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Mentor and manager: Kilkenny All-Ireland winning minor coach and last teaching Christian Brother in Ireland passes away

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY The man who managed a Kilkenny minor All-Ireland winning team, many of whom went on to star for the Cats over the next decade, passed away overnight following a long battle with cancer. Tributes have been pouring in for Brother Damien Brennan (59), the principal of Coláiste Éamann Rís, Callan, who passed […]

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Kilkenny communities under microscope in €193,000 competition

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IT’S a big week for communities in Kilkenny as they will be examined as part of an enterprise competition with a total prize fund of €193,000. Judging is taking place around Kilkenny this week for the National Enterprise Town Awards 2019. Kilkenny city is first to come under the microscope this afternoon, […]

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‘I would never have thought my fine son would be in the cemetery’ – distaught Kilkenny mother’s drugs warning

By Kilkenny Now 24th August 2019 0

THE heartbroken parents of a teenager who died after taking an illegal substance at a music festival have urged young people not to experiment with drugs. Elaine Downey, who is from Callan, told RTÉ’s Marian Finucane programme today: “I would have never have thought it would happen to me. I would never have thought my […]

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Kilkenny has lowest level of 24-hour Garda cover in country

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY comes rock bottom of all the Garda districts in the county when it comes to 24-hour cover. The Kilkenny-Carlow division came joint last of all the Garda districts who have stations opened 24-hours a day. Just three of the 27 stations – Kilkenny, Thomastown and Carlow – in the division are […]

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‘Filthy’ Kilkenny takeaway shut down by food safety chiefs

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A TAKEAWAY in county Kilkenny, shut down for being ‘filthy’ posed an unacceptable risk to the public a damning report published today found. An inspection by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found no evidence of a food safety management system and found a lack of adequate facilities, cleaning, storage conditions, […]

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Teen who died tragically after falling ill at festival to be laid to rest tomorrow

By Kilkenny Now 9th August 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE FUNERAL will take place this evening of the teenager who tragically passed away three days after falling ill at a music festival in Cork last weekend. 19- year-old Jack Downey’s removal will be removed to a church in Clonmel, Co Tipperary this evening,  with burial mass taking place tomorrow morning. Jack’s […]

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Kilkenny Arts Festival set to illuminate city and our imaginations

By Kilkenny Now 7th August 2019 133

By COLIN BARTLEY THE 46th Kilkenny Arts Festival is ready to come alive, and this year the festival is coming to the people. Much of the exhibitions and performances are happening out in the open this year bringing one of Ireland’s biggest festivals right to the public. The event starts tomorrow and is set to […]

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Teen who died tragically at Cork music festival has close ties to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A TEENAGER who died after ingesting a substance at the Indiependence music festival is from a highly thought of Kilkenny family. Jack Downey (19), has been living in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. The avid hurler, who played with the Clonmel Óg club has many connections to Callan town. Jack’s grandparents are well-respected business […]

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Murder, riots and lawsuits – Kilkenny town celebrate novel about its darkest hour

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2019 0

AN INTERACTIVE adaptation celebrating the great Kilkenny author Thomas Kilroy’s Booker-nominated novel The Big Chapel, is taking shape. Thomas Kilroy’s Booker-nominated novel The Big Chapel is a fictionalised account based on the real events surrounding the notorious ‘Callan Schools’ Affair’. The Callan Schools’ affair was an international scandal during Victorian times

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Five projects receive €40,000 from community grant scheme

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A BREAKDOWN of the €250,000 funding as part of Kilkenny County Council’s Community and Cultural Facilities Capital Grant Scheme has been released Cultural art spaces, playgrounds, sports groups, and scout halls are among the projects benefitting from the funding. Five projects received €40,000, with the other two receiving €30,000 and €20,000 each. […]