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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Infection that is destroying sport for our children

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2021 Post a comment

The referee said it was a foul but  Bruno Fernandes disagreed; he ran over to the official and wagged a finger in his face. Soon the midfielder was joined by most of his Manchester United team-mates and they surrounded the ref, waving and gesticulating in a fruitless effort to make him change his mind. Their […]

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Kilkenny hospital in ‘red zone’ as overcrowding crisis deepens

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2021 0

St Luke’s in Kilkenny is among 10 hospitals across the country that are now classed as being in the ‘red zone’ due to overcrowding. The others on the overcrowding list include hospitals in Galway, Tullamore, Mayo, St Vincent’s in Dublin and Cork University Hospital. Some 15 patients at the Kilkenny hospital were left waiting for […]

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Trial of suspect accused of murdering Kilkenny man collapses

By Kilkenny Now 24th September 2021 0

The trial of a man accused of murdering a Kilkenny man in Dublin city-centre has dramatically collapsed after one of the jurors believed they overheard gardaí discussing witness statements in the courtroom. The trial of Damien Singleton (30), who is accused of the murder of father-of-one Peter Donnelly (pictured together above) on O’Connell Street in […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Forget rafting, we need to build a cycle track

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2021 0

The extravagant plan for a whitewater rafting centre in Dublin appears to have sunk beneath its machine-made waves. And good riddance to that. But the derision poured on this one rather mad scheme should not rule out the idea of building a major sports centre in our capital city’s docklands. The proposed site at George’s […]

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Man (38) charged with firearm offences after injuring two gardai in siege

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2021 0

A man who injured two gardai after firing upon them at a house in Dublin earlier this week has been charged. Daniel Goulding (38) from Whitechapel Grove in Blanchardstown appeared at as sitting of Dublin District Court this morning charged with five firearm offences. Two officers had to be rushed to hospital and operated on […]

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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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Man arrested in Kilkenny village appears in court in relation to Regency Hotel murder

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

A man arrested in a Kilkenny village has appeared at the Special Criminal Court in relation the to murder of David (Davy) Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016. Patrick Dowdall (64) was arrested by gardai on the Main Street in Mooncoin at 6.30pm yesterday evening before being brought […]

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Breakthrough as ‘Cat burglars’ targeting Kilkenny and neighbouring counties busted

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2021 0

Gardai have made a huge breakthrough in an ongoing crime blighting Kilkenny and neighbouring counties. Yesterday Gardaí attached to the Dublin Metropolitan Region Divisional Crime Task Force seized 300 catalytic converters during a search operation in county Dublin. The task force raided a business premises in St Margarets on the Northside of Dublin City. They […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Slow down minister, we don’t need more speed limits

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2021 0

A push to reduce speed limits on Dublin’s roads to 30km an hour is being backed by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan who also wants the law changed to allow for variable speed limits on motorways. That change is aimed mainly at the M50 and would apply at times of heavy congestion, or very bad weather, […]

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Father of four (30) appears in court in relation to firework attack on gardai at lockdown protest

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A 30-year-old father of four has appeared in court in relation to a firework attack on Gardai during an anti-lockdown demonstration in Dublin last weekend. Jake Merriman of Meadowlands Avenue, Monkstown in Dublin appeared in court this morning. He is accused of being in possession of an eight cannon firework and firing it at gardai […]