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WEATHER FORECAST: Kilkenny to enjoy best of sunny spells forecast this week

By Kilkenny Now 16th August 2021 0

Kilkenny and the ‘sunny south east’ can look forward to the best of the weather forecast by Met Eireann this week. The national forecaster said it will be “overall cloudy over the coming days” with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle, mainly across the north and west at first, but spreading elsewhere later in the […]

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Kilkenny students urged to be wary of rental scams as they return to college

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2021 0

Kilkenny students returning to third-level institutions and others attending for the first time are being urged to watch out for fraudsters pulling rental scams. With accommodation at a premium and rental properties becoming harder to find in some college towns and cities due to supply issues, Kilkenny gardai are asking people to look out for […]

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LATEST: 1,758 new cases of virus, Ireland stops deliveries of AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2021 0

A further 1,758 more people have contected the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. There are 248 people being treated for the virus in hospital, up 19 since yesterday. The number of people in intensive care units is 48, up five on the previous 24 hours. Meanwhile, Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2021 0

Seán O’LAOGHAIRE  Paulstown, Kilkenny The death has occurred of An tAth. Seán O’Laoghaire, former Parish Priest of Paulstown and Gorebridge, Co. Kilkenny and Priest of the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, on August 14th 2021, peacefully, in the loving care of the director and staff of Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Deeply regretted by Bishop Denis […]

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Kilkenny pets wanted for the catwalk!

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2021 0

Has your kitty got what it takes to grace the cat walk? Or you dog fancy itself as a bit of a diva? Well, Kilkenny’s Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KSPCA) is looking for your favourite pet pictures for their 2022 charity calendar. For the first time this year, the KSPCA is asking […]

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Giant 100ft mobile and broadband tower to be built on county Kilkenny site

By Kilkenny Now 15th August 2021 0

The local authority has given the green light for the construction of a 100 foot communications tower in county Kilkenny. Cignal Infrastructure Limited, one of the country’s newest telecoms infrastructure providers, had sought permission to build a 30-metre “multi-user lattice mobile and broadband towers carrying telecommunications equipment” on at

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Thieves go to great lengths to steal catalytic convertor from car in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2021 0

Thieves broke into a home in county Kilkenny and stole a catalytic converter from a car parked in the yard. The theft occurred t a home in Crossogue near Callan sometime between 10pm on Tuesday and 2am on Wednesday. A local Garda source confirmed the thieves entered the yard of the house where a blue […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2021 0

Ann (Nan) BROPHY Chatsworth, Clogh, Castlecomer, Kilkenny/Tipperary Ann (Nan) Brophy : July 24th, 2021 Reading England & Chatsworth, Clogh, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. Peacefully in the loving care of the Medical & Nursing Staff in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Pre-deceased by her parents Dan & Ciss Brophy, brothers Danny, Larry, John and Bill and her

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Every time the Government takes aim at a problem it shoots itself in the foot

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2021 0

The Government says it will examine the system for appointing  Special Envoys to the United Nations. That shouldn’t take long because there isn’t one. Ministers identify an issue they want to highlight at the UN and come up with someone they think would be perfect for the job. If they can get the Cabinet to […]

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SPONSORED: Education, Excellence, Opportunity – Waterford College of Further Education opens the door to a world of opportunity

By Kilkenny Now 14th August 2021 Post a comment

Education, Excellence, Opportunity’ is the motto of Waterford College of Further Education (WCFE) and it fully lives up to those three ideals, providing first class education, by excellent teachers, which opens the door to a world of opportunity for its students. The college, located in the heart of Waterford city, offers the largest range of […]