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Kilkenny passport boom: over 5,000 new passports issued locally this year

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2019 0

More than 5,000 new passports were issued to citizens in Kilkenny this year, new figures reveal. Over 900,000 Irish passports were issued in 2019, a new record and a 7% increase on 2018. A total of 5,216 of these were issued in Kilkenny, making it the 17th highest county in terms of the number of […]

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FLU OUTBREAK: Overcrowding chaos as Kilkenny people with virus urged to stay away from hospitals

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2019 0

People suffering from flu symptoms are being urged to stay away from St Luke’s General Hospital and local GP surgeries as it emerged that 18 people have died from the virus so far this year. The earlier than expected onset of the flu season has deepended the overcrowding chaos at hospitals around the country. Health […]

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Noah’s Wish to Walk: Brave boy (5) has a Christmas dream come true

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2019 0

It’s been a Chirtsmas dream come true for a brave little boy who has finally realised his ‘wish to walk’ after a massive fundraising across the South East helped him to undergo life-changing surgery in the US. Noah O’Sullivan (4) was born at just 29 weeks old and diagnosed with a form of cerebral palsy […]

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Cocaine, cannabis and large stash of cash seized in raids in Kilkenny and Carlow during Christmas week

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Gardai from the Kilkenny-Carlow division discovered thousands of euros worth of drugs during separate raids this week. Around €7,000 of cannabis herb was seized after officers swooped on a house in Kilkenny city on Christmas Eve. A man who was arrested at the scene has since been charged with the sale and supply of controlled […]

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600 top jobs up for grabs tomorrow at special Kilkenny Christmas careers fair

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 Post a comment

More than 600 jobs from 20 companies operating locally in Kilkenny city are up for grabs at a major jobs exhibition that it taking place in the city tomorrow. Careers Kilkenny will be of major interest to people from Kilkenny and surrounding counties returning home for Christmas who are thinking of making the move home […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Michael FITZPATRICK Tramore, Waterford/Carlow/Johnstown, Kilkenny Michael Fitzpatrick, Tramore, Co. Waterford, formerly of Borrismore, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, December 25th, 2019, peacefully. Deeply regretted by his brothers, sisters, brothers in law sisters in law, nieces, nephews, relatives and a close circle of friends. Reposing at Doyle’s Funeral Home,

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Kilkenny TD unveils new plan to make it much easier to vote

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Kilkenny TD and Government minister John Paul Phelan today unveiled a series of new proposals to modernise Ireland’s voter registration system. The Ferrybank resident, who is also Minister for Local Government and Electoral Reform, said the new measures about making the registration process “more user-friendly and similar to the way people interact with other

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Mild festive conditions won’t dampen our Christmas spirit

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Apart from patches of rainfall yesterday and last night, the festive period been mostly dry and quite mild for this time of year. And the good news is that conditions will remain predominantly dry and settled in Kilkenny and the South East over the weekend, with just the occasional shower to dampen our Christmas spirits. […]

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Car window smashed as vehicle was parked on Kilkenny city street

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2019 0

A car owner got a nasty surprise when they found the rear window of their vehicle was smashed in while parked on a Kilkenny city street. The incident occurred between midnight and 3am last Sunday, December 21 on Castle Road. A local Garda spokesperson said the car, a white Kia ProCeed, had its rear window […]

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€5 million to make Kilkenny town by-pass safer for pedestrians

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2019 0

More than €5 million has been provided to Kilkenny County Council for a project to make a busy Kilkenny road much safer for pedestrians. The N76 Callan road will see improvements to the pavement on sections of the road between Callan town and Brownstown. The money has been allocated as part of the Transport Infrastructure […]