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Green with envy: Kilkenny town picks up €100,000 energy prize

By Kilkenny Now 10th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CALLAN has been named Kilkenny’s Energy town for 2019. In a competition unique to Kilkenny, Callan picked up the prize worth €100,000 in supports which paves the way for creating a sustainable and energy efficient town. Callan beat off submissions from Thomastown, Castlecomer and Graignamanagh to pick up the award. Callan’s proposal […]

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Learner driver, nine-times over the limit, arrested during Kilkenny Garda operation

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LEARNER driver, nine times over the drink driving limit, was arrested after he was stopped at a garda checkpoint in a Kilkenny town. The 39-year-old man was stopped on suspicion of drink driving at a checkpoint in Castlecomer yesterday evening. After taking a breath sample, he was found to be nine […]

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Gardai out in force in county Kilkenny town this evening

By Kilkenny Now 5th September 2019 0

CASTLECOMER will be one of the safest places in the country this evening as up to 20 gardai descend on the north Kilkenny town. The Garda force, backed by an Incident Command Vehicle, will visit up to 400 homes in the town as part of the Operation Home Safe initiative. Crime Prevention Officer Peter McConnon […]

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Kilkenny businesses nominated for food and hospitality ‘Oscars’

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

A LOCAL hotel, restaurant and trout farm have all made the shortlist of Ireland’s premier food, tourism and hospitality awards. Kilkenny’s Newpark Hotel, the Restaurant Lady Anne at Creamery House in Castlecomer and Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown have made the shortlist for the Georgina Campbell 2020 Irish Food and Hospitality Awards, in association with […]

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Burglars break into broadband station in Ballyragget

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

BURGLARS broke into a broadband station in Ballyragget before making off with several valuable batteries, KilkennyNow.ie has learned. The theft occurred at the broadband station in Ballyouskill, Ballyragget, sometime between 9pm on Tuesday, August 13 and 10.30pm last Friday. A local Garda spokesperson said the door of the premises “was forced to gain access and […]

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Plans for biggest housing development in county Kilkenny town for over a decade

By Kilkenny Now 20th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ONE of the largest developments seen in a county Kilkenny town in over a decade has gone to the planning stage. An application has been received by Kilkenny County Council for a 28-home project close to Castlecomer town centre. The development will consist of one-bed, two-bed, three-bed, and four-bed homes ranging from […]

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Council applies for planning to build pedestrian bridge in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny County Council has applied for planning permission to build a pedestrian bridge required to safely connect a major tourist site to a town. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town to the popular Discovery Park is with An Bord Pleanála for approval. The bridge crossing the River Dinin is required […]

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Man to appear in court in relation to county Kilkenny heroin bust

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE MAN arrested in county Kilkenny after being found in possession of thousands of euros worth of drugs is due to appear in court. The Divisional Drugs Unit swooped on a premises in Castlecomer yesterday evening and discovered €4,000 of heroin inside. The man, in his 30’s, was taken for questioning to […]

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It’s the little things in life – doll’s house sells for €48,000 at Kilkenny auction

By Kilkenny Now 24th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY auction house was shocked when a doll’s house with a guide price of €3,000 – €4,000 was sold for 12 times that. An 1810 Travelling Baby house fetching an eye-watering €48,000 at the auction in Fonsie Mealy’s auction house in Castlecomer yesterday afternoon. The two-room mahogany doll’s house standing 44cm […]

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Pedestrian bridge in county Kilkenny town set to be built next year

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN bridge required to safely link a major tourist site in Kilkenny to a town centre could begin construction next summer. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town centre to the popular Discovery Park is going to the planning stage. The bridge over the River Dinin is required to take […]