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WATCH: Gardaí release video showing massive scale of search for murdered Kilkenny woman

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2024 0

Gardaí have released a video showing the massive scale of the search operation for missing Kilkenny woman Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard. The footage shows large tracts of land which have been dug up by machinery near Dunlavin on the Kildare/Wicklow border. The major search operation was launched last week and will continue over the coming […]

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‘Jo Jo’s family have suffered for 29 years’ – new garda appeal on anniversary of Kilkenny woman’s disappearance

By Kilkenny Now 9th November 2024 0

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for information about missing Kilkenny woman Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard on the 29th anniversary of her disappearance. The unsolved case has been the subject of a sustained Garda investigation, by the investigation team based at Naas Garda Station in Co. Kildare. It is currently being reviewed by the Serious Crime […]

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L-driver had no insurance, tax or NCT when stopped by gardaí in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2024 0

A learner driver’s car was seized after he were caught driving with no insurance, tax or a valid NCT. The rogue motorist was caught red handed when his vehicle activated the ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) on a garda vehicle. Gardaí also said the hapless L-driver was unaccompanied and not wearing his seatbelt when they […]

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€11m allocated for 80 road projects in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2024 0

Funding of €11 million has been agreed for 80 road projects in the Callan-Thomastown Municipal District. It is part of a three-year strategy of road upgrades agreed by local councillors at the monthly meeting held earlier this week. Electoral area Cathaoirleach, Cllr Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere, said it is hoped even more funding can be allocated […]

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State agency has exciting plans for historic county Kilkenny bank building

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2024 0

The Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) has applied for permission to transform a historic bank building into a new Centre of Excellence for Ceramics. The State agency, which is headquartered at the Castle Yard in the city, has plied for a change of use at and development at the former Bank of Ireland […]

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‘Not a strap in sight’ – Kilkenny gardai stop tractor carrying lethal hay load

By Kilkenny Now 19th September 2024 0

The driver of this tractor may have thought they could make hay while the sun shines, but gardai in county Kilkenny brought the overloaded cargo to a halt as soon as they spotted it in the Callan area this morning. A local Garda spokesperson said: ‘Our Roads Policing Unit encountered this Classy Massy on its […]

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Man (60s) killed in horror four-car collision in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2022 0

A man died after he was involved in a four-car collision in county Kilkenny. The horror collision occurred just before 9am at Knockreagh, Callan, this morning. Gardai this evening confirmed the driver of one of the vehicles, a man in his 60s, was taken to Cork University Hospital suffering from serious injuries, but he was […]

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100 ‘persons of interest’ in investigation into murder of Kilkenny woman: report

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

A garda cold-case team has identified more than 100 “persons of interest” in the investigation into the murder of Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard, according to a report in today’s Sunday Independent. The 21-year-old from Callan vanished without a trace in 1995, one of several women to disappear in the Leinster region in the 1990s. […]

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Three Kilkenny libraries launch new Wi-Fi service for students

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 11

Three Kilkenny libraries have launched a new internet Wi-Fi service for local students. It comes as Kilkenny County Council Library Service announced the launch of eduroam Wi-Fi in Ferrybank, Thomastown and Callan Libraries as part of the eduroam Everywhere initiative. eduroam stands for education roaming and provides secure and easy-to-use Wi-Fi access in thousands of

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Adult and two children rushed to hospital after three-car collision on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2022 0

An adult and two children were rushed to hospital following a three-car collision on a county Kilkenny road that was the scene of a separate accident just 24 hours earlier. The latest collision occurred on the N76 outside Callan at around 8.10am this morning. Gardai, the fire brigade and the national ambulance service attended the […]