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Labour General Election candidate Denis Hynes to contest Cllr Maurice Shortall’s seat

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2019 0

DENIS Hynes, the Labour Party’s Carlow-Kilkenny candidate in the next General Election, is putting his name forward to contest this year’s local elections, KilkennyNow.ie can reveal. Mr Hynes has revealed he was asked by his party colleague Cllr Maurice Shortall, who recently announced he was retiring from politics, to put his name forward to contest […]

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Gang behind spate of break-ins at sheds and garages across Kilkenny strike again

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

A CRIME gang targeting Kilkenny homes and businesses is believed to be behind a spate of identical break-ins in recent days. Local gardai are investigating four separate burglaries in which power tools were stolen over a three-day period. Last Friday, January 11, the thieves broke into a garage attached to a house in Coon outside […]

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Man rushed to St Luke’s after second serious collision at notorious Kilkenny blackspot in just five days

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2019 0

A MAN was rushed to St Luke’s General Hospital this morning following the second serious road collision at a notorious county Kilkenny accident blackspot in the space of just five days. The latest crash at the cross in Goresbridge occurred at around 9am this morning as local children were making their way to school. It […]

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Pregnant woman taken to St Luke’s after collision at notorious accident blackspot

By Kilkenny Now 3rd January 2019 0

A PREGNANT woman was among two people who were injured in a notorious accident blackspot in county Kilkenny yesterday. The accident occurred at the cross in Goresbridge at around 1.30pm. Gardai and emergency services rushed to the scene and traffic diversions were put in place for over an hour. Two females, including the pregnant woman, […]