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Crime gang steals safe during late night break-in at county Kilkenny premises

By Kilkenny Now 12th April 2022 Post a comment

Thieves smashed their way through the front door of a county Kilkenny premises and made off with a safe. The planned early-morning break-in took place at a business premises in the Square, Castlecomer, shortly after 2am on Friday. A local Garda source told KilkennyNow: “The front door was forced open shortly after 2am, the safe […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2022 0

Alive HABERLIN (née GAULE) Killaspy, Slieverue Alice Haberlin Née Gaule Who died on Saturday 9th April 2022 Peacefully, at University Hospital Waterford, surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her husband Ned, parents Michael and Mary (Gaule), her brothers and sisters. Alice will be sadly missed by her sons Edward and Michael, daughter Bunny (Forristal), […]

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Man (60s) arrested after large quantity of cash stolen in armed robbery in Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2022 0

A man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery of a premises in Carlow over the weekend. The armed robbery occurred at a business premises in the Polleraton area at around 9pm on Saturday night. A man entered the premises armed with a fireman and threatened staff members. He demanded cash from an […]

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KILKENNY WEATHER: Miserable few days forecast but brighter Bank Holiday weekend looms

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2022 0

Kilkenny is in for a fairly miserable few days weather wise, but thankfully the outlook is better for the looming Easter Bank Holiday weekend. In its latest forecast, Mat Éireann said today will be “a cloudy or overcast day”, with heavy rain in the south in the morning and rain in western parts too. The […]

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100 ‘persons of interest’ in investigation into murder of Kilkenny woman: report

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

A garda cold-case team has identified more than 100 “persons of interest” in the investigation into the murder of Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard, according to a report in today’s Sunday Independent. The 21-year-old from Callan vanished without a trace in 1995, one of several women to disappear in the Leinster region in the 1990s. […]

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ALERT: ‘Pushy’ suspected conman trying to sell power washers to Kilkenny householders

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Kilkenny householders have been warned about a man driving around the city trying to sell power washers to householders. Local gardai said the man, who is driving a foreign reg Range Rover, has a ‘pushy’ sales technique and asked anyone who is approached by him or others selling similar products not buy from them. A […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Alive HABERLIN (née GAULE) Killaspy, Slieverue Peacefully, at University Hospital Waterford, surrounded by her loving family. Predeceased by her husband Ned, parents Michael and Mary (Gaule), her brothers and sisters. Alice will be sadly missed by her sons Edward and Michael, daughter Bunny (Forristal), son-in-law Gerry, grandchildren Shona, Alan and Elanna, niece,

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: It’s little things that make our hospitals look sick 

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Big changes have just been announced for Ireland’s hospital system. That worries me, for I remember other announcements of big changes. They always cost a lot of money; they rarely made things better and they sometimes made them worse. The new plan for Regional Health Areas sounds disturbingly similar to the plan for Regional Health […]

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‘Cabal of civil servants running the show’ – Kilkenny TD’s anger over Holohan debacle

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2022 0

Outspoken Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has hit out at ‘a cabal of civil servants who are running the show’ after the dramatic resignation of Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan. Dr Holohan resigned in the wake of the controversy over his proposed secondment to Trinity College Dublin, where he was due to head up a […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 6

John (Laudie) HOLDEN  Loman Street, Trim, Meath/Kilmessan, Meath/Kilkenny John (Laudie) Holden, Loman Street, Trim, Co. Meath and formerly Ringlestown, Kilmessan and Desart, Kilkenny peacefully in the loving care of the nurses and staff of Carechoice Nursing Home, Trim. Predeceased by his wife Frances and son John. Sadly missed by his daughter Caroline, son Derek,