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Motorist was high on cocaine driving around Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny have taken another drug driver off our roads. In the latest case, a motorist was arrested after they failed a roadside drugs test at a checkpoint in the city on shortly after midnight on Monday. Members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit were performing mandatory intoxicant testing (MIT) at a checkpoint in […]

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Kilkenny beauty spot destroyed by floods reopens to public after five years

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 0

A Kilkenny area of natural beauty that was severely damaged by floods back in 2015 has just reopened to the public following a €250,000 rejuvenation project. The reconstruction of the Silaire Wood boardwalk along the River Barrow near Graiguenamanagh and the rehabilitation works of its woodland trails has been completed and the woods are once […]

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Kilkenny house ransacked in countdown to Christmas, all for some ‘loose change’

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A burglar broke into a house in county Kilkenny and ransacked the property before making off with some “loose change”. The break-in occurred at the house in Mallardstown, Callan on Friday. A Garda spokesperson confirmed the thief gained entry to the house via a window at the back of the property. The spokesperson added: “Entry […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 366 new cases of virus as 11 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A further 11 more people have died after contracting the coronvairus as 366 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,995. There are now 68,686 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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Tragedy as man killed in county Kilkenny road crash just weeks before Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A man has been killed in a fatal road tragedy in county Kilkenny. The single-vehicle collision occurred shortly after 11am this morning on the N76 in Killamery, Callan. A male, aged in his 40s, was fatally injured during the collision. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “His body has been […]

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From Late Late Show to €15,000 bursary: Former Kilkenny barber-turned entrepreneur’s new business is a cut above

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A Kilkenny entrepeneur who recently appeared on the Late Late Show has been awarded a special bursary of €15,000 to support his growing business. Patrick Cox was presented with a cheque of €15,000 from the Bank of Ireland branch in Castlecomer in recognition of his business,  Dialize Clothing, an accessible medical clothing brand of stylistic […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

Margaret Mary (May) CUMMINS (née Knox) Turkstown, Piltown Predeceased by her husband Patsy. May will be sadly missed by her daughters Liz, Eileen, Rose, and Martina, sons Eddie and Bernard, brother Barney, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, and many friends. Funeral Mass on Wednesday (Nov. 18th) at 11

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Busted: Man caught with €8,000 worth of cocaine in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

A man was caught with €8,000 worth of cocaine in Kilkenny city. The drugs were found after the man was stopped and searched by gardai in the Butts area of the city on Saturday night. The suspect was arrested and taken to Kilkenny Garda Station, where he was later charged. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed […]

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Thieves break into Kilkenny farm and make off with large cattle trailer

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

Thieves broke into a farm in county Kilkenny under the cover of darkness before making off with a cattle trailer. The break-in occurred at the farm in Riversfield, Callan sometime between 4.30pm on Thursday evening and 9.30am the next morning. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed the lock on a gate “was broken in order to […]

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Savour this: Kilkenny food festival assembles country’s top chefs for 2020 event

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

Savour Kilkenny have assembled some of the country’s leading chefs to deliver a special series of online winter warmer recipes for food lovers everywhere. The special virtual event will replace Savour’s traditional annual gathering of more than 50,000 people in the heart of the medieval city. Kilkenny favourites Edward Hayden and his long-term collaborator Anne