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35-39 year olds in Kilkenny can register for vaccine from Sunday

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2021 0

Kilkenny people aged between 35 and 39 will finally be able to register for their Covid-19 vaccination from this Sunday. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly made the announcement today on Twitter, confirming the portal will be open to that age group from this weekend. “Delighted to announce for some of you under 40s,” the Minister said, […]

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Win a chance to play with the top pros at Irish Open in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2021 0

Do you fancy teeing it up with the pros at the biggest sporting event to be held in Kilkenny this year? Well, the European Tour is offering one lucky person the chance to play in this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro Am at Mount Juliet Estate, which will take place on Wednesday, June […]

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Kilkenny could reap benefits from overcapacity at Dublin Port

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2021 0

Shipping containers bound for the west of Ireland that currently dock at Dublin Port could soon be bound for Belview Port in south Kilkenny. Dublin Port recently suspended its direct rail link to Ballina in county Mayo, a service that saw more than 14,000 shipping containers carried by train to the town in the west. […]

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One of Kilkenny’s biggest employers gets green light for expansion

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2021 0

One of Kilkenny’s largest employers received a significant boost after the local authority gave the green light to plans to increase the size of its production facility. Dawn Meats made an application to Kilkenny County Council in February looking to add to its production facility at its plant in Granagh. The global meat producer made […]

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Kilkenny crime stats: Huge drop in break-ins across city and county

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

There has been a 44% decrease in the number of residential burglaries in Kilkenny over the past 12 months, new figures reveal. The statistics were published by local gardai to mark the publication of the third EU Wide Focus Day on Domestic Burglary. The survey found almost 25% of residential burglaries in Kilkenny over the […]

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LATEST: 329 new cases of virus confirmed as hospitalisations keep falling

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

A further 329 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening, an increase of 46 on yesterday’s figures. The Department of Health reported 57 people are being treated for the virus in hospitals, three less than yesterday’s total. 19 people are now being treated in Intensive Care Units, four less than yesterday’s figure. However, the […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: A musical lesson from Arlene for Van the Mad Man

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

In 1964, Ivan Morrison formed a band with four other lads from around Belfast. I knew a couple of them. We weren’t mates, for they were a few years older and, in your teens, three or four years  is a huge gap. But I knew them to see, was friends with somebody’s brother, and I […]

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Contracts for Kilkenny workers on community employment schemes extended

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

Kilkenny participants in the Community Employment (CE) and Tús schemes have been extended to allow them to complete their training. The extension was announced by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan, who said the extra time allowed for the contracts was a welcome development as the county eases itself out of lockdown and returns to normal. […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

Mary MURPHY (née Walsh) Glory Hall, Dunnamaggin Mary Murphy (nee Walsh), Chelmsford, Essex, England and formerly of Glory Hall, Dunnamaggin, Co. Kilkenny. Mary died peacefully on Saturday 15th May 2021, at her daughter Helena, and son-in-law Francis’s home in Braintree, England. Pre-deceased by her husband Rody Murphy, parents Patrick and Catherine (nee Maher), brother

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Council approves Kilkenny housing development rejected by national planners

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2021 0

A development of family homes that was rejected by the national planning authority for being “uncoordinated and piecemeal” has now been approved by Kilkenny County Council after changes were made to the plans. Developer Bluelime Homes has finally been granted permission to build 40 homes on a site at Loughmacask, Lousybush on the Tullaroan Road […]