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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. […]

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For richer and for poorer: Kilkenny’s highest and lowest earning neighbourhoods revealed

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY area with the highest average total household income been revealed. The Dunmore area north of the city tops the list with a household median gross income €72,076. That’s according to a new report released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Urlingford came bottom of the list in Kilkenny, recording an average household […]

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‘It’s shocking’ – entire suite of furniture dumped in scenic area of South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 18th April 2019 0

AN entire suite of household furniture has been illegally dumped in a scenic area of South Kilkenny. A double bed and sitting room furniture were among the discarded items discovered in the Sheephouse Lane area of Thomastown this morning. Thomastown-based councillor Breda Gardner, who visited the scene earlier today, hit out at the actions of […]