €505,500 in funding for projects in Bennetsbridge and the wider Tullaherin parish as part of the municipal roads budget for 2021. It also allocated a further €459,000 for […]

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Man rushed to hospital after light aircraft crash in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

An investigation has been launched following a light aircraft accident in county Kilkenny. The aircraft came down near Woolengrange between Bennettsbridge and Thomastown at around 4.30pm yesterday. A man, the pilot, was the only person in the plane and received non-serious injures during the crash. He was taken to St Luke’s General Hospital to be […]

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Slippery oil thieves break into Kilkenny home and steal heating fuel

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A house in county Kilkenny was left without heating after thieves tapped into the oil tank and stole the home heating fuel. The theft occurred at a house in Kilfera, just outside Kilkenny city on the Bennetsbridge road, sometime between 9am last Thursday and 5pm on Saturday. Gardai estimate around €600 worth of fuel was […]

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Thieves steal €1,400 trailer from garden of house in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2020 0

Thieves stole a trailer from the garden of a house in county Kilkenny. The Ivor Williams 12×6 trailer, with illuminous stripes down each side and purple paint on the tow bar, is valued at around €1,400. It was stolen from a property in The Ring, Bennettsbridge, sometime between 10.30am on Thursday and 11.30am on Saturday. […]

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Anger as booze-fuelled vandals cause extensive damage to Kilkenny sports club

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2020 0

These were the pitiful scenes at a Kilkenny soccer club that was targeted by vandlas again this week. Substantial damage was done to the gournd of East End United FC in Bennettsbridge. In recent weeks damage was caused to the fencing surrounding the pitch and to the newly-erected dugouts. The vandals struck again this week. […]

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NOTICE: Water outages to hit homes and businesses in parts of south Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2020 Post a comment

Homes and businesses in parts of south Kilkenny will be without water supplies tomorrow. The local authority has issud a notice to householders and business owners in the Bennettsbridge, Annamult, Danesfort and Seven Houses areas warning of outages as a result of “essential repairs”. These areas will be without water from 9am until 2pm tomorrow. […]

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SPONSORED: Bread from heaven! Award-winning Kilkenny bistro Arán is open for a special takeaway service

By Kilkenny Now 29th April 2020 0

Kilkenny’s award-winng ARÁN BAKERY is open from 9.30am to 2.30pm from Wednesday to Saturday with a special takeaway brunch menu and their usual signature sourdoughs, pastries and coffee. Everything is on a takeaway/collection basis and ARÁN has new safety precautions in place to protect customers and staff throughout the Covid-19 public health emergency. Only one

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SPONSORED: Thomastown Credit Union AGM – loan book grows with big demand for cars, weddings and home improvements

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2020 0

A year of service to the community was outlined at the Annual General Meeting of Thomastown Credit Union. The loan portfolio of the Credit Union grew by €1 million last year with an increase in demand for loans for home improvements, cars, weddings and education. DIVIDEND The AGM in Thomastown heard that a dividend of […]

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UPDATE: 4,600 Kilkenny householders have their water supply restored

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2019 0

More than 4,600 people in county Kilkenny who were once again facing up to water restrictions just weeks after being told they were lifted will be delighted to hear their supply has been restored. In a statement released this afternoon, Irish Water said: “Irish Water working in partnership with Kilkenny County Council have successfully restored […]