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GAA THROW-IN: All the latest local fixtures for the week ahead

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2019 0

Tue 31 Dec Kilkenny Honda Centre Minor C Hurling League (Round: League Final), Venue: TBC, Kilmacow V Blacks and Whites19:30,   Saturday 4th Jan Kilkenny Honda Centre Minor Hurling B League (Round: League Final) Venue: MW Hire, Dunmore, Young Irelands v St Martins 7pm   Duggan Steel Under-15 C Football Championship (Round: Final Replay) Venue: […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: New dawn, new day – but more unsettled weather on the way

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2019 0

The settled weather we’ve enjoyed in recent days is set to continue today and into New Year’s Day. But after that we’ll have to wrap up again as the country is lashed with widespread showers. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said rain is set to cover Kilkenny and the rest of the country on […]

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GARDA WARNING: 15 social media apps that can be used to ‘bully, harass or exploit’ Kilkenny children

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Gardai have provided Kilkenny parents with a list of social media apps that have become increasingly popular with children. While many apps are completely innocent, gardai warn they may be used by some people “to bully, harass or exploit”. A Garda spokesperson said: “Knowledge is power – speak to your children about their mobile usage. […]

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Hero campaigner Vicky tops list of ’10 people who most affected our lives’

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Kilkenny mother-of-two Vicky Phelan has topped a list of ’10 people who most affected our lives’ over the past decade. The hero cervical cancer campaigner was the first person on the list published by the Irish Independent. Headlined ‘The woman who lifted lid on a health scandal’, the Moocoin woman was described as someone who […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

William (Billy) BUTLER Thornback Road, Troyswood William (Billy) Butler (Thornback Rd., Troyswood, Kilkenny) December 28th 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Beloved husband of Pauline and much loved father of Eileen, Mary, Liz, Margaret, John, Brigid, Liam and Bernie. He will be deeply missed by his wife, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren,

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BREAKING: Murder investigation launched after discovery of partially dismembered body in Cork

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Gardai have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a partially dismembered body of a man in Cork. The body was missing the head and one arm and is believed to be that of a middle-aged man. His remains were found in undergrowth in the garden of a derelict house on Boreenmanna Road in […]

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Homeless at Christmas: Kilkenny gardai make festive donation to Good Shepherd Centre

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Big-hearted local gardai did their bit for the local homeless when they dropped into the Good Shepherd Centre in Kilkenny this week with a donation of food and festive treats. Community gardai Lisa Kelly and Matt Kennedy are pictured above at the centre shortly after dropping in the Christmas donation.  A Garda spokesperson said: “The […]

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Radical new laws to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030: report

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

The Government is planning radical new laws to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, according to reports this morning. The Sunday Indpendent has reported that the Minister for Climate Action, Richard Bruton, has instructed his officials to prepare legislation to enforce the ban. It said new legislation will be brought […]

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Public appeal for puppy missing from his home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2019 0

Members of the public have been urged to be on the lookout for this lost puppy. The six-month-old male Jack Russell, who is brown and white with a large brown spot on his right side, has been missing from his home on the Circular Road, Kilkenny since St Stephen’s night. Anyone with information regarding the […]

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Getting the points: number of Kilkenny drivers with penalties on licences revealed

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2019 0

Almost 10,000 Kilkenny drivers had penalty points on their driving licenses this year. New figures released to the TheJournal.ie through a Freedom of Information request reveal a total of 9,822 local drivers had points on their licences on September 30, 2019, making Kilkenny the 15th highest county in the country. Overall, more than half a million […]