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Major tourism boost for Kilkenny as South Leinster Way links to Wicklow Way and Dublin

By Kilkenny Now 23rd March 2021 0

Kilkenny has received a major tourism boost after funding has been provided to connect the South Leinster Way to the Wicklow Way. More than €370,000 has been invested to connect the two hiking trails, which will create an uninterrupted 236km of walk and cycle ways, starting in Carrick-on-Suir, crossing through Kilkenny and finishing in Marley […]

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School near Kilkenny border closed amid fears of Covid-19 outbreak

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2021 0

A school near the county Kilkenny border was closed this morning amid fears of a Covid-19 outbreak. The Presentation Primary School in Carrick-on-Suir contacted parents of students requesting them to come and collect their children as it is suspending classes with immediate effect. The 300-pupil mixed school initially contacted the parents and guardians of the […]

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CAB raid Kilkenny properties in clampdown on crime gang with links across Europe

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2021 Post a comment

More than €500,000 was frozen in bank accounts and a brand new 4×4 seized during a Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) operation in county Kilkenny. The operation, which started at approximately 7.30am this morning, targeted properties close to Mooncoin and Piltown, as well as properties in Carrick-on-Suir. During the operation a 201 Volvo XC90 was seized, […]

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Leaders of campaign to save hospital that cases for Kilkenny elderly told to cancel protest or face jail

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2020 0

The organisers of a protest march who are campaigning to save a hospital that cares for elderly Kilkenny patients have been threatened with prosecution. Hundreds of people recently turned out in protest after it emerged that palliative, respite, and hospice facilities at St Brigid’s Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir have ended and that the facility will be […]

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HSE removes round-the-clock inpatient care from hospital that treats Kilkenny’s elderly

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2020 0

Anger has been expressed after campaigners were informed that a local hospital with an excellent reputation for caring for many elderly Kilkenny will no longer be able to provide those services. In a statement released by the HSE, they confirmed St Brigid’s would no longer be providing palliative, respite or step-down inpatient care and will […]

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Vandal smashes window of car parked outside church in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2020 0

A vandal smashed the back window of a car that was parked outside a church in county Kilkenny. The incident occurred at the church carpark in Tullaghought near Carrick-on-Suir sometime between 7pm and 8pm on Thursday. Gardai have appealed to witnesses or anyone who may have noticed any suspicious activity in the area at the […]

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WATCH: Hundreds join family of Tour De France hero for hometown parade on wheels

By Kilkenny Now 22nd September 2020 0

Just 24 hours after Carrick man Sam Bennett raised aloft his arm in triumph, in the shadow of the Arc of that name to take the final stage and the Maillot Vert in the 2020 Tour De France, his townfolk came together in an amazing show of support. The pride and excitement felt by all […]

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Carrick-on-Suir’s Sam Bennett takes green jersey after sprint to final stage victory in Paris

By Kilkenny Now 20th September 2020 0

Carrick-on-Suir’s Sam Bennett won the sprint finish on the Champs-Elysées to secure the Tour de France points classification this evening. The final 122km stage with eight laps of the Champs-Elysées, saw Bennett seal a dream race with a sprint finish. Bennett began the day with a 55-point lead over Peter Sagan. The German needed the stage win as […]

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Gun fired by salmon poachers rumbled by fisheries officer on River Suir

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2020 Post a comment

Inland Fisheries Officers were fired upon after they came across poachers netting salmon in the River Suir on a stretch of the river that divides Kilkenny, Waterford and Tipperary. At least one shot was fired at the Inland Fisheries Ireland’s Fisheries Protection Officers after they respond to a report of illegal fishing in the upper […]

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Work to remove Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ to begin next year

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2020 10

Works aimed at removing a notorious stretch of road in county Kilkenny, which has been locally dubbed as the ‘Road of Death’, will begin next year. An Bord Pleanála has approved the Compulsory Purchase Order for the N24 Tower Road Junction Improvement Scheme at Piltown, county Kilkenny. Since the road opened over 20 years ago, […]