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Back to life: New campaign to entice ‘staycationers’ back to Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 8th March 2021 0

As the rollout of the national vaccination programme gathers pace, local tourism chiefs are already planning to entice domestic ‘staycationers’ back to Kilkenny city and county. Kilkenny Tourism has launched #More to Explore, a multi-pronged campaign highlighting Kilkenny’s many unique tourism attractions, from outdoors activities and authentic

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Kilkenny ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing estate gets green light to finally complete development

By Colin Bartley 19th April 2020 0

An unfinished housing estate which had fallen into receivership after the financial crash over a decade ago will finally be completed. The Weir View Development at the Weir on the Castlecomer Road in Dunmore was close to being completed before the housing market collapsed more than ten years ago, with just one phase of the […]

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Traffic carnage: Chaos on Kilkenny roads, multiple crashes and trucks jack-knifing on icy roads

By Colin Bartley 17th December 2019 0

Road conditions around Kilkenny are lethal this morning and have already been the cause of several serious accidents. Conditions are so bad in places some school bus operators decided it was too dangerous to drive and did not run their services today and the Castle Park in Kilkenny has been closed in the interest of […]

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ALERT: Significant spike in break-ins across Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 17th November 2019 0

GARDAI are urging homeowners to be extra vigilant following a serious spike in break-ins across Kilkenny in recent weeks. One man has been arrested and charged in connection to some of the break-ins, but local gardai are still investigating several other incidents. Five houses were targeted in Ballyfoyle last week. One man has been charged […]

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Man (29) to appear in court over spate of county Kilkenny burglaries

By Colin Bartley 12th November 2019 0

A 29-year-old Kilkenny man is due to appear in court today in relation to a spate of break-ins committed around the county last week. The man was arrested at his home in Kilkenny city centre at 5.20pm yesterday. He was brought to Kilkenny Garda Station for questioning and subsequently charged. He is due to appear […]

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CRIME SPREE: Four homes in Kilkenny village hit by burglars on same day

By Colin Bartley 11th November 2019 0

Gardai are hunting for burglars who targeted four separate homes in the same Kilkenny village last week The break-ins occurred in Ballyfoyle last Wednesday, November 6. The first incident occurred at a house in Webbsboro between 9.15am and 6.00pm. The burglars got in through the back door. They ransacked the house, but nothing was taken. Gardaí […]

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Burglary gang terrorise Kilkenny village

By Colin Bartley 8th November 2019 0

Gardai are warning homeowners in Kilkenny to be extra vigilant after a village was subjected to a spate of burglaries over the course of an evening, earlier this week. The small village of Ballyfoyle, near Dunmore, was targetted by burglars on Wednesday in a very organised and planned operation. A text was sent out to […]

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Kilkenny rural water schemes to benefit from €1.8m investment

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY €2 million has been earmarked for upgrading water services in county Kilkenny. The money will be invested over the next three years, with the first €500,000 being spent in the next 12 months. Kilkenny’s Junior Minister John Paul Phelan confirmed the funding as part of a €55 million new capital investment […]

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BREAKING: Heartless thieves steal two pet lambs from garden of Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2019 0

GARDAI are hunting thieves who stole two little pet lambs from the garden of a house in county Kilkenny over the weekend. The lambs were taken sometime between 10.15am and 2.30pm on Saturday from the house in Lower Dunmore. Gardai are urging potential eyewitnesses or anyone who may have noticed any suspicious activity in the […]

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Tourists flock to Kilkenny Castle as it tops visitor list

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY Castle has topped the most visited site owned by the state list for 2018. Almost 1,000,000 people visited state-run sites around County Kilkenny last year. Almost 800,000 were drawn to the charms of Kilkenny Castle and grounds during 2018, according to figures released by the Office of Public Works (OPW) today. […]