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Five months of traffic delays expected for new road build in city

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SERIOUS traffic delays are expected in Kilkenny for the next five months, to facilitate the construction of a new road. The delays will mainly affect traffic using College Road and the Old Callan road in the city. Kilkenny County Council is closing Circular Road next Monday. It will remain closed until November, […]

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‘Lucky no one was seriously injured’ – thugs smash window of moving car

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NUMBER of moving cars sustained damage when they were targetted by people throwing stones at them on Friday night. This serious incident happened on the Callan Road just after 9 pm. One car had its passenger window smashed as it was driving on the Callan Road, while a second car had […]

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Firefighter arrested for drink driving while on duty in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 10th May 2019 0

A FIREFIGHTER was arrested after he was found to be over the limit while driving a fire truck in Kilkenny city. The firefighter was stopped at a checkpoint over the bank holiday. He was driving a fire truck on the Callan Road at around lunchtime on Sunday when he was breathalysed by gardai. KilkennyNow.ie has […]

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Traffic disruption to last 10 months as work on 500 new homes in city gets underway

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2019 0

BUILDING work got underway this morning on a major development that will see the construction of 500 new homes and three new schools on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. The construction work will cause major traffic disruption in the area for the next 10 months. Kilkenny County Council said: “Traffic Lights will be in operation […]

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Kilkenny’s Western Environs: Where the streets have new names (even though they don’t exist yet)

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2019 0

THEY may not even exist yet, but that hasn’t stopped Kilkenny County Council’s rather grand sounding ‘infrastructure naming committee’ from naming some of city’s planned new roadways. A few eyebrows were raised this week after new monikers were slapped on streets and parks to be constructed as part of the Western Environs project. The city’s