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It could be you! €250,000 Lotto ticket sold in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2022 0

One lucky Kilkenny punter is €250,000 richer after they scoopeed the Lotto Plus 2 top prize. The local winner purchased their golden Quick Pick ticket on Friday at Kitty’s Cabin on Rose Inn Street in the city-centre. It comes after another Lotto player in Mayo is Ireland’s largest ever Lotto jackpot winner after winning the […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2022 0

Ena Margaret HAWES  23 Oaklawns, Paulstown, Kilkenny/Bagenalstown, Carlow Una Margaret Hawes has sadly passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny on January 14th 2022. She will be dearly missed and remembered by her daughters Sam and Caroline, her grandchildren Luke, Katie, Megan and Taylor, brothers and sisters and many of her dearest friends and family. […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Kilkenny set for frosty but ‘settled’ week ahead

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2022 0

Kilkenny can look forward to mostly “settled weather” thanks to high pressure this week. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said tioday “will start off with frost and fog”, but it will gradually clear through the morning with sunny spells developing. The forecaster added: “It will become a bit cloudier in the west during the […]

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Stone mad: Lorry stopped in county Kilkenny was ‘danger to other road users’

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2022 0

A lorry piled high with heavy stone was found to be 12,200kg over the legal weight load after the vehicle was stopped by gardai in county Kilkenny. Members of the Kilkenny Raods Policing Unit pulled the four-axel rigid truck over in Ballyragget yesterday. A local Garda spokesperson said: “The vehicle which was carrying stone was […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2022 0

Joseph (Joe) QUIGLEY Rosewood, Kilkenny City Quigley (90 Rosewood, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny and late of Dean Cavanagh Place) 13th January 2022, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Joseph (Joe), predeceased by his parents Liam and Kathleen and brothers Peter and Eoin, sadly missed by his family, brother Aiden, sisters Antoinette, Michelle, Fionna and Grainne, aunts,

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LATEST: Significant drop in Covid cases confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2022 0

The Department of Health has confirmed 10,753 PCR-positive cases and 4,208 antigen tests have been logged through the HSE portal, another considerable drop in cases on previous days. And there has been a slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospital. As of 8am, there were 965 patients with the virus in […]

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Properties owned by Kilkenny Council empty despite housing crisis: report

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2022 0

More than 50 properties owned by Kilkenny County Council are lying empty in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. A report in today’s Sunday Independent reveals there are 4,000 local authority-owned houses or apartments across the country that are currently empty. This national figure includes 58 council properties in Kilkenny city and county. The […]

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Vigil for murdered Ashling in Kilkenny today

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2022 0

A vigil to remember murdered teacher Ashling Murphy will take place in Kilkenny today. The event will take place at Kilkenny Castle at 2pm and is among a series of vigils that have taken place across the country in recent days. It comes as gardai confirmed they have made “significant” progress in their investigation into […]

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BREAKING: Could it be you? Just one winner of rollover €19m Lotto jackpot

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2022 0

There was one winner of tonight’s must-win €19,060,800 lotto jackpot. The jackpot numbers for Saturday night’s National Lottery draw were: 2, 9, 16, 30, 37, 40 with a bonus number of 23. The €1m Lotto Plus 1 jackpot numbers were: 5, 9, 16, 27, 33, 41 (bonus 12). The €250,000 Lotto Plus 2 jackpot numbers were: […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2022 0

Joseph (Joe) QUIGLEY Rosewood, Kilkenny City Quigley (90 Rosewood, Johnswell Road, Kilkenny and late of Dean Cavanagh Place) 13th January 2022, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Joseph (Joe), predeceased by his parents Liam and Kathleen and brothers Peter and Eoin, sadly missed by his family, brother Aiden, sisters Antoinette, Michelle, Fionna and Grainne, aunts,