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Let’s get ready to crumble! Kilkenny bakers asked to rise to the occasion and raise some dough for Temple Street children’s hospital

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2020 0

Kilkenny bakers are being asked to rise to the occasion ahead of the this year’s Great Irish Bake for Temple Street which takes place on April 3. Each year Temple Street Foundation – which is part of the Children’s Health Foundation family – holds the Great Irish Bake campaign, to encourage people in Kilkenny and […]

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Kilkenny family return home to find house ransacked and gold and diamond jewellery stolen

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2020 0

Burglars broke into a family home outside a county Kilkenny village while the owners were away and made off with a quantity of expensive jewellery, including a gold watch, a diamond bracelet and three gold rings. The break-in occurred at a house in the Ballinacroney area of Piltown sometime between February 18 and February 21. […]

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‘Political and economic uncertainly’ driving down new car sales in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

New car sales in Kilkenny have dropped by more than 5% year-on-year, new figures reveal. A total of 933 new vehicles were sold in the county in February, according to statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) today. This is a drop on the 983 sales of new cars recorded in […]

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Ruff justice: Canine cop sniffs out €50,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in raids across Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

A canine cop helped to sniff out a huge haul of illegal drugs during a series of planned Garda searches in Kilkenny city last week. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed a number of planned searches were carried out by the Kilkenny-Carlow Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by the Dog Unit, last Tuesday. The operation resulted in […]

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€5k for 5k! Kilkenny youth group gets funding to organise fun run for local kids

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny youth group has been given a €5,000 grant aimed at empowering young people, culminating with a 5k fun-run. Ossory Youth, a youth group located in Kilkenny city, was awarded the funding by VHI to deliver a ‘Run for Fun’ for over 100 young people from under-resourced communities locally with the aim of getting […]

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IN VINO VERITAS: All in a label’s work (Part II) – Morgan Vanderkamer

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

As you peruse a wine list you may find yourself flicking through an endless sea of pages and wines you don’t recognize. As you scan through some of the figures beside certain wines it may leave you begging the question: who would pay such a price for a bottle of wine? In the same breath, […]

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WATCH: Kilkenny teen set for superstardom as Disney releases trailer of new blockbuster

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

It’s all becoming very real for a 15-year-old Kilkenny boy who is just weeks away from global superstardom. Kilkenny teenager Ferdia Shaw will explode onto the big screen as Artemis Fowl this summer. Disney, the company behind the film, this morning released a two-minute trailer of the upcoming blockbuster and let’s just say it doesn’t […]

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GAA ROUND-UP: All the latest local results and tables

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

Kilkenny Citroen Centre Minor A Football Championship Sun, 01 Mar, (Round: Q/Final C), Kilmacow 7-8 O’Loughlin Gaels 1-1   Kilkenny Citroen Centre Minor B Football Championship Sat, 29 Feb, (Round: Q/Final C), Kilmoganny W/O Carrickshock  –   Kilkenny Citroen Centre Minor C Football Championship Sat, 29 Feb, (Round: Q/Final B), Barrow Rangers W/O

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Dancing With The Stars: Kilkenny hurling legend Aidan ‘back in the game’ as Glitterball champ John Nolan crashes out

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

Hurling legend Aidan Fogarty is left flying the flag for Kilkenny on TV’s Dancing with the Stars after John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mary Kennedy crashed out of the show last night. John won the coveted Glitterball last year with TV presenter Mairéad Ronan, but his DWTS journey for 2020 ended after he and […]

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Top Kilkenny company named one of Ireland’s best places to work

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s leading companies has been named one of the best places to work in the coutnry. Taxback Group was listed in the Top 20 list of Ireland’s Best Large Workplace at a gala awards ceremony in Dublin this week. It is the fifth year in a row the Kilkenny-city based company has made […]