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KILKENNY WEATHER: Spring sun leaves us basking in glow of splendid self-isolation

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2020 0

The year-high temperatures we’ve basked in over the past two days will drop today, but we can still look forward to a dry weekend with lots of sunny spells from the comfort of our self-induced isolation. Met Éireann has given a largely upbeat forecast for Kilkenny and the rest of the country over the weekend […]

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COVID-19 LATEST: 10 more die as 255 new Coronavirus cases are confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Ten more people have died of the coronavirus as 255 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed tonight. It brings to 1,819 the total number of cases in Ireland. So far the virus has claimed 19 lives in the Republic.  Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan tonight confirmed that 13 of the Covid-19 fatalities are male. […]

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Thieves steal heavy duty cable from Kilkenny depot

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Some 180 meters of heavy-duty communications cable has been stolen from a work depot in county Kilkenny. The heavy cable, which was stored at an Eircom depot in Threecastles, was stolen sometime between 6pm on Friday, March 13 and the morning of Wednesday, March 18. Eircom employees returning to work after St Patrick’s Day noticed […]

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UPDATE: Kilkenny pensioner found dead at home is named locally, man (20s) held on suspicion of murder

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

The pensioner who was found dead at her home in Kilkenny city has been named locally as Ann Butler. The 71-year-old’s remains were discovered at her home in the Maudlin Street area of the city at 6pm yesterday. A man in his late 20s remains in Garda custody where is being detained on suspicion of […]

Opinion

PAUL HOPKINS: Life in the time of coronavirus: A diary of self-imposed isolation

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Bright yellow bandana, and a sandwich tern heading for sea Day 11 in self-imposed isolation I am definitely an ‘extra’ in a Sci-Fi B movie where things are beginning to feel somewhat surreal. Getting stir crazy too, so I head off for a spring walk over the mill and down the playing fields. There’s more […]

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Covid-19: Local Link suspends Kilkenny services, redeploys resources to help vulnerable in rural areas

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Local Link’s Kilkenny evening services on door-to-door routes (DRT) have being suspended with effect. In a statement, the company said these resources will instead be redeployed to the delivery of community support services for passengers who need medical and food supplies within rural areas, in particular the elderly, the vulnerable, and the sick. In line with […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Mary COLEMAN (née Canning) Ballydorgan, Fermoy, Cork/Tullogher, Kilkenny Coleman (nee Canning) Ballydorgan, Fermoy, Co. Cork. 25th March 2020 peacefully at her daughter Liz O’Sullivan’s residence, Glenballyvally, Tullogher, Co. Kilkenny in her 104th year. Mary, predeceased by her husband William, daughters Lena & Esther. Deeply regretted by her loving

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LATEST: Pensioner found at her Kilkenny home may have been dead for some time, man (20s) remains in custody

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Gardai are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination in relation to the discovery of the body of a pensioner found dead at her home in Kilkenny city yesterday evening. The woman’s remains were discovered at a house in the Maudlin Street area of the city at around 6pm yesterday. Gardai believe she may have […]

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Seven horses found running loose in Kilkenny may be put down unless owner comes forward

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Seven horses recovered from land on the outskirts of Kilkenny city may have to be put down if their owners do not come forward within the next week. That’s the message from Kilkenny County Council after it was forced to rescue seven horses that were loose on the outskirts of Kilkenny city over the weekend […]

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Gang steal truckload of timber from county Kilkenny building site

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

A gang of burglars literally lifted the roof off a construction site in Kilkenny in a well-planned and organised heist. The incident happened on a building site at Ballyoden just outside Graiguenamanagh between 5.30pm Monday, March 23 and 8am Tuesday, March 24. Burglars entered the site and took 46 lengths of roofing timbers which included […]