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Kilkenny company pushing campaign to help local businesses during recovery

By Kilkenny Now 1st July 2020 0

A Kilkenny business is the driving force behind a campaign to get people to champion local business enticing people to keep business local in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kilkenny Design is behind the Champion Green’s ‘All Rise’ national movement, aimed at driving the renewal of local communities, reinvigoration of local enterprise, and local […]

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Man (20) found with drug ready for sale at Kilkenny business park

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

A man who was stopped and searched in a business park in Kilkenny was found with cannabis on him, all ready for sale. The 20 year-old-man was stopped by members of Kilkenny gardai in the Loughboy area after they had received reports of a person acting suspiciously on Sunday evening. After stopping the man, gardai […]

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Pandemic fails to dent value of homes across Kilkenny: survey

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

The price of the average three-bed semi in county Kilkenny fell by 2.8% to €207,500 in the past year, a new survey reveals. Despite fears of a downturn in the market during the Covid-19 crisis, the price of a three-bedroomed semi-detached house across the county remained unchanged in all areas over the past three months, […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

Rita DOWLING (née Lewis) The Fairways, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny Dowling (nee Lewis) (The Fairways, Kilkenny and formerly of Stoneyford and Margate, Kent) 29th June 2020, in the wonderful care of the staff at Tinnypark Nursing Home, Rita, beloved wife of the late Pat and much loved mother of Robert, Carron and Mark, sadly missed by […]

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Decision due on modern development in heart of historic area of Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

A decision on whether a new development of homes can be built within a historic and area of special conservation in Kilkenny city can go ahead will be made within weeks. Developer Claire Costello is hoping to build two modern houses on a 0.114 hectare site to the rear of the Rose Cottage, on New […]

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Vandals wreck life-saving info points on banks of the Nore in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

An investigation has been launched by Kilkenny gardai after life-saving information points on the River Nore were vandalised over the weekend. Thugs targeted two lifeguard poles, used for displaying information regarding water safety and lifeguard on-duty times along the Linear Park at Riverside. Both of the poles were ripped out of the ground, with one […]

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Come dine with us: Critically acclaimed chef to serve up ‘best of Irish’ fare at Kilkenny venue

By Kilkenny Now 30th June 2020 0

Critically acclaimed chef Rory Nolan has been unveiled as the new Head Chef of Mountain View, the exclusive events and wedding venue in the heart of south Kilkenny. Rory, who worked at the Michelin-starred Chapter One restaurant in Dublin and Kilkenny’s Campagne under the internationally renowned chefs Ross Lewis and Garrett Byrne, brings a wealth […]

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Man assaulted by two youths on bicycles in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

A man was assasulted after he was approached by two youths on bicycles in Kilkenny city. The incident occurred on the Freshford Road last Wednesday. A local Garda spokesperson said the victim was verbally abused by the youths who then got off the bikes and started pushing him. Gardai have asked anyone who witnessed the […]

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Hair we go – midnight queues outside barbers and salons as Ireland reopens, no new deaths recorded

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

There has been no new deaths relating to the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. The weclome news came as 24 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It means the overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 1,735 The are are now 25,462 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Why I’m in no hurry to go back to the pub

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

My late father said to me once that there were no “real pubs” left in Ireland. Not so, I chided, and began a litany of some of our more renowned watering holes. My mother nodded her head as I reeled off pub after pub and, when I was up at around a score or so, […]