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Denis Hynes to be confirmed as Labour candidate to replace Cllr Maurice Shorthall in Castlecomer

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

DENIS Hynes will be formally selected as the Labour Party’s candidate for the Castlecomer local electoral area tonight. Mr Hynes will be Labour’s sole candidate to run in the six seat ward in May’s local elections. The popular Goresbridge politician and Siptu official will also be his party’s candidate for the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency in the […]

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Kilkenny Council hails delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council has welcomed the delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford. In a statement, the council said it welcomed “the commencement of the construction of 33 houses at Donaguile, Castlecomer and the completion of 18 houses at Togher Way, Urlingford”. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy turned the sod on the new development […]

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€100,000 prize up for grabs in exciting new search for ‘Kilkenny’s Energy Town’

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2019 0

KILKENNY is leading the way in a new nationwide sustainable and renewable energy competition with a €100,000 plus prize fund up for grabs. And the organisers are hopeful the exciting initiative will catch on not, just in Ireland, but also on the international stage. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership has teamed up with the internationally-renowned and locally […]

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Kilkenny Rose Helena Hughes presents sashes to Castlecomer’s contestants

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2019 0

KILKENNY Rose Helena Hughes was on hand to present sashes to the Castlecomer contestants of this year’s event in the north Kilkenny town last night. The night kicked off in style at the Vault Bar at 9pm and was very well attended by locals and businesses who have helped to sponsor Castlecomer’s first ever Rose […]

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Marty gets the party started as James Stephens GAA players strut their stuff on the catwalk

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2019 0

RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey has lent his support to the campaign to find Kilkenny’s next Rose. The GAA presenter and ex Dancing With The Stars contestant was in Kilkenny last night along with RTÉ colleague Evanne Ni Chuillin to take part in the Valentine’s themed fashion show at the James Stephens GAA Club. Marty, as MC […]

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Kilkenny gardai not treating discovery of woman’s body in her home as suspicious

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2019 0

GARDAI say they are not treating as suspicious the tragic discovery of an elderly woman’s body at her home in Castlecomer. The woman’s body was discovered when the driver of a food delivery van attempted to drop groceries at her home. The man alerted the emergency services and gardai arrived at the scene a short […]

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The long face of the law! Garda Mounted Unit are big hit with Kilkenny schoolkids

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2019 0

IT’S not all about drugs busts and chasing the bad guys! Kilkenny gardai also play a hugely important role in community policing and educating young people about the dangers of getting on the wrong side of law. And so this week, while up to 80 local and specialist gardai descended on Kilkenny as part of […]

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Kilkenny Rev takes Fintan O’Toole to task in row over controversial new film

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2019 0

A KILKENNY cleric has tackled Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole after the writer dismissed criticisms of a controversial new Irish film about the killing of James Bulger as misdirected “moral opprobrium”. O’Toole wrote earlier this week that the film Detainment by director James Lambe was a “serious and moral piece of work”. Controversy has erupted […]

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Castlecomer looking to crown Kilkenny’s Rose in 2019

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2019 0

THE Rose of Tralee is coming to Castlecomer for the first time ever. And the winner of the event due to take place this Saturday, February 9, could be the lucky girl who goes on to step into the shoes of last year’s Kilkenny Rose Helena Hughes (pictured above with Kilkenny coach Brian Cody) at […]

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Labour General Election candidate Denis Hynes to contest Cllr Maurice Shortall’s seat

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2019 0

DENIS Hynes, the Labour Party’s Carlow-Kilkenny candidate in the next General Election, is putting his name forward to contest this year’s local elections, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Mr Hynes has revealed he was asked by his party colleague Cllr Maurice Shortall, who recently announced he was retiring from politics, to put his name forward to contest […]