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Kilkenny man named as one of ‘Top 10 Most Powerful People’ in Europe

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2019 0

The European Commissioner for Trade – Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan – has been named as one of the top 10 most people in Europe. Mr Hogan came in tenth place in US magazine Politico’s 2020 list of the 28 most powerful people in Europe – just two places behind Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Politico compiles an annual […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Out of the mouths of babes and crackpots

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2019 0

WHEN I was 16 I knew just what was wrong with the world and how to fix it. Fortunately, the world wasn’t listening and so was spared the creation of an international Marxist super-state that paid surgeons the same as window cleaners and printed money for anyone who needed it. Looking back, I don’t think […]

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Ex Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan’s €300,000 EU job under threat – because he’s a man

By Kilkenny Now 11th July 2019 0

FORMER Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan’s dream of winning a second term as Ireland’s EU Commissioner could be scuppered over a gender row that has erupted at the highest levels of the union. Ursula von der Leyen, who has been nominated by the European Council to be the next president of the European Commision, yesterday said […]

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HEATWAVE: Europe braces itself for ‘hell’, Kilkenny basks in 27C heaven

By Kilkenny Now 27th June 2019 0

THERE are fears many could die in a deadly heatwave engulfing Western Europe this week, but here in Kilkenny we’re set to experience perfect summer temperatures of up to 27 degrees over the coming days. Europe is bracing for an intense, dangerous, and possibly even deadly heat wave this week, with temperatures due to soar […]

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A classical homecoming: violinist Patrick Rafter among stellar line-up for 2019 Kilkenny Arts Festival

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2019 0

KILKENNY’S internationally-acclaimed violinist Patrick Rafter is among the stellar line-up confirmed for this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival. Kilkenny audiences will get to see Patrick perform with Michael McHale, the Belfast-born pianist, at a very special performance at St John’s Priory on Sunday, August 11 at 3.30pm . It’s the latest coup for the Kilkenny Arts […]