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‘Their fight continues’ – TD says new adoption tracing law ‘totally at odds’ with wishes of adoptees and mothers in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2022 0

A local TD has hit out at the proposed Birth Information and Tracing Legislation published this week, saying it “is totally at odds with the express wishes of adoptees and mothers, many of whom live here in Kilkenny”.   Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion, who is also Sinn Féin spokesperson on children and Chair of Joint […]

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Well-known Kilkenny city-centre hotel for sale for €5m

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2022 0

A well-known Kilkenny city centre hotel has been put on the market for a price tag of at least €4.8 million. The Kilkenny Inn on Vicar Street is likely to attract a lot of interest from investors as it also has planning permission for a a 66-bedroom extension. The 3-star hotel currently consists of 30 […]

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Trailer thieves target county Kilkenny property

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2022 0

Thieves broke into a yard in county Kilkenny in and made off with a double-axel trailer. Kilkenny gardai confirmed the theft occurred at a property in Lowhill, Ballinakill sometime between Monday, January 3 and Thursday, January 6 A local Garda spokesperson said: “A Tuffmac double axle trailer with mesh sides was taken from a yard […]

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LATEST: Close contact rules relaxed as 20,909 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2022 0

A further 20,909 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 1,055, a drop of seven. Of these, 92 are being treated in ICU. The latest cases come as the Cabinet today approved changes to the isolation […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2022 0

Bernadette EGAN (née Dowling) Dublin Road, Kilkenny City Egan (nee Dowling) (Dublin Road, Kilkenny and late of John Street and Kilmogar, Clara) 10th January 2022, peacefully, at her home, in the presence of her family. Bernadette, beloved wife of the late Michael and much loved mother of Oonagh and Don, sadly missed by her daughter […]

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20,000 new Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in Kilkenny and south east

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2022 0

The number of jobs in Kilkenny and the south east rose by 20,000 in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland last year. The 7% in employment growth locally was welcomed by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan. Deputy Phelan said: “Employment growth in Enterprise Ireland (EI) companies increased by 7% in this region in 2021, a year […]

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Value of average Kilkenny home to rise by €12,000 this year: survey

By Kilkenny Now 12th January 2022 0

The price of the average three-bed semi in county Kilkenny is expected to rise by 5% in the next 12 months, according to a new survey. Three-bed semi-detached homes in the county now cost an average of €240,000, up 15% on the December 2020 average of €208,500, the REA Average House Price Index shows. A […]

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Ladder falls off van roof and hits two cars travelling on Kilkenny motorway

By Kilkenny Now 11th January 2022 0

Motorists driving a busy Kilkenny road had a luck escape after a ladder flew off the roof of a van in front and struck two vehicles coming behind. The incident occurred on the M9 Motorway during bad weather on Monday evening. Gardai confirmed noone was injured in the incident, but a spokesperson warned: “It could […]

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LATEST: Half million people across country may have caught Covid last week – Holohan

By Kilkenny Now 11th January 2022 0

A further 19,290 people have contracted Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And there are now 1,062 people being treated in hospital for the virus, a drop of one since yesterday. Of these, 92 patients are now in ICU, a rise of three. However, these and earlier figures […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 11th January 2022 0

Jerry DUNNE Greenview Avenue, Gowran/Kilkenny City Dunne (Greenview Avenue, Gowran and formerly of Green Street, Kilkenny) 9th January 2022, unexpectedly, at his home. Jerry, beloved husband of Gillian and much loved father of Barry and Kiera, sadly missed by his wife and family, parents Jimmy and Mary Dunne, brothers Alex and Jimmy Jnr, parents-in-law Victor […]