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Two lucky Kilkenny punters among 30 new Lotto millionaires

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

Two lucky Kilkenny punters were among 30 new millionaires created by the National Lottery last year. On December 7 last the Centra in Mooncoin sold a €6,834,414 winning ticket that forever changed the lives of the winner and their family. Another local punter struck it lucky on February 15 after they landed the Daily Million […]

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Bungling burglar flees empty handed after botched break-in at home in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

A hapless burglar made repeated attempts to break into a home in county Kilkenny before eventually climbing in through the front widow – and then fleeing empty handed. The attempted break-in occurred at a property in the Skehana area of Castlecomer between 7.30pm and 8.20pm last Friday. A Local Garda spokesperson confirmed the would-be burglar […]

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Bus-ted! Gardai patrol new Kilkenny City Bus Service

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai appear to be wheely excited by the city’s new bus service. Officers have been showing a presence on the new coaches to make sure everything is above board for the many passengers using the service since it launched in late December. And our boys in blue were quick to give the new service […]

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ELECTION 2020 SPECIAL: Páidí Manning – Who will be your TDs in 33rd Dáil? We assess the runners and riders in Carlow-Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

The Carlow-Kilkenny constituency is traditionally one of the most conservative in the country, and up until recently it was widely expected to return three Fianna Fáil TDs and two from Fine Gael, with Sinn Féin’s Kathleen losing out. Or so we thought… Now the tide appears to have turned fairly dramatically in Kathleen’s favour following […]

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SPONSORED: Kathleen Funchion TD: ‘I want to help with housing, cut the cost of childcare and peg the pension age’

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Kathleen Funchion sees policy priorities at both ends of the age scale. The Sinn Féin TD wants to peg the State pension age back to 65 and, if re-elected in Carlow-Kilkenny, intends to work for a big reduction in child-care costs. “Sinn Féin wants to reduce childcare costs by up to 66% over a term […]

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Kilkenny bus company to launch 24-hour airport service, 70 new jobs created

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny company has signed a lucrative contract to operate a new 24-hour-a-day Dublin Airport passenger service which will result in the creation of 70 new jobs. Dublin Express, a new venture which will run service to and from the captial’s city centre and the suburbs from Dublin Airport, will be operated by Bernard Kavanagh […]

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Now they’re sucking diesel! Thieves steal fuel from diggers at county Kilkenny site

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Thieves made off with a large haul of diesel after they siphoned the fuel from trench diggers parked at a site in south Kilkenny. The robbery occurred in Tinlough, Kilmacow, sometime in the early hours of last Friday morning. The vehicles were filled with diesel shortly after 4pm the previous day. The next morning it […]

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Top Kilkenny accountancy firm helps secure $400m US takeover deal 

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 Post a comment

A leading Kilkenny accountancy firm has played a key role in the sale of an Irish company to a US-based business, in a deal reported to be worth a whopping $400 million (€362 million). Carrigan O’Dwyer, based on the Dublin Road, acted as auditor and assisted in the sale of DecaWave to California-based Qorvo. The two […]

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POLL SHOCK: Sinn Féin now Ireland’s most popular party, FG slumps to third

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2020 0

Sinn Féin has surged into first place in the general election race with just days to go before voters go to the polls. The party now commands 25% support of the electorate, according to the final Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll of the campaign. It puts Fine Gael back in third place atjust 20%, behind […]

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LAURA WARREN: How to become a lean, clean, eating machine

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2020 0

These days, with so many diets floating around, it can be very confusing for anyone to know which one to choose. And I don’t blame you for falling into the trap of yo-yo diet – we’ve all done it at some point! Like many of you, I really love my food and I am lucky […]