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DJ CAREY: Hurling in danger of being ‘strangled’ by tactics

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

KILKENNY hurling legend DJ Carey has expressed his disappointment at the lack of exciting contests that the hurling Championship has served up so far. While praising some individual team performances, particularly Tipperary, he said the games themselves have fallen far short of the excitement levels experienced at the same stage last year. And the Gowran […]

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National Reptile Zoo to move to larger premises near Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2019 0

THE National Reptile Zoo, one of county Kilkenny’s most popular attractions, is moving to a larger facility closer to the city-centre in the Autumn, it was revealed today. The zoo, which suffered a serious setback earlier this year after a fire broke out at the Gowran zoo, announced is expansion plans after it secured a […]

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Plans to deliver new €300,000 playground for Gowran revealed

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2019 0

LOCAL election candidate and trade unionist Denis Hynes has unveiled plans to deliver a state-of-the-art playground for the children of Gowran. Mr Hynes, who is running in the Castlecomer Electoral Area, estimates it will cost between €250,000 to €300,000 to build the playground, but he’s confident much of this can be raised through grant supports. […]

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Kilkenny midwife Sarah is fashion Queen of the racetrack yet again

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

STYLISH Kilkenny midwife Sarah Cass has done it again! The Gowran woman landed the best dressed title at the races for the second time this month after impressing the fashion police at Naas Racecourse yesterday. Sarah, who is now based in Dublin, also turned heads at Punchestown earlier this month when she walked away with […]

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How Kilkenny towns can hook up to the high-speed broadband highway

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

TOWNS across Kilkenny are being given the opportunity to set up their very own community broadband services. But they only have until the end of this month have until May 31 to qualify for up to €30,000 in supports for a business plan, Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) has announced. KLP CEO Declan Rice said advisory […]

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Broadband roadshows roll into Kilkenny communities this week

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE Kilkenny LEADER Partnership community broadband roadshows kick off this week. Information meetings will be held at the Freshford Community Hall tomorrow night, with another event at Mullinavat Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Both meetings begin at 8pm. KLP has teamed up with internationally-renowned fibre expert, John Graves, for the Blue Town Initiative which

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Kilkenny midwife Sarah delivers knockout blow in racing style stakes

By Kilkenny Now 4th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY midwife Sarah Cass stole the show as she walked away with the coveted Bollinger Best-Dressed Lady prize on the third day of the Punchestown festival this week. On the same day that legendary jockey Ruby Walsh stunned the racing world by calling time on his illustrious career, Sarah wowed the off-track judges with a […]

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]

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Kilkenny schoolkids help raise €1,000 for National Reptile Zoo after blaze

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2019 0

BIG hearted members of the public have so far donated more than €1,000 to the National Reptile Zoo after the recent fire which killed one of its snakes and wiped out the country’s only anti-venom stocks. The founder and director of the hugely popular Gowran attraction, James Hennessey, set up a GoFundMe page after the […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Pictures reveal extent of damage from blaze at National Reptile Zoo

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2019 0

THE National Reptile Zoo reopened its doors this week after a fire at the hugely popular county Kilkenny attraction resulted in the death of a snake and wiped out the country’s entire anti-venom stocks. As our picture below shows, the venomous section of the zoo in Gowran was gutted in the blaze, which broke out […]