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Warning over ‘suspicious activity’ involving Irish and UK transit vans in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 Post a comment

Residents in a county Kilkenny town have been asked to be on alert after “suspicious activity” involving two transit vans was reported. A post on a local social media site said the vehicles, a navy Irish-reg Ford van and a white Irish UK-reg transit were spotted acting suspicious on the Ballyogan Road in Graiguenamanagh earlier […]

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Kilkenny’s busiest street closed off as gardai and emergency services deal with incident

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

Kilkenny’s High Street has been closed off by gardai and emergency services as they deal with an incident on site. A Garda car and a fire tender surrounded by bollards is preventing traffic from entering Kilkenny busiest street. It is understood the street was cordoned off after a man suffered a fall on High Street. […]

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LATEST: 11 new cases of virus confirmed in Kilkenny as six further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

A further six more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 183 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death told as a result of the virus to 2,080 . There are now73,228 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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The boom is bike! Bicycle sales soar during lockdown in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 Post a comment

Bicycle sales in Kilkenny have soared this year as a result of the pandemic, while spending in services stations across the county has plummeted. A new report by AIB shows a 13% increase in bicycle sales in the county year-on-year, The data was compiled from almost one million AIB debit and credit card transactions between […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

Olive FOXE (née McNamara) Ballygowan, Milford, Carlow/Maganey, Kildare/Kilkenny Olive Foxe (née McNamara) Ballygowan, Milford, Co. Carlow and formerly Castleroe, Maganey, Co. Kildare and Clough, Co. Kilkenny, passed away peacefully, on December 1st, 2020, at St Luke’s Hospital, Co. Kilkenny. Beloved wife of Martin, much loved mother of Sharon and Lorraine, adored

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Cheers! Kilkenny bar gets approval for new signs outside iconic city-centre building

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s most famous bars will be getting a little revamp that the owners hope will attract a lot of attention. Left Bank Bars Ltd, the owners of The Left Bank and the adjoining Rive Gauche Restaurant, has been granted planning permission by Kilkenny County Council to erect new signs outside its premises on […]

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Front door of Kilkenny house damaged in suspected break-in attempt overnight

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

A suspected would-be burglar caused extensive damage to the front door of a house in Kilkenny. The incident occurred in the St Patrick’s Close area of the city overnight between last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Local gardai confirmed nothing was taken from the property, which was vacant at the time, and that everything inside […]

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Plans to triple the size of Kilkenny city-centre hotel are given green light

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 0

A Kilkenny hotel’s plan to almost triple the amount of its bedrooms have been approved by the local council. The Kilkenny Inn on Vicar Street can now proceed with its plans to build an extra 75 rooms to its existing 30 rooms. Developers Auburn Ventures initially lodged an application for the significant hotel extension beside […]

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Kilkenny hospital crisis escalates as St Luke’s forced to close all outpatient services

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2020 0

The crisis at St Luke’s General Hospital deepened this evening after the hospital confirmed it is closing all outpatient services from tomorrow morning. It comes after the hospital earlier confirmed it was forced to temporarily relocate the paediatric ward after it admitted “a lot of seriously ill patients”. St Luke’s said there has been a […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 270 new cases of virus, vaccine may be available by early January: Minister

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2020 0

A further five more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 270 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death told as a result of the virus to 2,074. There are now 73,066 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]