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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why I don’t want to pay for your marathon

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

My neighbour, a fit and feisty man, has been running a marathon in his back garden. He now intends to crown this feat with some incredible number of press-up – a hundred or a million, something huge anyway. And he is planning an equal number of forward thrusts. At least I think that’s what he […]

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‘Make or break time’ – fears for 4,600 jobs as Kilkenny hotel bookings collapse

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

There are fears for up to 4,600 jobs in the hospitality sector in Kilkenny as new figures reveal a worrying collapse in tourist numbers. Just one in five local hotel rooms have been booked for the month of November, according to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Hoteliers in Kilkenny are now urging […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

Catherine DUGGAN (née Brown) Ballinakill, Mullinavat, Kilkenny/Gracedieu, Waterford Catherine passed away suddenly. Wife of the late Dick and mother of the late Richard. Deeply regretted by her loving daughters Ann-Marie, Marj, Trish and Linda, sons Darren, Jack, Andrew and Jason, brothers, sisters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and

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Damage caused to 5,000 year old county Kilkenny burial site of global importance

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

A unique and ancient monument nestled atop a hill in county Kilkenny appears to have been damaged in recent times, with new cracks visible and chunks of the burial stones broken off. The megalithic burial site at Knockroe, located between Windgap and Ahenny in the Lingaun Valley, dates back more than 5,000 years. It is […]

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Couple murdered Kilkenny dancer and then used stolen bank cards to go on spending spree: court

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

A couple murdered a champion Kilkenny dancer and poisoned another victims with a deadly drug before using their bank cards to go on a spending spree, a court heard. Joel Osei (25) and Diana Cristea (18) are accused of killing Adrian Murphy between May 31 and June 5 last year after his body was found […]

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Kilkenny school gets green light for exciting expansion plans

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

A county Kilkenny primary school has been given the green light to build an extension to create extra space for its students and for special learning facilities. The local authority has granted approval to the Board of Management of St Patrick’s National School, Strangsmills, Kilmacow, to its plans to build a large extension onto the […]

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‘Your world as you know it turns upside down’ – heartbroken Kilkenny mother of girl (2) who died in cord tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny mother has spoken about the devastating loss of her two-year-old daughter who tragically died as a result of an accident involving the cord of a blind at their home. Heartbroken Lynda Redmond opened up about the circumstances in which her daughter Róisín lost her life almost six years ago in an emotional interview with […]

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LATEST: One further death and 363 new cases of virus, fury over crowds of students and reports of house parties

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2020 0

One more person has died after contracting the coronavirus as 363 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus currently stands at 1,803. There are now 35,740 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health […]

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Kilkenny library awarded €420,000 for vital Covid works

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2020 0

The public library in Graiguenamanagh will receive over €400,000 in funding for essential upgrades and measures in response to Covid-19. The funding is part of a €3 million spend to support a Small Scale Capital Works Programme in public libraries announced by Minister of Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys. Welcoming the announcement, Kilkenny TD […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2020 0

Joe DALY Golf Links Road, Newpark, Kilkenny City/Ballingarry, Limerick Daly (Golf Links Road, Newpark, Kilkenny and formerly of Ballingarry, Co. Limerick) 28th September 2020, peacefully, at his home, Joe, in his 99th year, beloved husband of the late Catherine (Kit), sadly missed by his nephews and nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, extended family, neighbours and