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Huge demand for Covid PCR tests in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2021 0

There were just eight slots available at the Covid test centre in Kilkenny yesterday as PCR testing facilities struggle to keep up with demand. And there were no slots available up the road in Carlow, along with counties Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow. The demand for tests is so high […]

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Vermin alert: Warning as lockdown sees surge in rodent invasions in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

Kilkenny home and business owners have been urged to beware from the growing threats from rodents and cockroaches as the winter sets in. It comes as pest controller Rentokil recorded a 37% increase in callouts for rodents and a 26% increase in total callouts for pest insects in October, when compared to the previous month. […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Turning good cider into fine wine

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2020 0

What’s the difference between cider and apple wine? Well, about €30 a bottle for one thing. But there are some other factors that make the wine a rather more subtle and decidedly more alcoholic product than the cider we like to pour from pint bottles over loads of ice. The process for both products begins […]

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LATEST: 326 new cases of virus as Taoiseach warns of city-wide lockdowns

By Kilkenny Now 25th September 2020 0

There has been no further coronavirus related deaths but 326 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 1,797. There are now 34,315 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency Team […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: For the good of your wealth, stay home

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2020 548

If you fancy a three-bedroom semi in south Dublin it will cost you €413,000. If you would prefer to live among the homes of Donegal, a mere €100,000 will get you much the same house. Those are the average prices paid in the past three months, according to a study by the Real Estate Alliance. […]

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SPONSORED: If you want a warm home you’ll find a warm welcome at Flame Stove Store

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2020 0

IF you are looking for a nice warm home the place to head for is the Flame Stove Store. You will be sure of an appropriately warm welcome at their showroom on O’Brien Road in Carlow Town. It is a small family-run business with a big stock of beautiful products and  more than  18 years’ experience. “We […]

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‘Putting people’s lives at risk’ – anger amid reports of student ‘virus parties’

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2020 0

Widspread anger has been expressed online following reports that students in Waterford, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick staged ‘virus’ parties in defiance of emergency measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Earlier, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed the Government may seek enforcement powers to ensure that the ban on no indoor mass gatherings of more […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Here’s one thing they must not change

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2020 0

Whatever other policies the next Government jettisons, it should not abandon Ireland 2040, the plan for decentralisation. Nor should new ministers tinker or toy with this so-called National Planning Framework. If they can strengthen the proposals, fine. And if they can speed up things that would be great, for the outgoing Government has done very […]

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MURDER TRIAL: Accused claims father-in-law hit Kilkenny grandmother on head with a crowbar

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering his partner’s mother, who was originally from windgap in county Kilkenny, told gardaí his father-in-law hit her on the head with a crowbar, a court head today. Kieran Greene told gardaí he agreed to take the blame for the murder and dismemberment of 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor. But six months […]

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Eureka! Kilkenny students head off to Young Scientist competition

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2020 0

Students from throughout Kilkenny will take their place at Dublin’s RDS today as the 56th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition kicks off. More than 1,100 pupils from across the country will attend the event that brings together some of the country’s brightest young minds as they compete to take home the coveted title of the BT Young […]