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Pandemic puts brake on new 48-home estate in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2021 Post a comment

Plans to build 48 new homes in a Kilkenny village have hit a further snag because of the pandemic. Developer John Staunton lodged an application with Kilkenny County Council in July seeking permission to build the housing development at Moate Road in Ballyragget. Late in October, the local authority returned to Mr Staunton requesting more […]

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Kilkenny school to build temporary classrooms to cater for students

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2021 0

A school in county Kilkenny is seeking to build new temporary classrooms to cater for its students. The Board of Management Colaiste Eamann Ris on the Kilkenny Road in Callan has made the application to Kilkenny County Council seeking planning for the temporary structure. The school wants to erect a detached single-storey temporary demountable building […]

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Plans unveiled for new fire station in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2021 0

Plans for a new fire station in a county Kilkenny town are set to go public display. The new Urlingford Fire Station will be built at a site on Main Street, adjacent to the Garda station. The new €1.7 million facility will replace Urlingford’s old fire station which has been in operation since the early […]

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Trailer and cement mixer stolen in remote part of county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

A large trailer and a cement mixer were stolen from a farm in a remote part of county Kilkenny. The theft occurred sometime between 4pm last Thursday and 11.30am the following morning at a property in Barnathasna, Kilmoganny. The stolen trailer is a grey-coloured, with double axel and double wheels ith LED lights on the […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 650 new cases of virus as 57 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

A further 57 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 650 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,036. There have now been 211,751 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Just what we need … a train pulled by unicorns and staffed by dodos

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

There used to be a children’s television programme about Billy Bean “who built a machine to see what it could do … he made it out of sticks and stones, and nuts and bolts and glue”. Billy was full of incredible schemes, as crazy as his machine. I wonder if Alister Jack was ever a […]

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WEATHER WARNING: Hold onto your hats – 100km/h winds to batter Kilkenny tonight

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

Just as spring appeared to be getting into its step, another weather warning has been issued for Kilkenny and the South East. Met Éireann has issued a Yellow Wind Warning for the region with winds of up to 100kph expected overnight. The national broadcaster said: “Southerly winds tonight will reach mean speeds of 50 to […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

Teresa WALL (née Bergin) Fatima Place, Kilkenny City Wall (nee Bergin) (31 Fatima Place, Kilkenny) 16th February 2021, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Teresa, predeceased by her husband Seamus, granddaughter Therese and brother Seamus, much loved mother of Margaret, Anne, Barbara and Seamus, sadly missed by her loving family, sister Sheila (Hamilton), sons-in-law

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Kilkenny TD’s Bill to give survivors of Mother and Baby Homes access to birth certs

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

A Kilkenny TD is introducing legislation that will ensure adopted people, specifically the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, access to their birth certificates. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Children, is bringing the Civil Registration Amendment Bill 2021 before the Dail today. If passed, the Bill will allow survivors a fundamental right to […]

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For the prose: Submissions sought for Kilkenny’s popular poetry publication

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

A popular publication that gives writers from across Kilkenny a platform for their work is seeking submissions for its latest book. The Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet is now in its 21st year and is growing in popularity with local writers and literature lovers. Last year a total of 47 writers sent in 91 poems for consideration […]