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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Joseph (Joe) BOURKE Abbey Road, Carrick-Beg, Carrick-on-Suir/Kilmeaden, Waterford/Piltown, Kilkenny Late of Ballyduff, Kilmeaden and Hillcrest, Piltown. After a long illness bravely borne. Predeceased by his wife Maureen. Deeply regretted by his loving family, Caroline, Raymond, Joanne and John, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. In

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Kilkenny gardai make major breakthrough in fight against organised crime: gun, ammunition, cocaine and cash seized

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny and Waterford have made a major breakthrough in ther fight against organised crime in the south east. Today it emerged some €35,000 worth of cocaine was recovered in Glenmore in south Kilkenny during a follow-up search after operation yesterday which resulted in the arrests of four men. The four, suspected members of […]

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Gardai hunt arsonist who broke into WIT overnight and started fire in college

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai were called to the scene of a fire at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), where one-in-four of all Kilkenny students attend, overnight. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately and gardai have captured CCTV footage of a suspect leaving the rear of the college. Local gardai confirmed they were notified of the […]

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Bank builders: Kilkenny school pipped for top prize at AIB challenge

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Students from a Kilkenny school were announced as runner-up in the 18th ‘AIB Build A Bank Challenge,’ a national schools competition this year held through video conferencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students from Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny took second prize in one of the countries longest running schools programmes for Transition and 5th Year […]

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Step in the right direction: More space for pedestrians in new Kilkenny traffic scheme agreed by council

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Kilkenny city centre is ready to adapt to the social distancing issues raised by Covid-19 and create more space for pedestrians in time for the easing of restrictions imposed upon us by the global pandemic. Local councillors have agreed to a plan creating a one-way traffic system in the city centre’s narrow streets allowing much […]

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Four arrested after gun, ammunition and large quantity of cocaine seized in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Four people are in custody after a gun and ammunition were recovered after gardai searched a vehicle in south Kilkenny yesterday afternoon. Three men were arrested after the vehicle was stopped and searched by gardai in Glenmore at around 4pm yesterday. Three suspects, aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested and taken to Thomastown […]

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Party goers facing criminal charges after gardai break up gathering in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 0

A massive house party in a county Kilkenny town was shut down by gardai over the weekend and all those there are now facing charges. A call was made to gardai in Callan shortly before 2am on Sunday informing them of a large house party happening in the town. When the gardai arrived, they were […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 11 pass away as WHO expert says we should think about opening schools

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 Post a comment

A further 11 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 1,572 while the number of confirmed cases has now reached 24,315 after another 64 were diagnosed. Meanwhile, a World Health Organisation expert has said […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: If we’re going to copy a health system, let’s copy the best

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 0

If we were to compile a European league of success in handling the Covid crisis there is no doubt that Germany would be up with the best and the UK down near the bottom. The German government moved swiftly to impose a disciplined lockdown whereas Britain’s leaders dithered and dallied, issuing confusing and often contradictory […]

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What a load of bull! Live exports of cattle to Algeria from Kilkenny port cancelled again

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2020 0

A  company’s shipment of 1,200 bulls and bullocks due to sail for North Africa last week but then cancelled and then rescheduled for for this Friday has been cancelled again. In a statement, Roundwood Park Livestock Limited and Premium Livestock said that almost 700 animals available from three suppliers that were due to be shipped […]