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2Gbps Fibre Broadband in Kilkenny: Are These Speeds Enough?

By Kilkenny Now 6th June 2022 0

Since last October, homes in Kilkenny became the first ones in Ireland to try the new 2Gbps broadband internet. The new network is at least twice as fast as the previous roll-outs, and soon enough, it should cover other 64 Irish towns. The 2Gbps internet is being ushered by SIRO, a joint venture between EBC […]

Drink and drug driving arrests double in Kilkenny despite 70% fall in road users

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2020 0

There has been a near 20% increase in the number of people tested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Kilkenny roads in the first six months of the year. A report released today by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Ireland (MBRI) shows there have been more than twice as many […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: We’ll miss RTÉ when it’s gone

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2019 0

A lot of important GAA club matches have been played in recent weeks – county and provincial finals for both hurling and football. RTÉ radio has covered them all and RTÉ television has shown extracts from many of them. RTÉ doesn’t get much thanks for this service and that, I suppose, is fair enough. It’s […]

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WEATHER UPDATE: It never rains, but it pours … another status yellow warning for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2019 0

KILKENNY has been included in another status yellow rainfall warning issued by Met Éireann. The latest 24-hour warning, which came in place at 9am this morning, is also in place for nine other counties: Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Wexford, Wicklow, Tipperary and Waterford as well as Cork and Kerry. Most of the country is facing an […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Come on ye girls in green, show us how it’s done

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2019 0

IT has been a very good year for women’s sport, culminating in some thrilling contests at Wimbledon. For me, it started last summer with the World Cup exploits of the Irish hockey team. I was in Spain at the time and watched several of their games in a bar where people of all nationalities seemed […]

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Hat’s off! Talented Kilkenny milliner’s creation is perfect fit for our First Lady

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A TALENTED county Kilkenny milliner was thrilled when Ireland’s First Lady wore one of her creations while meeting the King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands last week. Gwen Walsh, who has been a milliner for 12 years, was exhibiting her collection at the Waterford County Fair at Curraghmore House in […]

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‘It was very special’ – Ferrybank man John O’Shea given guard of honour in his last game

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2019 Post a comment

FERRYBANK man John O’Shea was given a guard of honour as he made an emotional final appearance as a professional footballer over the weekend. The gesture, after he came on as a late substitute in Reading’s 0-0 draw with Birmingham City at the Madejski Stadium, came as a complete surprise to the popular former Ireland […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Fizz may not be better but it’s usually dearer

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 Post a comment

LAST week I mentioned, in passing, the two types of Prosecco on sale in Ireland – frizzante and spumante. A number of readers (well, one’s a number isn’t it?) have asked for more information. So … Prosecco is the name of a village where the sparkling wine is produced but that is not important since […]

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Kilkenny Olympian Lucy Dollard wins bronze medal at World Games

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

SPECIAL Olympian Lucy Dollard is bringing a bronze medal home to Kilkenny. The 25-year-old had the third-best throw in the mini-javelin event at the World Games in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. And the young Kilkenny woman (pictured above with her grandmother Maureen Byrne at Dublin Airport last week) also acquitted herself very well in […]