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Gardai investigating event in Galway over possible breaches of Covid-19 restrictions

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2020 9

An investigation into alleged Covid-19 health breaches at an event that was held in county Galway earlier this week, has been launched. An Garda Síochána has confirmed they are investigating the circumstances surrounding an event August 19, 2020 which they say they will not be “confirming the identity of any individual premises or person,” at […]

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Room service: Kilkenny and South East’s hotels best at beating Covid blues

By Kilkenny Now 17th August 2020 3

Hotels in Kilkenny and the South East are riding out the coronavirus crisis but those in Dublin are struggling. This snapshot of the hospitality business is revealed in two surveys, one of which shows that local hotels have the highest average room occupancy in the country. The survey for the Irish Hotels Federation found that, […]

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BREAKING: Teenage girl killed as weekend death toll on our roads rises to seven

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2020 0

A teenage girl has become the latest victim of the carnage on our roads and the seventh person to die in collisions over the weekend. The young woman died after the car in which she was a passenger struck a wall at around 1.15am in the townland of Porridgetown, Oughterard, Galway., Galway. She died at […]

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Cody’s Cats emerge as punters’ favourites to claw back league title from Limerick

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kilkenny are now the biggest threat to Limerick’s hopes of defending the National Hurling League title after they surged past Carlow and Tipperary suffered a second straight defeat, according to bookies. Brian Cody’s men notched 3-21 on Sunday for the second consecutive match to make it two wins from two as they joined Clare on […]

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To the Faithful Departed – another Kilkenny legend joins Offaly’s hurling revolution

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

KILKENNY legend Michael Kavanagh has joined former team-mate Michael Fennelly’s management team at Offaly. He will be joined by former Offaly hurler David Kenny and Galway native Johnny Kelly, who has enjoyed much success as a club coach as Fennelly plots the Faithful County’s campaign for the 2020 hurling championship. The four-time All-Star winner won […]

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Kilkenny suspects targeted as part of nationwide prostitution sting

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

A NUMBER of people suspected of paying for sex in Kilkenny and Carlow have been questioned by gardai as part of a nationwide sting operation. A total of 38 people across the country were stopped and spoken to by gardaí last week on suspicion of having paid for prostitution services. Some of the suspects are […]

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Car-azy! Kilkenny motorists among hardest hit by parking charges

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council raked in more than €2.3 million from car-parking charges last year. Newly published figures reveal Kilkenny took one of the highest sums of money from motorists compared to other local authorities outside of the capital. The €2.3 million collected by Kilkenny Council is the fourth-highest figure nationwide outside Dublin, […]

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MINOR RESULT: Kilkenny have no answer to Galway’s firepower

By Kilkenny Now 18th August 2019 0

Kilkenny 0-12 Galway 3-14 KILKENNY’S minors were swept aside by a free scoring Galway at Croke Park today. It was an incredible performance from Galway, who were immense throughout a fairly one-sided encounter, especially their forwards Sean McDonagh, Ruben Davitt and Greg Thomas. Kilkenny just didn’t have an answer to Galway’s intensity and scoring power […]

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Kilkenny V Galway – Cody has something to smile about as top Cats return

By Kilkenny Now 7th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Cats face their biggest challenge of the year so far this weekend against Galway, but Brian Cody will at least have a much stronger stack to play with this time around. The Kilkenny coach will be relieved to have some of his biggest names who have been side-lined through injury in […]

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Cats see off Carlow, but Cody’s injury crisis mounts

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2019 0

KILKENNY are within touching distance of qualifying from the group stages of the Leinster Championship after they proved too much for a brave Carlow side at Netwatch Cullen Park today. However, Brian Cody’s injury crisis mounted in an afternoon that saw Colin Fennelly, Walter Walsh and Alan Murphy all forced from the field of play. […]