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Green light for new development of family homes on site of protected structure in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 28th April 2021 0

Plans to build a development of family homes in the centre of a Kilkenny village have been approved by the local authority. Kilkenny County Council has granted planning to developer Edward Morrissey and his plans to build 10 new homes in the centre of Goresbridge right beside a protected building. The development at Barrack Street […]

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Full of beans: Free kits to show Kilkenny residents how to grow your own food

By Kilkenny Now 28th April 2021 0

An initiative aimed at getting more people in Kilkenny growing their own foods has been launched by the local authority. Some 830 growing kits have been made available for distribution throughout Kilkenny to to get people started growing their own food at home. These free growing kits, provided by the local council in collaboration with […]

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Spectacular new flower field in bloom at location in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th April 2021 0

A very yellow, and also very green initiative, is coming to Kilkenny. The Kilkenny Sunflower field is being prepared at a location in Callan and promises acre after acre of beautifully tall yellow flowers reaching to the sky. The Sunflower field, which is being grown to help Taxiwatch Suicide Prevention, will open in July right […]

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Model, healthy eating guru and hiker hails Brandon Loop as Kilkenny’s best trek

By Kilkenny Now 28th April 2021 Post a comment

With murmurings from Leinster House suggesting we won’t be permitted to travel beyond county bounds until July at the earliest, a former model, turned food influencer and happy hiker has revealed her favourite walk in Kilkenny. Roz Purcell, who hails from just across the border in Tipperary, has given the Brandon Hill loop which begins […]

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Breakthrough in crackdown on ‘Cat burglars’ targeting Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

The crackdown on ‘cat-burglars’ who have been stealing components from cars in Kilkenny and neighbouring counties continues apace. The gardai have made a third significant bust in just over two weeks on gangs travelling the country stealing catalytic converters from cars. Yesterday, Gardai with the  Dublin Metropolitan Region Divisional Crime Task Force stopped a vehicle

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LATEST: No new cases of virus in Kilkenny, 426 more infections and 10 further deaths nationwide

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

A further 10 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 426 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,884. There have now been 247,489 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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Plans for region’s first University back on track despite WIT staff revolt

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

Plans to create the region’s first university appears to be on track after Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) approved the application for Technological University (TU) designation. Now Institute of Technology Carlow’s board members will meet on Thursday to decide whether to press ahead with the joint application. There had been fears the project could be […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

John BUTLER Rathfarnham, Dublin/Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny BUTLER, John, late of Rathfarnham, Dublin and formerly of Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, passed away peacefully on the 25th of April 2021, in the loving care of the staff at St. Vincent’s Private Hospital. Beloved husband of Una and loving father to Caroline, Martina, and John. Predeceased by his first wife […]

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Son of man arrested in county Kilkenny last week charged with Regency Hotel murder

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

A former Sinn Féin councillor whose father was arrested in county Kilkenny last week in relation to the Regency Hotel murder has now been charged. This morning Jonathan Dowdall (43) of Navan Road, Cabra in Dublin was charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra on February 4, 2016 at […]

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Tax on SUV impounded by Kilkenny gardai expired 420 days ago!

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

The driver of this SUV had their vehicle impounded after gardai discovered its road tax expired 420 days previously. The vehicle was stopped by gardai in Kilkenny yesterday. Members of Unit A had earlier carried out an Operation Fanacht checkpoint. where no breaches were detacted. However, they later came across the SUV, when the Garda […]