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WEATHER FORECAST: Kilkenny braced for very wet week – but glint of sunshine on the horizon

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2021 0

You’d be better off staying indoors for most of the week ahead after Met Éireann forecast very wet and unsettled conditions over the coming days. The miserable weather we endured over the weekend is set to continue for most this week, but things are set to brighten up by next weekend. This morning will be […]

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Drug driver and passengers caught in breach of Covid travel rules at Kilkenny checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

A man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving after he was stopped at a checkpoint in Kilkenny yesterday. Gardai also confirmed that three passengers in the same vehicle will also be prosecuted for being in breach of Covid travel restrictions. A local Garda spokesperson said: “One driver who met a checkpoint in Kilkenny today […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,247 new cases of virus as 15 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

A further 15 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,247 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,307. There have now been 196,547 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

Kathleen RYAN (née Ryan) Pill Road, Kilmacow, Kilkenny/Dundrum, Tipperary Kathleen Ryan nee Ryan, Pill Road, Lower Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, and late of Clonkelly, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, who died on Saturday, 30th January 2021, peacefully at University Hospital Waterford. Predeceased by her husband Pat. Kathleen will be sadly missed by her daughter Helen (Cummins), sons

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Kilkenny start-up makes finals of National Entrerprise Awards

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

A Kilkenny IT company has been confirmed as a finalist in this year’s prestigious National Enterprise Awards. LoanITT will compete against 29 other finalists in the virtual award ceremony to be held on February 11, with the overall winners battling it out for €50,000 prize fund. LoanITT was founded by John Duggan, originally from Tullahought, […]

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Planning process made easier for Kilkenny residents

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

A series of new information leaflets have been released in an effort to make the planning process more accessible to people in Kilkenny. Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan says the new online leaflets will “put the citizen back into the heart of the planning process.” The new leaflets, released by the government, contain practical, accessible […]

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Vandals smash window of car parked outside house in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2021 0

The window of a car was smashed in the middle of the day as it was parked up outside a house in a Kilkenny village. The incident occured at Belline Way, Banagher Court in Piltown between 11.50am and 12.30pm on Thursday. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the back window of a Black Dacia Duster was […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,414 new cases of virus as 79 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2021 0

A further 79 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,414 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,292. There have now been 195,303 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2021 0

Christopher Laurance PHELAN Loon, Castlecomer Christopher Laurance Phelan, Loon, Castlecomer, Co.Kilkenny, Died 28th January 2021, surrounded by his loving and devoted family. Sadly missed by his loving wife Bridget, sons, daughters, 27 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, brothers, sisters, extended family, relatives and friends. A private family Funeral Mass was

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Surge in new Kilkenny website registrations

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2021 0

More than 950 new .ie domains were registered in Kilkenny last year. The 953 new .ie domain registrations in Kilkenny was an increase of 19% on 2019, the latest .IE Domain Profile Report reveals. A total of 65,113 new .ie domains were registered in 2020, the highest ever figure, with pandemic and health-related keywords common […]