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Controversial TD Dara Murphy steps down

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

Controversial TD Dara Murphy has resigned his seat following criticism over his Dail attendance. The announcement comes just over 12 hours since the TD for Cork North Central voted confidence in Housing Minster Eoghan Murphy, which the Government won by just three votes. Mr Murphy’s resignation was was announced in the Dáil this morning by Leas-Cheann Comhairle Pat

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Christmas election averted as Government narrowly survives Dáil vote

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

A Christmas general election has been averated after the Government scraped through a Dáil vote of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy last night. The Fine-Gael minority Government narrowly won the vote with the support of a handful of Independent TDs. Opposition TDs were scathing in their criticism of Fine Gael’s record on tackling […]

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Lust for life: Kilkenny activity and tourism projects share €82,000 windfall

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

A windfall of more than €82,000 will be shared between five Kilkenny projects aimed at getting people out and while targeting tourism to their areas. The funding is part of the Government’s 2019 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, which will see €1.8 million shared by 109 projects nationwide. Activity tourism is becoming hugely important to the […]

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LAURA WARREN: Give your Christmas a healthy lift-off

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

‘Tis the season to be jolly … and – in many cases – a time to indulge in a bit of food folly! We all know the feeling. After another bloody slog of a year with work, family and other stresses, we can often find ourselves struggling over the finish line in the final countdown […]

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What a pane! Vandal shatters front window of well-known Kilkenny city store

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Gardai are hunting for a vandal who caused extensive damage to the front of a popular store in Kilkenny city-centre. The main window of the Hurley Depot was smashed in the early hours of Monday morning, causing over €1,000 worth of damage. As a result, the store has been forced to put its plans for […]

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CervicalCheck scandal: 12 women given incorrect test results have since died

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

The controversial CervicalCheck programme missed opportunities to prevent or diagnose cancer earlier in 159 women, 12 of whom have since died, an independent review has found. The report by the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) found that one-in-three of the women who were tested received the wrong smear results. In May 2018 […]

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‘Most young people in Kilkenny can only dream of owning their own home’ – TD unveils plan to combat housing crisis

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Kilkenny County Council must be given back the power – and the resources – to tackle our deepening housing crisis, a local TD has claimed. Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out as she today unveiled a basic three-step plan to combat the chronic shortage of social and affordable housing in Kilkenny and Carlow. The Sinn Féin […]

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Waterford man lands the top job in Irish soccer

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Waterford man Paul Cooke now has the biggest job in Irish soccer. The crisis-hit FAI turned to the former newspaper executive to lead the association, just one day after John Foley dramatically announced he would not be taking up the reins as interim CEO. Mr Foley had been lined up to take over from Noel […]

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Worrying increase in sex crimes reported to Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

There has been an increase in the number of sex crimes reported in the Kilkenny Garda Division in the first six months of 2019. New figures revealed in the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) report on recorded crime detection, shows 47 cases were reported to local gardai in the first six months of 2019, up […]

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‘It was like waiting for a grenade to go off every Christmas’ – surge in calls from domestic violence victims

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

A group that helps victims of domestic violence to escape their home hell has reported a huge rise in pleas for help from desperate women and men in the countdown to Christmas. Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland (SDVII) said it is already on course to record its busiest ever Christmas after it was inundated with […]