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Local MEP backs calls for Norway to be banned from fishing in Irish waters

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2024 0

Ireland South MEP Kathleen Funchion has called for Norway to be banned from fishing in Irish waters. The former Kilkenny TD backed calls by the Irish fishing sector for the ban, saying:  “Irish coastal and fishing communities have been neglected by successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael governments. What should be a thriving community and […]

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SPONSORED: Boost your immune system and beat the flu season with a delicious healthy eating plan for all the family

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2024 0

With the onset of the flu season, an award-winning nutritionist has launched a new campaign to highlight the importance of boosting your immune system while embracing a healthy diet to keep you and your family fit and happy in the final few months of the year. Traditionally, from October flu and cold cases begin to […]

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Budget 2023 cuts the cost of education for families – Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2022 Post a comment

Budget 2023 cuts the cost of education to help pupils, students, and their families, according to Fine Gael TD, John Paul Phelan. Speaking as the Budget was announced, Deputy Phelan said: “Budget 2023 is a Cost of Living Budget, designed to help you and your family, with measures for the most vulnerable and the squeezed […]

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SPONSORED: Irish Grand National – Ireland’s Most Valuable Steeplechase

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2021 0

The neighbouring countries in the British Isles are home to the long-standing and impressive record of horse racing industries. The most notable ones are in the U.K. and Ireland. Given their long history and locals’ fervent passion for this spectator sport, it has already become an integral part of their cultures and societies. Now, we […]

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€13bn tax battle: Apple and Ireland win appeal against EU ruling

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2020 Post a comment

Apple and Ireland have won their appeal against the European Commission’s €13.1 billion tax ruling. The case arises from the European Commission’s 2016 direction to Ireland to recover €13.1 billion in unpaid taxes from the US tech giant. The disputed taxes cover an 11-year period between 2003 and 2014, as well as €1.2 billion in […]

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Leading Kilkenny blogger cooks up a storm at ‘Cook Off’ with top model Roz Purcell

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2020 0

As Storm Jorge was raging across the country, a leading Kilkenny blogger was cooking up a different type of storm under the watchful eye of top model and nutritionalist Roz Purcell. Laura Warren, who runs the website http://www.elitelivingnutrition.com which specialises in health and nutrition coaching, was one of five contestants chosen to take part in […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Here’s my Christmas SOS – Save Our Shops

By Kilkenny Now 27th November 2019 0

The Christmas shopping splurge marks a new round of hostilities in a war that has been raging for a decade or more over the future of the retail industry. It has been a pretty one-sided affair, with store after store waving the white flag while online traders occupy their territory. Well, not literally. For online […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris beware, history has a warning for you …

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 Post a comment

Boris Johnson has got the general election he wanted and goes to the country buoyed by opinion polls which suggest he could score a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Be careful what you wish for, Mr Johnson. Theresa May thought she was heading for a landslide when she called a snap election in […]

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Breakthrough in Brexit talks as EU gets green light for last ditch talks with UK

By Kilkenny Now 11th October 2019 0

THERE has been first real sign of a breakthrough in the marathon Brexit negotiations aimed at prevent a disastrous ‘no-deal’ scenario. This evening it has emerged the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been given the green light from the 27 member states to go into intense negotiations with the UK this weekend. The announcement followed […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: The grape that got banished by royal command

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

FRANCHE Comté is a region of Burgundy close to the border with Switzerland. For centuries, control swung between France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Philip II of Spain was the man in charge back in the mid-sixteenth century and he took a strong exception to the Pinot Blanc style of grape from which they […]