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Female teacher receives three-year sentence over sex with student

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

The female teacher convicted of having sex with one of her secondary school pupils has been sentenced to three years in prison. The 25-year-old female, who admitted to having sex with one of her students on two occasions last year when the boy was just 16, today received a three years jail sentence, with the […]

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Schoolboy (15) dies after falling ill in school gym

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN investigation has been launched into the sudden death of a schoolboy yesterday. The 15-year-old boy fell ill while in the gym of a school in Clane, Co Kildare. The boy was rushed to Crumlin Children’s Hospital in Dublin but was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. A post mortem is due to […]

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UPDATE: Pregnant woman charged with murder of two-year-old girl

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

A PREGNANT woman was this morning charged with the murder of a two-year-old child earlier this year. Karen Harrington (35) appeared before Judge Mary Dorgan at Cork District Court this morning and was charged with the murder of the two-year-old Santina Cawley, who died after being found with critical injuries at a flat complex in […]

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Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY BORIS Johnson is the new UK Prime Minister. Mr Johnson defeated opponent Jeremy Hunt in the battle for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party, in effect gaining the keys to No 10, Downing Street. Both Johnson and Hunt ran a hardline pro-Brexit campaign, promising the UK would leave the EU on […]

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UPDATE: Four children injured in horrific county Kilkenny car crash

By Kilkenny Now 9th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY EIGHT people have been rushed to hospital following a two-vehicle crash close to Graiguenamanagh this morning. Four children and four adults were rushed to St Luke’s for treatment, but it is believed their injuries are not life-threatening. The horror crash occurred at the Cross of Skeagh near Graiguenamanagh on the R703 just […]