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Man and woman arrested during drugs bust in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

Almost €6,000 worth of drugs were discovered during a planned raid of a house in Kilkenny. The Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit found the stash during a search under warranty carried out in the city on Saturday. A local Garda source confirmed an estimated €5,800 worth of cannabis was seized during the operation, along with “paraphernalia […]

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LATEST: 600 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

A further 600 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening, an increase of 24 on yesterday’s figures. The Department of Health reported 64 people are now being treated for the virus in hospitals, six more than yesterday’s total. Some 16 people are now being treated in Intensive Care Units, the same as yesterday’s figure. […]

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Kilkenny motorists go green as electric and hybrid cars drive motor sales

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

A surge in car sales in Kilkenny city and city county in the first six-months of the year has been driven by growing demand for electric and hybrid vehicles. More than 27% of all new registrations in Kilkenny so far this year have been either an electric or hybrid vehicle. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

Eamonn BYRNE  Carrickmourne, Thomastown The death has taken place of Eamonn Byrne, Carrickmourne, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny and formerly of Ballylynch, Thomastown, peacefully, at Castlecomer District Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents John and Mary and sisters Maura and Teresa. Eamonn will be sadly missed by his brother Pat, sister Alice,

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Speed demon clocked doing 188km/h on Kilkenny road

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

A motorist was clocked doing 188km/h on a Kilkenny road. The driver was stopped by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit near Junction 8 on the M9 outside Kilkenny on Saturday. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the speeding motorist will be prosecuted and urged other drivers to “mind that speed”.

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Kilkenny communities can profit by going green

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

A local is urging Kilkenny communities to consider developing renewable energy projects after one scheme in the county received funding of up to €700,000. Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan made the call following the first round of funding for the Government’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme(RESS). The Ballytobin Solar scheme was one of just seven […]

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Thieves make off with large amount of pipes after break-in at county Kilkenny house

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

Thieves broke into a property in county Kilkenny a made off with a large amount of piping, gardai have confirmed. The theft occurred at a house on Moneenrow in Castlecomer last Monday at around 5pm. Three lengths of industrial copper piping was taken from the front yard of the property. Potential eyewitnesses or anyone who […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Kilkenny to bask in glorious summer sun as heatwave hits

By Kilkenny Now 12th July 2021 0

Kilkenny will be basking in mid-20s temperatures this week as a new heatwave prompted by the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa into the North Atlantic. Met Éireann tweeted: “Depending on Storm Elsa’s track over the coming days, high pressure may build over Ireland through next week, signalling the possibility of temperatures rising into the mid-20s […]

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Dangerous driver stopped at Kilkenny villeage with bald tyres and no tax for over four years

By Kilkenny Now 11th July 2021 0

A motorist was caught driving dangerously in a car with bald tyres that hasn’t been taxed for more than four years. It also emerged the car, which was stopped by gardai in Mooncoin on Thursday, was fuelled by illegal green diesel. Gardai seized the vehicle, which had last been taxed in March 2017. A local […]

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LATEST: 576 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 11th July 2021 0

A further 576 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening, a decrease of five on yesterday’s figures. The Department of Health reported 58 people are now being treated for the virus in hospitals, six more than yesterday’s total. Some 16 people are now being treated in Intensive Care Units, the same as yesterday’s figure. […]