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Punters back Kilkenny legend to add Glitterball to All-Ireland medal collection

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2020 0

Hurling legend Aidan Fogarty’s energetic performance on the opening episode of this year’s Dancing With The Stars has seen the odds of him taking home the coveted Glitterball improved considerably. The five-times All-Ireland winner and his dance partner Emily Barker scored an impressive 18 points – the second highest on the night – after they pulled

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Green light for 44 new family homes in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has given the go ahead for the construction of 44 new family homes on the outskirts of the city. The new housing development at Rath Ullord, New Orchard, Newtown on the Bonnettsrath Road is an extension of a scheme currently under construction at the same location. Permission was granted to Wexford based […]

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Burglar thrashes Kilkenny home then flees empty-handed

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Gardai are on the lookout for the person who thrashed a family home in county Kilkenny while they were away but stole nothing. The incident occurred at a house on the Gowran road, Paulstown between 10.30am and 9pm on Sunday. The burglar forced their way in through a door at the side of the house. […]

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Kilkenny ambulances make 300km trip to Cork due to A&E crisis

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Ambulances based in Kilkenny had to undertake round-trips of over 300km to respond to emergency calls in Cork over the weekend, as the overcrowding crisis in our hospitals reached previously unseen levels. The emergency crews had to respond to the Cork calls as all the ambulances in that area were delayed at Accident and Emergency […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Gertie DEACON Late of The Sconce, Stephen St., and Evan’s Home, Kilkenny City, Kilkenny Gertie Deacon (late of The Sconce, Stephen St., and Evan’s Home, Kilkenny). January 6th 2020 (peacefully) in the loving care of the staff of St. Mary’s Ward, St. Columba’s Hospital, Thomastown. She will be sadly missed by all her friends who […]

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Drugs, weapons and stolen goods found on man caught fleeing Kilkenny break-in

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Kilkenny gardai have made a significant arrest in relation to crime in the city after catching a man red-handed fleeing a burglary this morning. The man in his 20s was arrested after being caught fleeing the scene of a burglary in on William Street this morning and was then found to be in possession of […]

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Kilkenny-based food giant Glanbia to defend US lawsuit over drink ingredients

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Kilkenny-based food giant Glanbia has been caught up in an international legal row over the food ingredients the compnay allegedly sells to energy drink manufacturers. US company Vitaworks has filed a lawsuit in the US state of Delaware claiming that Glanbia imports tonnes of the supplement taurine into the US from a Chinese producer. Vitaworks […]

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Green light given to new development to house over 200 people in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2020 0

Plans to build homes for more than 200 people have been approved by Kilkenny County Council The new development will see the construction of 40 new family homes on the outskirts of the city. The homes will be built at Tullaroan Road, Loughmacask, Lousybush on the outskirts of the city by Bluelime Homes Limited. The […]

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Gang of five masked men break into house on Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2020 0

Gardai are on the hunt for a burglary gang who could be using fake plates in an effort to avoid detection. A house close to the Kilkenny border was targeted by the gang yesterday morning. The gang of up to five men in a black Audi A4 broke into a house near Mullinahone on the […]

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Revealed: Kilkenny mansion was Ireland’s highest recorded property sale of 2019

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2020 Post a comment

The most valuable property sold in Ireland in 2019 was a palladian country estate in county Kilkenny which fetched a whopping €12,600,000. The sale of Castletown Demesne, which lies just inside Kilkenny’s border on the outskirts of Carrick-on-Suir, was revealed in the official Residential Property Price Register (RPPR) for 2019, released earlier today. The report […]