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MICHAEL WOLSEY: How our TDs squander €25,000 a day

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

So what Covid restriction will you be most happy to abandon? Masks, many people will say. And I guess that if I had to wear one all day, while working in a surgery or school, I might  agree. But popping on a mask before going into a shop or onto a train is not a […]

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Brace yourself – More nasty weather on the way as Kilkenny to be battered by wind and rain

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Heavy rains and strong winds are set to hit Kilkenny over the next 24 hours according to the most recent weather advisory issued by the national weather forecaster. More than an inch of rain and winds of up to 80kph are expected to reach Kilkenny in the early hours of the morning and persist throughout […]

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Over 4,000 car parking tickets issued in Kilkenny since pandemic: report

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny County Council dished out more than 4,000 parking tickets to motorists throughout the pandemic, new figures reveal. The figures are revealed in a report published in the Irish Independent, which found local authorities across the country fined motorists more than €6.6 million after handing our over 168,000 parking tickets since last March. Kilkenny accounted […]

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Funding confirmed for 181 community groups across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Some 181 local resident associations, tidy towns groups and community organisation have been awarded a total of €140,000 in new amenity grants. The funding was approved at the May monthly meeting of Kilkenny County Council. The council said the number of applications received this year was up 10% on last year. It said in a […]

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Plans for new €1.7m fire station in Kilkenny town unveiled

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Plans for a new fire station in Urlingford have taken a significant step forward. It comes after Kilkenny County Council confirmed elected representativeapproved the chief executive’s report “relating to Part 8 planning permission” for the town’s new fire station. Kilkenny’s fire services secured €8 million in funding to build two new fire stations

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Kilkenny Garda warning as kids as young as three hospitalised after eating ‘cannabis sweets’

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Children as young as three-years-old have been taken to hospital after they consumed cannabis infused sweets, Kilkenny gardai have confirmed. Local gardai seized another batch of cannabis sweets during a planned search of a house in Carlow last week. This follows a similar earlier seizure in Kilkenny. Gardai said there has been “a noted increase […]

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Kilkenny homes and businesses temporarily lose broadband after cyberattack

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2021 0

A broadband supplier to many homes across Kilkenny had to temporarily shut down its services down today after it was targeted in a cyberattack. Nova Broadband is a wireless internet service provider which provides broadband to thousands of homes and businesses across Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick and Tipperary. The company today informed customers that it had […]

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LATEST: 358 new cases of virus as Kilkenny under 50s get ready for vaccine

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2021 0

A further 358 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening while numbers in hospitals across the country continue to decline. The Department of Health reported just 102 people are being treated for the virus in hospitals with just 39 in Intensive Care Units. The county-by-county breakdown of the latest cases are not available due […]

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Weather warning: More thunderstorms to hit Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2021 0

Met Éireann has issued yet another weather warning for Kilkenny with thunderstorms expected for the remainder of the day. The Status Yellow weather warning has forecast “thundery showers with the risk of lightning and local hail”. The warning is in effect for south and east coasts and covers Kilkenny, Carlow, Dublin, Louth, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow, […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2021 0

Mary MULLINS (née Glennon) Langton Park, Newbridge, Kildare/Kilkenny Formerly of The Curragh Camp and Barrack Street, Co. Kilkenny. Wife of the late Frank and mother of the late Frankie and Carmel. Sadly missed by her loving sons Michael, Christy and Peter, daughters-in-law Siobhan and Adrienne, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nephews,