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‘We should be getting a break’ – McGuinness calls for restrictions to be lifted in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2021 0

Outspoken local TD John McGuinness has called for a county by county apporach to lifting Covid-19 restrictions. It comes after a report today confirmed Kilkenny has the second lowest rate of Covid infection in the country, at just 24.2 cases per population of 100,000. Only Kerry (19) has a lower infection rate. Donegal (295.9) has […]

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Two bodies found in lake during search for missing father and son

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2020 0

Two bodies have been recovered from a lake in county Donegal during a search operation for a missing father and son. The discovery at Lough Keel, near Kilmacrennan, follows an earlier report this evening  to Malin Head Coast Guard that two people were missing. The Rescue 118 Coast Guard helicopter based in Sligo and the […]

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Teenager armed with shotgun arrested after three-day stand-off with gardai

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2020 0

A teenager has been arrested after he barricaded himself into a house over three days with a shotgun and ammunition. Nobody else was in the house at the time of the incident, which began at the house in Letterkenny, county Donegal around 5pm on Wednesday. Gardai today confirmed the incident was resolved peacefully at around […]

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Lifeboat crew members battle in vain to save colleague after his car slipped into the sea

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2019 0

A lifeboat volunteer drowned after his car slipped into the sea in a freak accident. Some of his fellow crew members desperately tried to save their colleague, but they could not get to him in time. The tragedy unfolded on Arranmore Island off the coast of Donegal at around 5am this morning. The victim has […]

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Kilkenny suspects targeted as part of nationwide prostitution sting

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

A NUMBER of people suspected of paying for sex in Kilkenny and Carlow have been questioned by gardai as part of a nationwide sting operation. A total of 38 people across the country were stopped and spoken to by gardaí last week on suspicion of having paid for prostitution services. Some of the suspects are […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Batten down the hatches – Storm Hannah is coming

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

LAST weekend’s glorious Easter Bank Holiday weekend will be sadly long forgotten by tomorrow night when Storm Hannah hits Kilkenny. Met Éireann today issued separate orange and yellow wind warnings covering most parts of the country, and a small craft warning for the Irish Sea. Kilkenny is among the counties included in the Status Yellow […]

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Going down – our income and our fertility: CSO figures give fascinating snapshot of Kilkenny lives

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2019 0

NEW figures released by the Central Statistics Office  (CSO) give a very interesting snapshot of Kilkenny city and county. They show our level of income is lower than average – and so is our fertility rate! They also show that we like to heat our homes with oil (first choice for 55% of Kilkenny households) but have gone right […]