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New independent expert appointed to speed up University for the South East

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

A university for the South East is “absolutely vital” and is a priority for the government according to the new Higher Education Minister. Late yesterday, Minister Simon Harris announced that the former CEO of the Higher Education Authority, Mr Tom Boland had been appointed as an independent expert to speed up the process of the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

Catherine Arthurs (née Byrne) Glenpipe, Tullogher, Kilkenny / Kilmainham, Dublin Arthurs; (nee Byrne) Glenpipe, Tullogher, Co Kilkenny & late of Kilmainham, Dublin 8, 26th July 2020, Catherine (Kay), in the care Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Deeply regretted by her loving family Gerard, sons Gerard & Michael, daughters-in-law Bernadette & Kristina, grandchildren

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Man (80s) dies following house fire in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

One person has died and a second had to be rushed to hospital following a house fire in a county Kilkenny town overnight. A man in his 80’s died in the fire which happened on the Main Street of Graiguenamnagh shortly after 11pm last night. His body has now been removed to University Hospital Waterford […]

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Young and gifted and Cat: Talented Kilkenny writer and musician to feature on own podcast for RTE

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

A young Killkenny musician and writer is set to feature on a RTÉ Radio Series which looks into the lives of people in the creative world. Joshua Cullen, a 17-year-old Kilkenny native will feature on “My Creative Life,” an RTÉjr and RTÉ Radio 1 series of short radio pieces about the creative world of young […]

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‘Missed opportunity’ – hoteliers say new Government measures not enough to protect 4,300 tourism jobs in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th July 2020 0

Kilkenny hoteliers have claimed the Government’s stimulus package does not go far enough to support the 4,300 local jobs that rely on tourism. Colm Neville, Chair of the South East Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, claimed the sweeping series of measures announced last week are not enough to support the tourism sector, which has […]

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Expensive equipment being targeted in spate of burglaries on county Kilkenny farmyards

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

Gardai are asking Kilkenny residents to be on the look out for people selling farming equipment at knocked down prices, following a spate of farmyard thefts over the last week. An expensive Ifor Williams trailer was taken from a yard in Burnchurch, Cuffesgrange earlier last Thursday morning. He noticed the trailer had disappeared when he […]

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No new deaths as €375m autumn school plan announced

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 0

There were no new deaths from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,764 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,892 after another 11 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, the Government has announced its €375m plan to get the schools back at the end […]

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Admission free to Kilkenny heritage sites from today in bid to attract ‘staycationers’

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

Admission to both Kells Priory (pictured) and Jerpoint Abbey will be free from this morning until the end of the year in a bid to boost local tourism in Kilkenny. The announcement was made by local Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan. The Kilkenny TD said the move is part of  the Government’s July Stimulus […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

Maureen SCANNELL (née O’Brien) Rockenham, Ferrybank, Waterford/Kilkenny Maureen Scannell (nee O’Brien), Rockenham, Ferrybank, Waterford, who died on Saturday, 25th July 2020, peacefully, at SignaCare, Ferrybank, surrounded by her loving family, Predeceased by husband Paddy, daughter Angela, grandsons Kenneth and Wayne. Maureen will be sadly missed by her sons

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Government promises to act on CervicalCheck screening following scathing attack from Kilkenny campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2020 Post a comment

The Government has promised to improve CervicalCheck Screening and get a tribunal into the scandal up and running, following a scathing attack over the weekend from Kilkenny’s cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan. In an article in the Sunday Independent, Ms Phelan said she wanted “action, change and accountability” over the CervicalCheck scandal. Writing the piece in […]