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Kilkenny gardai make a very special delivery to local community hospital

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2020 0

Big hearted local gardai made a very special delivery to a county Kilkenny community hospital over Christmas. Sergeant Ted Hughes and his colleagues at Thomastown Garda Station organised the initiative between local schools and the St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown. In the run up to Chrismas, local school children designed and wrote individual Christmas cards […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 756 new cases of virus, restrictions may be in place until vulnerable are vaccinated: Varadkar

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2020 0

One more person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 756 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,205. There has now been 86,894 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2020 0

Patrick (Paddy) CONDON Riversfield, Callan Patrick (Paddy) Condon, Riversfield, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Kilminick, Callan. Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, 27th December 2020. Deeply regretted by his sisters, Josie (O’Dwyer), Brigid (Kelly) and Sr. Frances (Villa Maria), nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives, neighbours

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Radio star Ray sets perfect New Year challenge for Kilkenny runners

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2020 0

Kilkenny runners and walkers are being urged to join a new fundraising challenge to raise money for LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice. RTÉ star Ray D’Arcy has teamed up with the hospicefor the New Year fundraising event, which will run throughout 2021. Ray’s Marathon Challenge is looking for people to sign up to run or walk […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Cold and frosty end to 2020, but Kilkenny to escape worst of wet conditions

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2020 0

It will be a cold and frosty few days in Kilkenny until the end of 2020. However, Met Éireann said inland counties such as Kilkenny will be “reasonably dry” over the next week as coastal counties bear the brunt of the winter showers forecast for the remainder of the year. The national forecaster said today […]

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Family of Kilkenny woman murdered alongside two daughters on Christmas Day welcomes new parole law: report

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

The family of a Kilkenny woman who was murdered alongside her two children on Christmas morning in 2008 has welcomed the announcement that life sentence killers will no longer be eligible for parole until they have served 12 years behind bars. Postman Brian Hennessy was sentenced to three consecutive life terms after he was found […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 774 new cases of virus as four further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

A further four people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 774 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 2,204. There has now been 86,129 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 27th December 2020 0

Mary CURRAN Cluain Mhuire, Goresbridge In the loving care of Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Mary beloved wife of the late Michael , pre – deceased by her daughter Maria and siblings Margaret, Theresa and Paddy. Much loved mother of Anne, Theresa and Kevin, Sadly missed by her loving daughters, son, brother John, sisters Annie, Elizabeth, […]

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Revealed: Dates for rollout of vaccine at Kilkenny nursing homes

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

Residents at nursing homes throughout Kilkenny city and county will begin receiving the Covid-19 vaccine from just over a fortnight. Mount Carmel nursing home will be the first care facility to recieve the eagerly awaited Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the first batches of which landed on Irish soil yesterday. Residents at all of the other nursing […]

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Eircom fights Council’s decision to refuse permission for huge telecoms mast in centre of Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2020 0

Developers who sought to erect a huge telecommunications mast in a Kilkenny village have objected to the local authority’s decision to refuse permission for the project. Earlier this month Kilkenny County Council turned down Eircom Limited plans to erect a 18-metre-high free standing communications mast in the centre of Mooncoin. Now Eircom has appealed that […]