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Roadworks and traffic delays driving Kilkenny motorists car-azy

By Kilkenny Now 6th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ROADWORKS and traffic diversions across Kilkenny city and county are driving many local motorists around the bend. Several frustrated drivers took to Twitter over the past 24 hours to vent their fury after they became stuck in traffic jams in different parts of the county. The loudest online groans came from motorists […]

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Woman seriously injured in county Kilkenny crash transferred to Dublin hospital

By Kilkenny Now 4th June 2019 0

A WOMAN who was seriously injured in a road collision in South Kilkenny over the Bank Holiday weekend is being transferred to a hospital in Dublin today to undergo surgery. The woman, who is in her 30s, was the single occupant of a car that was involved in a collision outside Glenmore, between the Rhu […]

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Pensioner distraught after dead parents’ home ransacked by burglar

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2019 0

A KILKENNY pensioner called gardai following a break-in at his deceased parents’ unoccupied home. The 69-year-old man was alerted by a neighbour after a suspicious vehicle was spotted parked outside the unoccupied house in the Glenmore area. When he went to the house, he saw the back bedroom of his parents’ home had been ransacked, […]

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Portuguese crew drafted in to finish Ireland’s longest bridge, linking Kilkenny and Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

IRELAND’S longest bridge – linking Kilkenny and Wexford – will be completed in less than two months. The massive 887m Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge will join Glenmore to Corcoran’s Cross roundabout outside New Ross on the Wexford side. A Portuguese crew has been drafted in to help finish the bridge, the centrepiece of the new […]

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2019 Local Elections countdown – here is your full list of Kilkenny candidates

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2019 0

THE nominations are in, the campaigning is well underway and the stage is set for the May 24 local elections. Kilkenny County Council has confirmed a total of 44 candidates will contest the four electoral areas in in the city and county. Here is the full list of candidates: Kilkenny City Electoral Area (14 candidates […]

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CATS INJURY CRISIS: Now keeper Eoin Murphy is ruled out of Leinster championship

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2019 0

KILKENNY will be without two-time All-Star winning netminder Eoin Murphy for the Leinster championship. The Glenmore man injured his knee in a recent club game. It has now been confirmed he has fractured a bone. Murphy injury is the latest blow for manager Brian Cody as he prepares his depleted squad for the Cats’ opening […]

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Country’s longest bridge – linking South Kilkenny and Wexford – to open this year

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2019 0

THE COUNTRY’S longest bridge – which will connect South Kilkenny and Wexford – will be open to traffic before the end of the year. The New Ross Bypass Bridge will span 900 metres and connect the N25 at Glenmore with Strokestown on the Co Wexford side. The senior engineer overseeing the project, Sean Dobbs, today […]

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Gardai investigate four break-ins at same county Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating four recent break-ins at the same county Kilkenny village. The latest burglaries occurred in the Glenmore area last Saturday between 4.15pm and 7.15pm. At 4.15pm a house in the Ballycroney area, which was unoccupied at the time, was ransacked. A witness reported seeing three males running from the scene. Later that evening, […]

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Kilkenny motorists warned to expect delays as three sets of road works get underway

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2019 0

KILKENNY motorists have been warned to expect delays as more road works get underway in the county. Kilkenny County Council has announced a temporary road closure on the L6707 between 8am and 1pm today. Diversions will be put in place at Rathcash West, between the R702 Gorwan Road and L6706 at Blanchvillestown. The council said […]

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Three masked burglars subject Kilkenny pensioner to terrifying ordeal in her home

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2019 0

AN ELDERLY county Kilkenny pensioner who lives alone was held hostage in her home as thieves ransacked her house late at night. The shocking incident occurred in the townland of Kilbraghan near Glenmore overnight between last Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2. KilkennyNow.ie has learned it is the second time the woman’s home has […]