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Sandbags at the ready: Kilkenny Council prepares for flooding amid new weather warning

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

Kilkenny residents are being told to prepare for flooding and to stay at home as the county is set to be hit by heavy rains for the coming day. It comes comes as a second Status Yellow rain warning was issued for county Kilkenny this morning. A separate Status Yellow wind warning with gusts up […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 686 new cases of virus as just one further death confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

Just one person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 686 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,137. There have now been 215,743 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]

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Councillor welcomes funding for three notorious Kilkenny traffic blackspots

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

A local councillor has welcomed funding to ease traffic blackspots in three county Kilkenny areas. The Government recently allocated just under €17 million for improvement works in Kilkenny. Part of money will be used to fund significant works at Kells Bridge, Listerlin Bridge in Tullogher and Ballyconway Bridge in Knocktopher. Local Fine Gael councillor Patrick […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

Myley McGRATH  Skehana, Castlecomer, Kilkenny/Kildare Myley McGrath: 20th February, 2021. Skehana, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny / Formerly of Allenwood South, Sallins & Downings Cross, Prosperous, County Kildare. Peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Myley will be sadly missed by his wife Peg, son Troy and partner Sirkku, daughter Ramona and son-in-law Richard,

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Famous Kilkenny bar to upgrade facilities to cater for ‘new normal’

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

An award-winning Kilkenny bar and restaurant is looking to extend its premise and improve work conditions for its staff. Paris Texas on Kilkenny’s High Street has made an application to Kilkenny County Council to convert an existing storage area at the back of the building into staff facilities and a modernised storage area. The owners […]

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Mane event: Gowran Park meeting rescheduled for later this week

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

Horse Racing Ireland has confirmed that the Gowran Park meeting, which was cancelled on Saturday due to waterlogging, will now be held this Friday, February 26. Fresh entries for the rescheduled meeting will close at 12pm noon today. Declarations to run must be made by 10am on Wednesday.

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Diesel stolen from trucks at county Kilkenny premises for second time in week

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

Diesel has been stolen from lorries parked up in a yard in county Kilkenny for the second time in a little over a week. The latest theft occurred at a commerical premises in Glenmore sometime between 7pm on Tuesday and 5.30am Wednesday. The thieves siphoned off diesel from three lorries parked in the yard and […]

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KILKENNY WEATHER: Heavy rain, flood warnings … and a Saharan dust storm!

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

After yesterday’s brief respite, it appears we’re in for another long spell of heavy rain, flood warnings, temperatures in the mid-teens … and a possible dust storm! A strange ‘dust phenomenon’ is set to sweep across Europe, and it could have an impact on Ireland’s weather forecast over the coming days. A substantial amount of […]

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Tragedy as man (40s) killed in fatal collision between car and motorbike in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2021 0

A man was tragically killed after his motorbike was involved in a fatal collision with a car in Kilkenny city this morning. The crash occurred on the Callan Road at around 11.30am this morning. Gardai confirmed the driver of the motorcycle, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene a short time […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 679 new cases of virus as just one further death confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2021 0

One more person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 679 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus now stands at 4,136. There has been a total of 215,057 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the […]