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Getting connected: 22,000 homes and business across Kilkenny can now access high-speed broadband

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2024 0

More than 22,000 homes and businesses across Kilkenny can now access gigabit fibre broadband, according to new data released by Eir. It comes as the telecommunications company released its first ever comprehensive Economic and Social Impact Report, highlighting that the company has invested almost €1.7 billion in infrastructure in the past six years. Eir has […]

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Thieves break into Eir site on outskirts of Kilkenny and make off with equipment

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2020 0

Thieves broke into an Eir site on the outskirts of Kilkenny city and stole a number of batteries, gardai have confirmed. The theft occured in Maddoxtown on Monday. A local Garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí are appealing for information in relation to the theft of batteries from a site in Maddoxtown. Entry was gained to the […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny homeowners targeted in new ‘broadband upgrade’ scam

By Kilkenny Now 20th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FRAUDSTERS are targetting Kilkenny homeowners in a new phone scam. The fraudsters have been calling people locally on their landlines, trying to get them to disclose their personal data. Homes across Kilkenny and the South East region have been targeted in recent days by callers who purport to be from the mobile […]

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BREAKING: Clueless internet scammers attempt to hustle Garda at Kilkenny station

By Kilkenny Now 10th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY INTERNET scammers got a bit of a shock when they discovered the person they were trying to scam was in fact a garda on duty in a Kilkenny Garda station. The online hustler was cold calling and thought they had hit upon an unsuspecting member of the public. Instead, they dialed Thomastown […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Why try to save the pay-phone when half the country doesn’t even know what a pay-phone is’

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2019 0

A STRANGE dispute has broken out between Eir and ComReg, the outfit that governs the telecom industry. Under a regulation dating from its Telecom Éireann days, Eir is obliged to maintain the country’s last few public pay phones and ComReg insists it should keep the service running. Eir says the ruling is “absolute folly” and […]

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Broadband fraudsters target Kilkenny householders in elaborate new scam

By Kilkenny Now 23rd February 2019 0

KILKENNY householders are being targeted in an elaborate broadband scam that is sweeping the country. Gardai, banks and financial institutions have issued warnings to consumers after thousands of people lost money in the scam. St Canice’s Credit Union also urged its customers to be aware of fraudsters on its social media platforms, which prompted several […]