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BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND WEATHER: Hot, hot, Hot – Kilkenny’s in for a scorcher!

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2020 0

Get the BBQ on standby! Kilkenny is set for a scorcher of a bank holiday weekend – with temperatures soaring to the mid-20s and staying that way right up until next Thursday at least. Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching as high as 29 degrees in some parts […]

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Van set ablaze and house smashed up in terrifying attack on county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

A van was torched and all the windows in a house smashed in a terrifying attack on a home in county Kilkenny earlier this week. The incident occurred at a house near the village of Mullinavat at around 11pm on Monday. During the attack a van parked outside the house, a 10-reg white Peugeot Partner […]

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A further nine more deaths, 2-metre rule threatens September back-to-school plans

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

A further nine people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 46 new cases of the virus were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,639. There are now 24,841 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily updates from the Department […]

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Garda warning following spate of bicycle thefts in Kilkenny city in recents days

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny are reporting a worrying increase in bicycle thefts in recent days. However, local officers are having some success in retrieving some of the stolen property. Earlier this week members of the local Garda Unit D seized a colourful Apollo Creed junior mountain bike (pictured below), with a lock under the saddle, and […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

Loretta KENNEDY (née Fitzsimons) 13 Parkmore Terrace, Gowran, Kilkenny/Carbury, Kildare Kennedy (nee Fitzsimons) (13 Park Terrace, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny and formerly of Derrinturn, Carbury, Co. Kildare) 27th May 2020, peacefully, at home in the loving care of her family and her sister Carol who has been by her side to the end, Loretta, beloved wife […]

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Net gain: Kilkenny-based company to create 50 new jobs as it delivers broadband to rural Ireland

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

A Kilkenny-based compnay is celebrating after it secured a lucrative contract with the State’s National Broadband Plan. The deal will allow local telecommunications firm Entegro to create up to 50 new jobs. The company is headquartered in Kilkenny and has offices in Dublin and Athlone. Under the new contract, Entegro will survey and design fibre […]

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‘In the back of my mind I know my body is not there anymore’ – Kilkenny legend calls time on glittering career with club and county

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

Kilkenny legend Michael Fennelly has finally called time on his glittering hurling career with club and county. The 35-year-old won no fewer than eight All-Ireland SHC medals with the Cats as well as five All-Ireland club titles with the Ballyhale Shamrocks. However Fennelly, who has been plauged by injuries in recent months, said he does […]

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Gardai out in force on Kilkenny’s roads ahead of Bank Holiday: region’s top cop

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 Post a comment

Gardai will be out in force on Kilkenny’s road in the countdown to the busy June Bank Holiday weekend. The warning comes from the most senior Garda in the Eastern Region, which includes Kilkenny, made a personal appeal to local motorists to never drink under the influence of alcohol or drugs ahead of the Bank […]

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Kilkenny misses the cut: Just one of our golf courses makes Ireland’s top 100 list

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2020 0

Just one golf course in county Kilkenny was deemed good enough to make the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland list for 2020. The bible of world golfing, the magazine Golf Digest, this week released their Top 100 in Ireland list and it was meager pickings Cat’s chippers as just Mount Juliet Estate and Golf […]

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Woman (30s) attacked by youths at county Kilkenny playground

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2020 0

A woman was subjected to a horrific and unprovoked attack from two youths as she walked home after dark in a county Kilkenny town. The young woman, who is in her late 30s was walking through the playground at Bolton Woods in Callan shortly after midnight on Monday, May 25 when the attack occurred. The […]