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Man (40s) killed in road collision near Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2021 0

A man was killed in a single-vehicle road collision in county Tipperary close to the border with Kilkenny. The tragedy occurred sometime between 9pm and 9.30pm last night at Mainstown, Carrick-on-Suir. The driver of the vehicle, a male aged in his 40s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His body was taken to the mortuary […]

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Man (20s) arrested over hit and run on Kilkenny border that left two women hospitalised

By Kilkenny Now 7th July 2021 0

A man has been arrested on suspicion of fleeing the scene of a hit and run on the Kilkenny border which left two women in a serious condition in hospital. The two women, one in their late 60s and one in her 70s, were rushed to University Hospital Waterford after they were stuck by a […]

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Organisers cancel major music festival near Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

All Together Now, the hugely popular summer music festival in neighbouring county Waterford that was due to take place on the August Bank Holiday, has cancelled this year’s event. The three-day festival at Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw overlooking the River Suir at Fiddown Bridge succumbed to the ongoing fall out from Covid-19. The organisers said […]

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Anger as high-level talks on new motorway in Kilkenny dropped at last minute

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 Post a comment

Discussions about the prospect of a new motorway running through county Kilkenny were cancelled at the last minute when Tánaiste Leo Varadkar removed it from a meeting’s agenda. There was much frustration among TDs and Senators yesterday after a high-profile meeting of a Tipperary delegation with the Tánaiste realised a number of topics had been […]

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Thieves steal horsebox from farm in remote part of county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 12th June 2021 0

A horsebox was stolen from a farm on the Tipperary/ Kilkenny border last weekend. The incident happed at a farm in Cregg near Carrick-on-Suir between 3pm and 6pm on Friday, May 4. The metal horsebox was a green colour and manufactured by Wrights and required a little work. The thieves would have had to have […]

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Summer date confirmed for popular local folk festival featuring Kilkenny artists

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2021 0

A local folk and art festival which features many of Kilkenny’s leading musicians and artists will go ahead this summer. The Clancy Brothers Music and Art Festival in Carrick-on-Suir will return this year from Wednesday, July 21 to Sunday, July 25, with an exciting, hybrid mix of live and online events. Now in its 14th […]

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Vaccination rollout accelerated in Kilkenny as 40-49 age group get choice of jabs

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccine programme is to be accelerated Kilkenny. It also emerged today that people in 40-49 year old bracket will be given the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, and will only be given the AztraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine if none of the former are available. RTÉ this morning reported that strict […]

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Work to remove Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ to go ahead despite plans for new route

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Works aimed at removing a notorious stretch of road in county Kilkenny, known locally as the ‘Road of Death’, will begin this year as planned. Last August Kilkenny County Council confirmed that works on the N24 Tower Road Junction Improvement Scheme at Piltown would begin this year. This week the local authority announced the upgrade […]

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‘Running with Gillian made the many miles fly by’ – tributes pour in for mother who died tragically on Comeragh Mountains

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

Tributes have been pouring in for the young mother whose body was discovered in the Comeragh Mountains late yesterday evening. Gillian Ryan (37) from Horse and Jockey was found after a huge multi agency search of the Comeraghs, concentrated on the Coumshingaun Loop. The popular mother-of-two was reported missing shortly after lunchtime on Sunday when […]

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Child (3) dies after being knocked down by bus in Carrick-on-Suir

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2021 Post a comment

A three-year old girl has died after being knocked down by a bus in a housing estate in Carrick-on-Suir this afternoon. The accident happened in Castle Heights in Carrickbeg at 4.30pm. Gardai, ambulances and an emergency helicopter attended the scene. The girl was pronounced dead a short time later. The scene has been preserved for […]