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Kilkenny community left behind in National Broadband Plan builds its own connection

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2022 2

It’s not every day a rural community decides to quite literally get down into the trenches and build its own Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. But Piltown and Fiddown, the growing hinterland close to the Kilkenny-Waterford-Tipperary border, is no ordinary community and nothing was going to get in its way. The community and, more particularly, the […]

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Organisers cancel major music festival near Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 0

All Together Now, the hugely popular summer music festival in neighbouring county Waterford that was due to take place on the August Bank Holiday, has cancelled this year’s event. The three-day festival at Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw overlooking the River Suir at Fiddown Bridge succumbed to the ongoing fall out from Covid-19. The organisers said […]

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Anger as high-level talks on new motorway in Kilkenny dropped at last minute

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2021 Post a comment

Discussions about the prospect of a new motorway running through county Kilkenny were cancelled at the last minute when Tánaiste Leo Varadkar removed it from a meeting’s agenda. There was much frustration among TDs and Senators yesterday after a high-profile meeting of a Tipperary delegation with the Tánaiste realised a number of topics had been […]

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Work to remove Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ to go ahead despite plans for new route

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Works aimed at removing a notorious stretch of road in county Kilkenny, known locally as the ‘Road of Death’, will begin this year as planned. Last August Kilkenny County Council confirmed that works on the N24 Tower Road Junction Improvement Scheme at Piltown would begin this year. This week the local authority announced the upgrade […]

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Public to have their say on major new road running through county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

Moves to develop a major road running through county Kilkenny took another leap forward today as the public consultation process began in earnest. The N24 Waterford – Cahir road is a 60km in length section which runs from Junction 10 on the M8 Cahir North Roundabout in county Tipperary to the M9 Dublin to Waterford […]

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New motorway in south Kilkenny back in spotlight as objections mount to M20 plans

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2021 0

Calls are being made to revive plans for a new motorway that would travel for more than 20km through county Kilkenny. The mooted M24 motorway connecting Waterford-Limerick is being promoted once more following criticism of plans and route for the M20 Cork – Limerick motorway. If constructed, the M24 would create 22km of motorway in […]

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Kilkenny bus services disrupted due to Covid-19 outbreak

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2021 0

A number of bus services in county Kilkenny have been cancelled following an outbreak of Covid-19 at the bus depot in Waterford City. Three services, Route No.4, Route No X4 and Route 55, all of which service a number of towns and villages in county Kilkenny have had their services curtailed. Route No 4 and […]

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Investigation launched following tragic death of man (28) at county Kilkenny property

By Kilkenny Now 29th January 2021 0

A man in his 20s has died in tragic cirumstances while apparently socialising with friends at a property in county Kilkenny. The incident happened around 10pm last night at a property located between Mooncoin and Piltown. It is understood the man (28) suffered an apparent heart attack while having drinks with some friends while at […]

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Kilkenny homeowner shocked to discover house ransacked and burgled just week before Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 17th December 2020 0

A county Kilkenny resident was left shocked after they returned home to discover their house was ransacked by burglars. The break-in occurred at a house in the Fairgreen Estate in Fiddown on Wednesday sometime between 4.30pm and 8.30pm. A local Garda source said the homeowner returned to find the patio door wide open and the […]

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Work to remove Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ to begin next year

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2020 10

Works aimed at removing a notorious stretch of road in county Kilkenny, which has been locally dubbed as the ‘Road of Death’, will begin next year. An Bord Pleanála has approved the Compulsory Purchase Order for the N24 Tower Road Junction Improvement Scheme at Piltown, county Kilkenny. Since the road opened over 20 years ago, […]