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Major development in efforts to rid Kilkenny of ‘Road of Death’

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2020 0

Moves to rid county Kilkenny of what is known locally as the ‘Road of Death’ have accelerated after the local council was granted a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on lands required to build a new bridge and flyover over the N24. An Bord Pléanala approved the acquisition of lands just outside Piltown for the N24 […]

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Relief as Minister vows hospital that treats Kilkenny’s elderly will reopen

By Kilkenny Now 7th August 2020 0

Health Minister Stepehen Donnelly has promised that a local hospital with an excellent reputation for caring for many elderly Kilkenny people will reopen, campaigners have revealed. St Brigid’s Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir was transformed into a convalescence facility for patients affected by Covid-19 in April. But the hospital closed the following month, fuelling fears

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WATCH: Route through Kilkenny named one of world’s ‘Top 10 Most Beautiful Roads to Cycle’

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2020 0

A route which partially winds its way through county Kilkenny has been included in a new Top 10 list of the ‘World’s Most Beautiful Roads to Cycle On’. The Copper Coast road, which runs through Kilkenny in between counties Waterford and Wexford, has been included in the list compiled by the Global Cycling Network (GCN). […]

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A step in the right direction: Progress on Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ as design consultants appointed

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2020 0

A major step has been taken today in the delivery of upgrades to a road in county Kilkenny known locally as the ‘Road of Death’. Kilkenny County Council has announced the appointment of a design consultants team appointed to N24 Waterford to Cahir Roads Project. This scheme is intended to rectify the problems on the […]

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‘Sophisticated’ cannabis operation busted on the Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2020 0

Gardai discovered a “sophisticated cannabis grow house” and seized an amount of the drug during a planned raid in a village on the Kilkenny–Tipperary border. More than €5,000 worth of cannabis plants were recovered during the planned raid on two properties near the village of Ahenny, close to the Slate Quarries. Detectives from Carrick-on-Suir gardai […]

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Man in critical condition in Kilkenny hospital after horror crash, second victim (70s) dies from injuries

By Kilkenny Now 6th July 2020 0

A man is in a critical condition at St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny following a horrific three-car crash outside Carrick-on-Suir early yesterday. A second man, who was in his 70s, died from his injuries. The deceased has been named locally as Patrick Holland, from Cappoquin in neighbouring county Waterford. Mr Holland was a front […]

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Not to be sniffed at: Garda dogs finds €17,000 of drugs, tablets and cash in two raids on Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2020 0

€17,000 worth of drugs and cash has been sniffed out by a Garda dog following a couple of raids on drug dens yesterday evening. Shortly before 7pm Gardaí from the Detective Branch in Carrick-on-Suir and the Clonmel District Drugs Unit, assisted by the Southern Region Dog Unit, carried out a search of an address at […]

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€25,000 of dodgy medication seized during Garda raid on house

By Kilkenny Now 8th June 2020 Post a comment

Some €25,000 worth of prescription drugs were discovered during a raid on a house in Carrick-on-Suir yesterday afternoon. A woman in her 30s was arrested at the scene after a large batch of alprazolam pills, labelled Ksalol –  a type of sedative similar to Xanex, was discovered in the houses. Gardaí from the Clonmel District […]

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Gardai seize €8,000 of cannabis growing in back garden on Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Gardai have uncovered a barely disguised cannabis grow house in the back garden of a property on the Waterford border. Shortly before 7pm, gardaì in Carrick-on Suir entered a house on the Ballyrichard Road in the town as part of a planned raid. During the search, gardaí were astonished to find a transparent polytunnel in […]

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Fears over future of hospital which serves Kilkenny’s elderly raised in Dáil

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2020 0

The growing fears over the future of a hospital with an excellent reputation in the care of Kilkenny’s elderly, which was transformed into a convalescence facility for those affected but Covid-19 but has since been shut down, has been in the Dáil yesterday. St Brigid’s Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir has for many years been used as […]