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WATCH: Kilkenny farmers hope to break world record at Christmas tractor parade

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2019 0

A group of local farmers, many from Kilkenny, are aiming to regain a world record they set a couple of years ago and Thousands are expected to turn out to see the sixth annual Christmas tractors of Carrick-on-Suir parade this evening. Now in its sixth year, it’s Ireland original Christmas Tractor Parade, the biggest and […]

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Kilkenny Christmas shopping alert: €18,000 of fake designer goods seized in raid

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 0

Shoppers are being urged to beware after €18,000 worth of fake designer goods were discovered in a raid near the Waterford-Kilkenny border. The goods were seized during a planned Garda operation targeting a house in the Mountain View area of Carrick-on-Suir at 6pm yesterday. Suspected counterfeit footwear, clothing, handbags and cosmetics worth around €18,000, including

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Man (30s) dies following crash close to Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2019 0

A man in his 30s died this morning following a crash on the main Waterford to Limerick road. The single car collision happened at 3am this morning at Killaloan on the outskirts of Clonmel. The victim was the driver of the car. Two passengers in the car, a man and woman in their 20s, were […]

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SOCCER ROUND-UP: Kilkenny’s Maguire gets chance to shine, former army officer trials at championship club

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

Kilkenny’s Seanie Maguire gets a chance to impress Ireland boss Mick McCarthy this evening, as he has been picked to start up front for the Republic’s soccer team against New Zealand. The 25-year-old Castlecomer man has been beset with injury misfortune when it comes to international matches, so tonight is a real opportunity to lay […]

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‘Godfather of Punk’ bringing his ‘lust for life’ to Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

The “Godfather of Punk” is going to bring his ‘Lust for Life’ to  All Together Now(ATN) festival in the Curraghmore Estate on the banks of the Suir, next August. Iggy Pop is the first headline act to be announced for the third edition of ATN. It will be the punk icon’s first Irish gig in […]

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British Lord forced to move out of €20m Kilkenny mansion given one-week jail term

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A BRITISH Lord who recently lost the right to live in a salubrious Kilkenny estate has found himself at the wrong end of another legal dispute. Lord George Magan, the 73-year-old Conservative peer and former treasurer of the UK Conservative Party, was this week given a jail sentence for being in breach […]

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British Lord loses right to live in €20 million Kilkenny mansion

By Kilkenny Now 10th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE long-running saga regarding the rights to live in one of Kilkenny’s most expensive properties appears to have finally concluded. Lord Magan, a member of the British House of Lords, today lost his case in the High Court in Dublin which ruled he is not entitled to tenancy of the €20m Castletown […]