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Deadly cargo: Lorry with load of huge steel girders held together by fraying straps stopped by Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2020 0

This articulated truck carrying a huge load of steel girders sticking out the back and held only by fraying straps was stopped by gardai in Kilkenny. The vehicle was pulled over by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit and the Road Safety Authority Ireland (RSAI) at a checkpoint recently. A Garda spokesperson said: “The […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Kilkenny braced for more unsettled conditions in aftermath of Storm Dennis

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2020 0

Storm Dennis has passed, but the cold and stormy condtions we’ve endured over the past fortnight are set to continue, Met Éireann has warned. Thousands of homes across the country were left without power yesterday after Dennis swept through the country, felling trees and making driving conditions trecherous in parts. It may come as some […]

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Hunt for hit-and-run driver who struck Kilkenny pedestrian before driving away from the scene

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

A driver struck a local pedestrian while they were out walking in the early hours of this morning before driving off. The incident occurred on the main Callan to Kilkenny Road at Ballymack Cross at around 1.10am. Two male pedestrians were out walking when a car suddenly struck one of them, causing injuries to his […]

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Rich list 2020: Kilkenny-based businessman features in new Top 100

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

The founder of Kilkenny-based Taxback Group has featured in a new list of Ireland’s wealthiest people published today. Terry Clune (47) came in 46th on the list published by the Sunday Independent, with an estimated fortune of €445 million, a significant jump of €40 million in the space of just one year. Mr Clune established […]

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Motorists clocked way over speed limit as Storm Dennis raged

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

Rogue drivers were clocked driving over the legal speed limit on the M9 Motorway even as Storm Dennis made driving conditions trecherous. Gardai the Kilkenny-Carlow division reported a number of motorists driving at excessive speeds in spite of the poor conditions. A local Garda spokesperson urged people to: “Please slow down and expect the unexpected, […]

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Kilkenny snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against Davy Fitzgerald’s Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

There will be more questions than answers after Kilkenny’s two-point loss to Wexford in the National Hurling league – a defeat that seemed almost impossible with 25 minutes to play. This may go down to the changes on the park, and if we have to be bruatally honest, Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald won that battle […]

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Hero Kilkenny campaigner Vicky has her eye on seat in the Seanad

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

Kilkenny cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she wants to become an independent senator. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who published her best-selling memoir Overcoming last September, said she has been thinking of entering politics for some time, but needed to get approval from her doctors. Vicky, who is currently director of literacy development at Waterford

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Kilkenny to benefit from promotion of new sergeants

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2020 0

The Kilkenny/ Carlow Garda Division is set to benefit from the promotion of two of its members to the rank of sergeant. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris made the announcement this week. Both gardai promoted have already taken up their position. In total, 113 garda members nationally were promoted by Commissioner Harris at the end of […]

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Hot Wheels: County Kilkenny fire stations get much-needed new vehicles

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

Two county Kilkenny fire stations have just received delivery of new response vehicles replacing old equipment that had served them so well but are now over 17-years-old. The stations at Callan and Freshford this week had a brand new fire jeep presented to each local service which will now be put to work as front-line […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2020 0

Michael Fitzgerald Knockbrack, Glenmore, Kilkenny Michael Fitzgerald, Knockbrack, Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny, who died on Friday, 14th February 2020, peacefully at University Hospital Waterford, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his parents John and Ellen, brother Monsignor Paul. Michael will be sadly missed by his brother Sean, sisters Jo (O’Shea) and Mai