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Paint by numbers: Kilkenny artists get €3,000 each as part of €1m grant scheme

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

The Arts Council has awarded a €3,000 grant to two Kilkenny artists to help them make new and original work during the Covid-19 crisis. The government agency for funding and developing the arts said applications from County Kilkenny artists had scored very highly. Visual Artists Deirdre O’ Mahony and Blaise Smith were both successful. The […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

Sr. Annunciata HAYES Presentation Convent, Parnell St, Kilkenny City/Thurles, Tipperary Sr. Annunciata Hayes (Presentation Convent, Parnell St., Kilkenny and late of Leigh, Two-Mile-Borris, Thurles, Co. Tipperary) June 9th 2020 (peacefully) at Gowran Abbey Nursing Home. Predeceased by her parents Martin and Mary Anne, brothers Tommie, Mick and Dan, sisters Ciss, Hannie and

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‘Unacceptable’ Government plan won’t save créches from going under – Kilkenny TD

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

A Kilkenny TD has expressed “huge disappointment” at the Government’s new plan to rescue the childcare sector. Local poll-topper Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who is also Sinn Féin’s frontbench spokesperson on children and youth affairs, said the plan outlined by the Government this week will not be enough to save many childcare centres in Kilkenny and […]

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Jobs boost for Kilkenny as global healthcare provider sets up tech-centre in city

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

A leading global provider of healthcare has today announced the creation of 60 new high-end jobs in Kilkenny. UPMC, a leading integrated healthcare provider and insurer, announced it is establishing the UPMC Global Technology Operations Centre, which will be located at Kilkenny’s MacDonagh Junction. The roles will be created over the next three years will […]

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Utter trash: Fly-tippers strike in Kilkenny city leaving rubbish strewn across streets

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

Gardai are on the hunt for the people responsible for dumping their rubbish right in the heart of Kilkenny city centre this morning. The scourge of fly-tipping has been an ongoing issue throughout the county during the Covid-19 pandemic with many country lanes, tourist spots, and forest walks falling victim to fly-tippers over the past […]

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Domestic abuse reports rise by 25% in Kilkenny during lockdown

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2020 0

There has been a 25% increase in calls to the garda in regarding domestic abuse in county Kilkenny as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. This morning, An Garda Síochána gave an update on their Operation Faoiseamh, the community engagement programme launched on April 1 in an effort to prevent the loss of life from […]

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A further five pass away as childcare providers warned not to hike fees

By Kilkenny Now 10th June 2020 0

A further five people 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 1,695 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 25,231 after another 19 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, creches and childminders have been warned not […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why direct provision should be fixed, not scrapped

By Kilkenny Now 10th June 2020 0

Pierrot Ngadi was among the first people to live in a direct provision centre in Ireland. The journalist and his wife arrived at Rosslare in April 2000, fleeing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he had good reason to believe the mad dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, was threatening his life. The couple had […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 10th June 2020 0

Lester Ryan Clover, Gowran, Kilkenny Ryan Lester, Clover, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, died June 6th 2020 ( tragically). Lester will be sadly missed by his loving family – his wife Christine, children, Joseph, Niamh, Eimer, and Conor, his brothers, sisters, brothers in law, sister in law, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends, and the wider GAA […]

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We’re still here to help: Change to Kilkenny Community Call Helpline hours

By Kilkenny Now 10th June 2020 0

Anyone wishing to contact the Kilkenny ‘Community Call’ Helpline should be aware that the hours it is available have changed. It continues to operate to provide support to the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis but following national guidance there is a change in the operating hours of the dedicated confidential helplines across the country. […]