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Child Rescue Alert: Kilkenny people asked to be on look out for 14-year-old girl travelling with 18-year-old boy

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2021 0

Gardai are asking people in Kilkenny to be on the lookout for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since earlier this week. Svetlana Murphy has not been seen since leaving her home at Coast Road, Blackrock, county Louth at 4pm on Monday. A Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert has been issued by the gardai […]

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Kilkenny TD hits out at crippling childcare fees

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD has cautiously welcomed the Government’s review for the provision of childminding in Ireland. But Deputy Kathleen Funchion says more must be done to address the crippling costs in the sector. Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on children warned: “The high costs (of childcare) are a major barrier for many women returning to the workforce. […]

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Development of large family homes planned on site of historic Kilkenny building

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2021 0

A development of large family homes is planned for the grounds of a late 17th century mansion on the outskirts of Kilkenny. The development at Kilcreene Lodge in the west of the city would see nine homes built on an area of more than two-heactares within the curtilage of the protected structure. The building on […]

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Zero burglaries reported in two Kilkenny areas for whole of last year

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Two Garda stations in county Kilkenny reported zero burglaries in 2020, a new report reveals. The survey by Phonewatch confirms burglaries in across the city and county plummeted by more than a third last. Data supplied to Phonewatch by the Central Statistics Office Recorded Crime Index for 2020 shows burglaries in Kilkenny fell from 314 […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 401 new cases of virus as 15 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

A further 15 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 401 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,865. There have now been 244,695 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: No, we don’t want a GAA Super League

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

The GAA prides itself on running amateur sports but everybody knows that many counties, and some clubs, make payments to managers and coaches. Players don’t get paid a wage but they get expenses and perks such as holidays and trips abroad for training. At some stage in most seasons an argument will be advanced that […]

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Two well-known stores in Kilkenny to close in latest retail blow for city

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Two well-known stores in Kilkenny have closed with immediate effect in the latest retail blow to the city. It comes after Dixons Carphone, the owners of Carphone Warehouse which has outlets at the MacDonagh Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre, annoucned it is ceasing operations. Some 486 workers are being made redundant across the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Lena (Ellen) DELANEY (Kavanagh) (née Brennan) John Street, Kilkenny City The death has occurred of Lena (Ellen) (Kavanagh) Delaney (nee Brennan) of John Street, Kilkenny and formerly of Jame’s Green and Dunmore. Lena, in her 93rd year, died 19th April 2021, peacefully in the loving care of the staff at Castlecomer District Hospital, pre-deceased by […]

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Man arrested in Kilkenny village appears in court in relation to Regency Hotel murder

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

A man arrested in a Kilkenny village has appeared at the Special Criminal Court in relation the to murder of David (Davy) Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016. Patrick Dowdall (64) was arrested by gardai on the Main Street in Mooncoin at 6.30pm yesterday evening before being brought […]

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Kilkenny disability groups urged to apply for new training and employment fund

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Community and voluntary groups in Kilkenny who work with people with disabilities helping to improving their employment opportunities can now avail of up to €200,000 in support funds. Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has urged groups who qualify to apply as soon as they can to avail of the new €5 million scheme announced by […]