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‘Time to end 100 years of FF/FG rule’ – Carlow-Kilkenny election candidate

By Kilkenny Now 6th November 2024 0

A local election candidate has said “it’s time to end 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael rule in this country”. With Taoiseach Simon Harris expected to announce he is going to the country at the end of this week, People Before Profit-Solidarity candidate for Carlow-Kilkenny, Cllr Adrienne Wallace, said she will be offering […]

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‘An inspiration’ – 200 student soldiers graduate from local university

By Kilkenny Now 6th November 2024 0

South East Technological University (SETU) awarded over 200 members of the Irish Defence Forces in recognition of their academic achievement at a special conferring ceremony at the University’s Kilkenny Road Campus in Carlow. The ceremony is Ireland’s largest annual military graduation from a higher education institution. At this year’s ceremony in

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Woman charged over assault of man who died at Kilkenny hospital

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2024 0

A woman has been charged in connection with the fatal assault of a man in Carlow on Monday night. The man – has been identified locally as 30-year-old father-of-two Darren Quigley – was taken to St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny, where he was pronounced dead. Gardaí this evening confirmed a woman in her 30s […]

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Man dies in Kilkenny hospital after assault; woman arrested

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2024 0

A man died at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny after he was assaulted at a house in Carlow. Gardaí this morning confirmed they have launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old following an incident at a property in the town yesterday. Officers responded to an incident at a house on New Oak Estate, […]

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Kilkenny house prices rising at slower rate than other counties in Leinster

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2024 0

Average house prices in Kilkenny have risen by €5,000 to €250,000, according to a new survey carried out by MyHome.ie and Bank of Ireland. Prices in neighbouring Carlow also rise by 2% over the past year, with the average asking price for a home rising to €255,000. However, the rate of house price growth was […]

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Officers taken to Kilkenny hospital after driver rammed garda cars

By Kilkenny Now 6th October 2024 0

Four gardai were treated at a hospital in Kilkenny after a driver smashed into several garda cars last night. The incident occurred on the O’Brien Road in Carlow shortly before 9pm last night. In a statement issued today, a Garda spokesperson said that, while on “active patrol”, gardai attempted to stop a car, which “failed […]

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SPONSORED: Grace declares war on waste: MEP sets her sights on a greener, cleaner future

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2022 0

Delegates to COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, heard stark evidence this month about the change in the world’s climate and the deterioration of our environment. Irish representatives joined others in promising to mend our ways and take urgent steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But the fear of environmentalists is that, […]

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SPONSORED: Child maintenance reforms will make ‘significant difference’ to lone parent families in Kilkenny and Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2022 0

Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has welcomed the publication of the report by the Child Maintenance Review Group which was established in 2020. The report concluded that child maintenance is in need of immediate and radical reform, urgency the local Sinn Féin TD says she has repeatedly sought from Government on this issue. These reforms will […]

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SPONSORED: Grace declares war on waste: MEP sets her sights on a greener, cleaner future

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2022 0

Delegates to COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, heard stark evidence this month about the change in the world’s climate and the deterioration of our environment. Irish representatives joined others in promising to mend our ways and take urgent steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But the fear of environmentalists is that, […]

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One of missing teenage Carlow sisters found ‘safe and well’

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2022 0

A Carlow teenager who had been missing since the weekend has been found safe and well, however gardai are still trying to trace her sister. Gardai confirmed Helen McDonnell, 15 years, who had been missing from Killeshin Road, Carlow since Sunday has been located. But they are continuing to seek the public’s assistance in tracing […]