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Kilkenny witnesses to fatal M9 crash asked to come forward

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 0

GARDAI are asking people from Kilkenny who may have witnessed a fatal crash to contact them. A man in his 50s was pronounced dead in St Luke’s General Hospital following a crash on the M9 motorway yesterday. The man was killed after the van he was driving crashed just before Junction 5 at Tinryland, Co […]

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Kilkenny’s River Nore comes out top in 2019 anti-litter league table

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S River Nore is an “excellent site” that has a “virtual absence of litter”, according to the 2019 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey of coastal areas and waterways. The area of the River Nore examined in Kilkenny city received a glowing endorsement, just one of seven areas in Ireland the report […]

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GP CRISIS: Three out of four surgeries in Kilkenny can’t take on new patients

By Kilkenny Now 25th August 2019 0

THREE out of four GP surgeries in Kilkenny city and country are full to capacity and cannot take on any new patients, according to a report published this morning. The country’s deepening GP crisis is highlighted in a new survey carried out by The Sunday Independent. As part of its investigation, the newspaper contacted a […]

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REVEALED: What Kilkenny people spend on takeaways and dining out

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN KILKENNY consumers dish out an average of just under €80 a month on a restaurant and takeaways, according to a new survey. The survey of monthly spending habits of AIB customers reveals people in Kilkenny spend an average of €79.22 a month eating out or on takeaways. This is less than €10 […]

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Kilkenny Garda division merges with Waterford in major shake-up of force

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY/Carlow garda division is to merge with the Waterford under new restructuring plans announced by the Garda commissioner today. Kilkenny becomes part of the much larger Eastern region, alongside, Wexford, Waterford, Carlow, Kildare, Wicklow, Laois, Offaly, Meath and Westmeath. South Tipperary, from the old South Eastern region, will now moved

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No homes to go to – rents in Kilkenny reach another record high

By Kilkenny Now 20th August 2019 0

RENTS in Kilkenny have risen by another 5.5%, according to the latest Daft.ie survey. The increase is largely down to the severe shortage of available properties, particularly in the city. However, rents are rising fast in the rest of the South East, which experienced an overall increase of 6.8%, according to the latest quarter Rental […]

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A fairytale Transformation for new bride Kathryn at majestic Kilkea Castle

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2019 0

OPERATION Transformation presenter Kathryn Thomas underwent a stunning bridal makeover of her own as she married her long-term partner Pádraig McLoughlin in the majestic setting of Kilkea Castle over the weekend. The RTÉ star, who hails from neighbouring Carlow, wore a ivory silk gown with a daring low-cut back. The 40-year-old wed restaurateur Pádraig inside […]

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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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South East University talks set to resume next month

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TALKS aimed at creating a university in the South East region are set to resume next month. The proposed merger of the Institutes of Technology  Carlow and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) into a new Technological University of the South East (TUSE) hit the rocks in June. Staff members at IT Carlow […]

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Kilkenny garda division set to merge with Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is to be part of a new garda region that will stretch as far north as Meath. The Kilkenny/ Carlow divisional unit is set to double in size as it merges with the Waterford division. In the biggest shake-up of the regional garda structure in years, Kilkenny will become part of […]