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LATEST: Kilkenny among 566 new Covid-19 cases, 25 further deaths confirmed nationally

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A further 25 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 566 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,357. There have now been 221,189 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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Snakes on the loose! St Patrick’s festival hunt for slithering serpents in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

Without St Patrick’s Day celebration for the last couple of years, it appears some snakes have managed to find their way back to a county Kilkenny town. A number of slithering serpents have been spotted amongst the trees and plants at Castlecomer Discovery Park recently. But there’s no need to call Samuel L Jackson just […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

Kathleen (Kitty) CASHIN (née Doherty) Kilmacow, Kilkenny/Waterford/Durrow, Laois Known fondly as Kitty, in her 98th year, she passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Connie and mother of the late John. Sadly missed by her sons Naois and Martin, daughters Jane, Mary and Anne, daughter-in-law Margaret, son-in-law Eamonn, grandchildren Brian,

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Father of four (30) appears in court in relation to firework attack on gardai at lockdown protest

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A 30-year-old father of four has appeared in court in relation to a firework attack on Gardai during an anti-lockdown demonstration in Dublin last weekend. Jake Merriman of Meadowlands Avenue, Monkstown in Dublin appeared in court this morning. He is accused of being in possession of an eight cannon firework and firing it at gardai […]

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Man rushed to hospital after light aircraft crash in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

An investigation has been launched following a light aircraft accident in county Kilkenny. The aircraft came down near Woolengrange between Bennettsbridge and Thomastown at around 4.30pm yesterday. A man, the pilot, was the only person in the plane and received non-serious injures during the crash. He was taken to St Luke’s General Hospital to be […]

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Slippery oil thieves break into Kilkenny home and steal heating fuel

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A house in county Kilkenny was left without heating after thieves tapped into the oil tank and stole the home heating fuel. The theft occurred at a house in Kilfera, just outside Kilkenny city on the Bennetsbridge road, sometime between 9am last Thursday and 5pm on Saturday. Gardai estimate around €600 worth of fuel was […]

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New ‘car share’ base for Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

A company that specialises in reducing the need for car ownership by making access to vehicles easier is increasing its presence in Kilkenny. Go Car, Ireland’s leading car-sharing service, is doubling the number of locations where customers can pick up and drop up shared vehicles in the city. It will establish a new base at […]

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A job for the special branch: Gardai investigate as mature trees cut down from county Kilkenny roadside

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

Eight mature trees were cut down from a roadside in county Kilkenny without the landowne’rs consent. The Sycamore trees were cut on lands at Pleberstown, Thomastown, sometime between 5pm on Saturday and 11am the next morning. Despite going to the effort of felling the trees, all eight were left lying in the field of the […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 359 new Covid-19 cases, 14 further deaths confirmed nationally

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

A further 14 people died after contracting the coronavirus as 359 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The 359 new cases are the lowest reported daily total since the middle of last December. Once again, zero cases were reported in Kilkenny. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,333. […]

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SPONSORED: KATHLEEN FUNCHION: Kilkenny tourism needs more support during these difficult times

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny has a long and proud traditional of the cead mile failte, but the last 13 months have tested this industry like never before. We all have fond memories of long summer nights in the city we love, full to the brim with excited American tourists taking in the sites of our ancient city. We […]