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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

Pat BARRY Lintown Ave., Kilkenny City/Ballymurn, Wexford Thomas “Pat” Barry, Lintown Avenue, Kilkenny and formerly of Screen and Ballymurn, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. (Peacefully in the wonderful care of the Staff of St. Luke’s Hospital, Co. Kilkenny). Beloved Husband of the late Anne, loving father of Margaret, Bridget and William, much loved brother of Alice and […]

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Yule be ready: All-Ireland finals to be played just days before Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

The All-Ireland Hurling Final will be played just before Christmas this year and the championship will revert to the back-door system for this year only. In what is sure to be a novelty for a final, the GAA has confirmed in the last few minutes that this year’s hurling final will be played in Croke […]

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Four jailed for helping to cover-up horrific murder of Kilkenny grandmother

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

Four people have been jailed for between 18 months and three years for their roles in cover up of the murder of 61-year-old Kilkenny grandmother Patricia O’Connor. Her daughter’s partner, Kieran Greene, has already been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Mrs O’Connor’s husband Gus, her daughter Louise, her granddaughter Stephanie and

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A wee drop: Parts of Kilkenny remain in drought despite recent rain – Irish Water

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

You’re not going to believe this but despite recent heavy rainfall, Irish Water says that the number of schemes in drought around the country has actually increased from 27 to 38. An the ones in potential drought has grown from 50 to 58 since the start of the Water Conservation Order on June 8. Four […]

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LATEST: Tragedy as boy (10) injured in Carlow collision dies

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

The 10-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision involving a cyclist in Borris, in neighbouring county Carlow, yesterday has died. The tragic news was confirmed by the Garda Press Office this morning. A Garda spokesperson said: “The 10 year old male cyclist seriously injured in a road traffic collision involving a […]

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10-year-old local boy remains in critical condition following collision, gardai renew appeal for information

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

A young boy remains in critical condition after he was seriously injured during a collision between his bicycle and a jeep in Borris in neighbouring county Carlow. It is understood the 10-year-old is understood to have been cycling with a group of friends when the collision occurred in the Ballymartin area on the Borris to […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Kilkenny facing four seasons as sunshine makes way for cooler temperatures

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2020 0

It’s another mix bag of weather for Kilkenny this weekend after the heat of yesterday – a bit of sunshine, rain, thunder, heat then a drop in temperatures before the weekend’s out! Today will start mostly dry at first with sunny spells, according to Met Éireann. Outbreaks of showery rain will develop in the southwest […]

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Not to be sniffed at: Garda dogs finds €17,000 of drugs, tablets and cash in two raids on Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2020 0

€17,000 worth of drugs and cash has been sniffed out by a Garda dog following a couple of raids on drug dens yesterday evening. Shortly before 7pm Gardaí from the Detective Branch in Carrick-on-Suir and the Clonmel District Drugs Unit, assisted by the Southern Region Dog Unit, carried out a search of an address at […]

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Just one person passes away as expert says resurgence here ‘inevitable’

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2020 Post a comment

Just one person lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total death toll here is now 1,727 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,405 after another 11 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, a leading medical expert has told a Dáil […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2020 0

Theresa Dunne (née Byrne) Castlecoumb, Knocktopher, Kilkenny / Thomastown, Kilkenny The death has taken place of Theresa Dunne (nee Byrne) Castlecoumb, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Ballylynch, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, peacefully at Gowran Abbey Nursing Home (24/6/2020). Predeceased by her husband John. Sadly missed by her daughters Pamela and Carmel, sons