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MICHAEL WOLSEY: In the name game it always pays to be polite

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2022 0

My granddaughter goes to a primary school where the children call the teachers by their first name. It is, from what I can judge, a very good school and she is happy there. But, as a general policy, I feel a bit uneasy about this first name thing. I certainly wouldn’t like to see it […]

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Old bank and Garda station in county Kilkenny transformed into remote work hubs

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2022 0

An old bank and a former Garda station in County Kilkenny will be transformed into remote working hubs. Funding of €750, 000 has been allocated for projects in Piltiwn and Urlingford. It comes as Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, announced almost €18.5 million to benefit rural towns and villages the length and […]

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‘A beautiful life taken far too soon’ – moving tribute to Kilkenny man who died in building site tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2022 0

A man who died in a building site accident in Wexford earlier this week has been named as south Kilkenny native Andrew Phelan. The 47-year-old from Kilmacow, whose family previously ran the The Rising Sun in Mulllinavat, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on a building site in Ballymoney. Gardaí and the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2022 0

Josephine BURKE Dunmore Josephine Burke (Dunmore, Kilkenny) February 24th 2022 (peacefully) under the wonderful care of Professor Paddy Mallon and his team at Vincent’s Private Hospital, Dublin. Predeceased by her daughter Mairéad and granddaughter Aoife. Beloved wife of Liam and dearest mother of Catherine (Cathy) and James. She will be hugely missed by her husband

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‘Imagine the Future’ – Kilkenny students urged to take part in new national competition

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2022 0

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high-speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), is urging Kilkenny primary school students to take part in its new ‘Imagine the Future’ competition. Dtudents participating in NBI’s new art, design and imagination competition will have a  chance

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WEEKEND FORECAST: Wet and windy weather in store for Kilkenny as freeze thaws

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2022 0

After some snowfall and plummeting temperatures, it will get milder in Kilkenny over the weekend but conditions will be unsettled with wet and windy weather forecast over the coming days. Any lingering frost or ice will clear this morning, with cold, dry and sunny spells forecast. Met Éireann said: “It will stay dry and bright […]

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Green light for Kilkenny’s first graveyard facility for cremated remains

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2022 0

A cemetery in Kilkenny city will host the county’s first resting place for cremated remains. The Columbarium Wall will be installed at St Kieran’s Cemetery. It comes after a public consultation phase for the development ended in November with no submissions from the public. Council chief executive Colette Byrne said it is hoped a contract […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2022 0

John Jnr (Tank) BARDEN Danesfort Barden, John Jnr (Tank) (Danesfort, Kilkenny) 21st February 2022, unexpectedly, in Nigeria, predeceased by his infant son Tagdh, brother Patrick (Bobby) and baby sister Sarah, sadly missed by his loving son Adam and his mother Aisling, his parents Johnny and Peggy, brothers Eamon, Maurice and Jason, sisters Ann Marie, Lorraine […]

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Walk-in vaccine clinic for children opens in Kilkenny tomorrow

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2022 0

Walk-in clinics and online booking for Covid-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 are now available in Kilkenny. Parents and guardians of children in this age cohort are now being able to book appointments for their kids online . The Health Service Executive (HSE) in the south east also confirmed that “walk-in” facilities for […]

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Richie Reid to lead Kilkenny into championship battle

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2022 0

Richie Reid will captain the Cats this season after he was nominated by his club Ballyhale Shamrocks. He takes over the Kilkenny captaincy from fellow Ballyhale clubman Adrian Mullen and follows in the footsteps of his older brother, TJ, who captained Kilkenny in 2010 and 2019. Eoin Cody, also of Ballyhale, will serve as vice-captain.