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Kilkenny Council’s ‘lightbulb moment’ shortlisted for national community award

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

A lightbulb moment by Kilkenny County Council staff has been shortlisted for a prestigious national community award. The local authorities ‘Streetlight LED Retrofit Pilot Project’ has been nominated in the Best Energy Smart Initiative at the the All Ireland Community and Council Awards Now in its 14th year, the All Ireland Community and Council Awards, […]

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Burglars ransack home in Kilkenny town while owners were away

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Burglars broke into a county Kilkenny home while the owners were away over the Christmas holidays and ransacked the property. The break-in at the property in Westcourt Demesne, Callan, occurred sometime between Tuesday, December 31 and January 12. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “A window at the rear of the house was forced open. All rooms […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: For every tasty dish there’s a perfect partner

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

I recently enjoyed the company of a woman who owns a wine bar and the chef who works for her. Unsurprisingly, the conversation turned to matching wine to food. It is an unnecessarily complicated business, in my opinion, as well done by trial and error. But their opinions were interesting and here are a few […]

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Detective tells trial murdered Kilkenny woman suffered a ‘violent death’

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

The trial of a man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow mountain has heard “the deceased suffered a violent death”. Kieran Greene (34) of 34 Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor  (nee Cooke) originally from Windgap, county Kilkenny on 29 May, 2017. The Central […]

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Hundreds of Kilkenny teachers to strike over ‘pay discrimination’ in election week

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Hundreds of teachers in Kilkenny are to take part in a one-day strike called in the week running up to the general election. The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has today announced it is to take strike action on Tuesday, February 4 over what they are calling ‘pay discrimination.’ The TUI represents more than 19,000 members […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

Helen (Nellie) BRENNAN (née Donnelly) Loughboy, Kilkenny city Brennan (nee Donnelly) (23 Cypress Grove, Loughboy, Kilkenny) 16th January 2020, peacefully, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Helen (Nellie), pre-deceased by her grandson Jason, beloved mother of Geraldine and Thomas and loving partner of Frank, sadly missed by her family, brothers Jimmy and Peter, sister Ann,

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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge to finally open on January 29

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

The longest bridge in Ireland linking county Kilkenny to county Wexford is to officially open later this month. The announcement comes as huge relief to commuters who have had to deal with close to three years of traffic delays close to the site. The original scheduled opening date was April 2019. The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy […]

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South East 24/7 cardiac care campaign group splits in row over non-political ethos

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

A community advocacy group that has campaigned tirelessly to bring about a 24/7 cardiac care service for Waterford and the South East has come publicly out to stress they remain non-political. A statement released by the South East Patient Advocacy Group (SEPAG) said the group unfortunately splintered and has been sidelined in recent talks about […]

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Kilkenny’s Rivercourt Hotel gets green light to redevelop historic building in city

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

A hotel in the heart of medieval Kilkenny has been given the go ahead for its plans to expand. The Rivercourt Hotel at the bridge on John’s Street will now create a further 19 rooms for the complex between the existing building and the adjoining protected structure, McCourts Townhouse. The hotel will change the layout […]

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Health food company plans new plant for Kilkenny city, but it has a hurdle to jump

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 Post a comment

A highly successful health food company which supplies some of Europe’s largest supermarkets is looking to create a manufacturing facility in Kilkenny creating 20 jobs in the process. Virginia Health Foods has identified a site just outside of Kilkenny city, which they say is the perfect location for their new facility as it fits into […]