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Wheels of justice finally turn for local boy whose bike was stolen on Christmas Day

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have made a very late Christmas wish come true for a local boy whose bicycle was stolen just hours after he unwrapped it on the morning of December 25 last. Officers never gave up the search for the boy’s bike, which was stolen from the family’s front garden on the Kilkenny border near […]

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REVEALED: One of world’s wealthiest men buys Kilkenny mansion for €12.6m

By Kilkenny Now 9th January 2020 0

From the Lone Star State to Kilkenny country estate: one of the world’s wealthiest people has bought the stately home that was the most valuable property sale in Ireland of 2019. KilkennyNow.ie has learned Texan billionaire businessman Kelcy Warren has bought Castletown House and Estate, nestled just inside the Kilkenny border close to Carrick-on-Suir, for […]

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Revealed: Kilkenny mansion was Ireland’s highest recorded property sale of 2019

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2020 Post a comment

The most valuable property sold in Ireland in 2019 was a palladian country estate in county Kilkenny which fetched a whopping €12,600,000. The sale of Castletown Demesne, which lies just inside Kilkenny’s border on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir, was revealed in the official Residential Property Price Register (RPPR) for 2019, released earlier today. The report […]

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Lust for life: Kilkenny activity and tourism projects share €82,000 windfall

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

A windfall of more than €82,000 will be shared between five Kilkenny projects aimed at getting people out and while targeting tourism to their areas. The funding is part of the Government’s 2019 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, which will see €1.8 million shared by 109 projects nationwide. Activity tourism is becoming hugely important to the […]