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Divine intervention: Thieves fail in attempt to rob money box from county Kilkenny church

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

Thieves attempted to steal a box full of money envelopes from a church in county Kilkenny town. The incident happened at The Church of the Immaculate Conception on Kilkenny Street in Castlecomer last Saturday morning. A local Garda source confirmed the thieves attempted to remove the envelope box from the wall of the church, located […]

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More Kilkenny residents staying within 10km of homes: report

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

More people in Kilkenny are taking heed of advice and obeying Covid-19 travel restrictions as the amount of people travelling 10km from their homes has levelled off, new data suggests. The Staying Local Indicator (SLI), issued by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveals 58.2% of Kilkenny residents did not travel further than 10km at any […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why are we all depending on one narrow stretch of water?

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 Post a comment

I was eight years old when the Suez Canal last made international headlines. Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, had nationalised the canal which was being run, at a handsome profit, by British and French enterprises, successors of the companies that had financed its construction a century earlier. The British and French governments detested Nasser. They […]

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LATEST: No new cases of virus in Kilkenny for second day in row as six further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

A further six people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 411 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. For the second day in a row no new cases were recorded in Kilkenny. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,687. There have now been 235,845 confirmed cases […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

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Henry Francis (Frank) BEALE Glendine Heights, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny City/Mulhuddart, Dublin Beale (Glendine Heights, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny & formerly of Ashfield Grove, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15) 29th March 2021, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Henry Francis (Frank) (former ACNO at St. Brendan’s Hospital, Grangegorman), beloved husband of Claire

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Kilkenny house prices soar by 28%

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

County Kilkenny has just recorded the highest increase year-on-year in house prices in the country. Some types of homes in Kilkenny have increased in price by more than 28% year-on-year according to the latest house price report released by Daft.ie today. These increases can be explained by a shortage of houses coming to market and […]

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Winner, winner! Kilkenny racehorse has won whopping €10,000,000 so far this year

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

A horse bred in county Kilkenny is taking the racing world by storm after winning the two biggest races in the world so far this year. Mishriff, a four-year old bay horse, has won more than €10 million this season already. The father of Mishriff, Make Believe, stands at Ballylinch Stud on the grounds of […]

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Warning as seven drivers clocked way over speed limit at Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

Seven motorists were clocked doing speeds of more than 75km/h in a 50km/h zine in a Kilkenny village. The speeding motorists were snared by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit conducting speed checks in Johnstown yesterday. Gardai confirmed fines have been issued to all of the drivers. A local Garda spokesperson urged motorists to […]

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‘Farmers will feel the pinch’ – environmental agency under fire for blocking €140m cheese plant in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2021 0

A local MEP has hit out at a non-governmental environmental agency for delaying or stopping the construction of a large new cheese making facility in county Kilkenny. Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher criticised An Taisce for delaying the new €140 million Glanbia cheese manufacturing plant at Belview Port. The Fianna Fáil MEP said: “It appears […]

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‘We are on the final stretch of this terrible journey’ – Taoiseach announces gradual easing of restrictions

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2021 0

“By being safe now, we will enjoy much greater freedom later in the summer,” that is message Taoiseach Michéal Martin delivered from the steps of Dáil Eireann tonight. Outlining how we as a public can: “Safely and successfully chart a path out of restrictions in the weeks and months ahead,” the Taoiseach laid out the […]