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Construction on new cath lab to serve Kilkenny and south east to begin this month

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

A start date for work on the second cath lab to serve Kilkenny and the south east has finally been confirmed. Construction on the long-awaited cardiac facility at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) will begin on May 17. The lab is expected to be operational in September 2022. Long-time campaigner and Waterford TD Matt Shanahan made […]

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Iconic Kilkenny bar among six local historic buildings to share €312,000 fund boost

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Six Kilkenny buildings of historic significance will benefit from over €300,000 in new conservation funding. A total of €312,000 has been allocated for the buildings as part of the Government’s Historic Structures Fund 2021. The announcement was made by Kilkenny TD and Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan, who confirmed a total of €3 million in funding […]

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Car vandalised outside house in Kilkenny city as owner slept

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Vandals ripped the wipers off the windscreen of a car parked outside its owner’s house in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred at St Kieran’s Crescent in the early hours of Sunday morning as the owner was asleep. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the wipers on the front windscreen of the black Kia Cee’d were snapped […]

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Work to remove Kilkenny’s ‘Road of Death’ to go ahead despite plans for new route

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2021 0

Works aimed at removing a notorious stretch of road in county Kilkenny, known locally as the ‘Road of Death’, will begin this year as planned. Last August Kilkenny County Council confirmed that works on the N24 Tower Road Junction Improvement Scheme at Piltown would begin this year. This week the local authority announced the upgrade […]

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Kilkenny’s ‘singing bins’ vandalised just days after being installed

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

Vandals have targeted a new initiative that was designed to brighten up Kilkenny city just days after it got underway. Last week Kilkenny County Council launched their ‘singing bins’, which reward people who dispose of their waste with a little song. The idea of the bins is to reward those who do their bit to […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 417 new cases of virus as seven further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

A further seven people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 417 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,915. There have now been 251,087 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: 17th Century Man makes a bid for power

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

Of the many changes Ireland has seen in recent years, none has  been more dramatic than the collapse of organised religion. It is in decline all over the western world, but the retreat, which has taken the best part of a century in, say, Britain and France, has been condensed into a few decades here. […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

Kevin (Dick), BRENNAN Jacob Street, Kilkenny City Brennan, (10 Jacob Street, Kilkenny) 3rd May 2021, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kevin (Dick), beloved husband of Maureen and much loved father of Jimmy, Tony, Paul, Deirdre, Brian, Regina and the late infant Noel, sadly missed by his loving family, brother Basil, son-in-law Anthony, daughters-in-law Fiona and

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73 people have died of Covid-19 in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

A total of 73 people in Kilkenny have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. New figures provided by the Central Statistics Office and published in the Irish Independent also confirm Kilkenny has one of the lowest rates of infection in the country. Just six counties recorded lower incidence rates over the past […]

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Calls for three-year ban on rent hikes to ease Kilkenny’s housing crisis

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has caslled for an emergency three-year ban on rent increases and new laws to protect hard-pressed tenants. Deputy Kathleen Funchion is also calling for a refundable tax credit for tenants in the private rented sector “to put a month’s rent back in every renter’s pocket”. The Sinn Féin frontbencher spokes out as […]