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Anti-abortion group stage third protest outside county Kilkenny health centre

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2019 0

A THIRD anti-abortion protest has been held outside a county Kilkenny health centre that has previously been subjected to abusive phone calls and threatening letters. The latest protest was staged outside the Health Centre in Graiguenamanagh yesterday. A small group of up to a dozen protesters (pictured above at an earlier demonstration) held aloft signs with […]

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30 arrested in major Garda crackdown on criminals in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

THIRTY people have been arrested for a wide range of criminal activities as part of a major Garda operation involving up to 60 gardai in the Thomastown area today. The arrests are part of the latest Garda Operation Storm – the 30th such crackdown in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division over the past four years. Nineteen […]

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Kilkenny Council hails delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council has welcomed the delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford. In a statement, the council said it welcomed “the commencement of the construction of 33 houses at Donaguile, Castlecomer and the completion of 18 houses at Togher Way, Urlingford”. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy turned the sod on the new development […]

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St Fiacre’s pilgrimage – keeping an ancient Kilkenny tradition alive

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2019 0

THE annual pilgrimage in honour of St Fiacre will take place at the revered saint’s sixth century Holy Well and ruins in Ullard next Friday, February 8. This county Kilkenny tradition has been kept alive for centuries. The Holy Well is situated in a field at Ullard, about three miles outside Graignamanagh. The well is […]

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Floody hell! Storm Deirdre leaves large swathes of South Kilkenny under water

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2018 0

LARGE swathes of South Kilkenny were left under water as Storm Deirdre wreaked havoc across the country. This was the scene in Inistioge, where the GAA pitch was almost completely submerged in water after heavy showers saw the Nore spill over its banks along several sections of the river. Flooding also returned to Graignamanagh, where […]