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Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder: Ian Bailey arrested, faces extradition to France, then bailed

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2019 0

Ian Bailey has been arrested and then bailed today following a High Court recommendation to approve his extradition to France in connection to the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 22 years ago. French authorities have already convicted Mr Bailey with the murder  in Schull, county Cork in 1996. Earlier this summer Mr Bailey was […]

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Second man charged in Dublin court over 39 lorry deaths

By Kilkenny Now 1st November 2019 0

A second man has been charged in the High Court in Dublin, with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a container in the UK. Eamon Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge, Co Down, appeared in Dublin’s High Court on the back of a European Arrest Warrant issued yesterday. Mr Harrison faced 39 manslaughter charges, one […]

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Kilkenny mansion dispute: British Lord claims he’s got a right to live in his ‘second home’

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2019 0

A BRITISH Lord is claiming he can’t be kicked out of a county Kilkenny mansion because he still has a right to live at his “second home”. Lord George Magan, a British peer who lives in Kensington, London, is questioning his right to remain on as a tenant at Castletown Cox and its magnificent 513-acre […]

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St Luke’s apologise for failing to identify tragic pensioner’s multiple fall injuries

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2019 0

ST Luke’s General Hospital and the Health Services Executive (HSE) has apologised to the family of a pensioner who died after the hospital failed to identify multiple rib fractures she sustained after falling down the stairs. The family (pictured above outside the High Court) of Christina McGagh (75) who had seven fractures to her ribs […]

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Civil servant gets mortgage debt halved after court hears of husband’s gambling addiction

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2019 0

THE High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA) in which a massive €343,785 mortgage debt was reduced by more than half. The case involves a woman who ran into mortgage arrears because of her husband’s gambling problem. Permanent TSB had objected to the deal. It argued that the write-down to €160,000, the current […]

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‘Time to get behind plans to develop brewery site’ – Councillor warns

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2018 0

LOCAL Councillor Michael Doyle has hit out at objectors who derailed plans for a temporary car-park on Kilkenny’s old brewery site. Kilkenny County Council recently opted to withdraw the car-park plans after the planning permission was challenged and taken to the High Court on environmental grounds. The council argued it could have faced a protracted […]

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Girl who alleged abuse by 12 people may sue State, echoing ‘Grace’ case

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2018 0

AN alleged delay over years in taking an extremely vulnerable girl into care, despite concerns about her home situation before she was born, may expose the Health Service Executive to a claim for millions of euros in damages. The girl, now 18, has been assessed as having made credible disclosures of being subject to sexual […]

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Girl (10) alleges horrific abuse involving more than 12 people, High Court hears

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2018 0

AN “incredibly vulnerable” girl alleged to have been subject to “devastating” sexual abuse in her home by more than 12 local individuals before being taken into care in 2010 at the age of 10 has been made a ward of court. The girl’s court-appointed guardian has raised serious concerns about why the girl and her […]