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Government signs off National Broadband Plan, 17,000 Kilkenny homes to get connected

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

The Government has just signed off on the €3 billion National Broadband Plan contract it hopes will bring high-speed broadband to the entire country. Kilkenny is set for a €71 million investment, which will give 17,000 homes in the county the ability to connect to high-speed broadband. With the contracts, signed it is hoped work […]

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Body found in burning car had gunshot wounds

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

The body of a man discovered in a burning car last night had been shot, gardai believe. The grim discovery was made at 8.15pm last night after the local fire brigade put the blaze out. The scene of the fire at Mount Andrew Rise in Lucan was sealed off this morning pending a forensic examination. […]

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One-in-four of all Kilkenny students attend WIT

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

One in four students who go to college from Kilkenny schools go to Waterford Institute of Technology. Feeder School Data from 2018 reveals of the 896 students from Kilkenny that went onto Higher Education Institutions, 229 of them went to WIT. With this in mind, WIT is hosting two open days this week for both […]

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Kilkenny motorists could face €2,000 fine for speeding

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

Kilkenny motorists caught speeding could face increasing fines depending on how fast they were going over the speed limit. Transport Minister Shane Ross is to ask Cabinet to sign off on his revised plans to introduce graduated speeding penalties. Under Minister Ross’s proposals, those caught driving up to 10kphover the limit would get  two penalty points […]

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EUROS: Once more unto the breach: Ireland into the play-offs as they draw with Denmark

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

Ireland’s hopes of qualifying directly for Euro 2020 have been dashed after they failed to beat Denmark tonight in the Aviva Stadium. Despite one of Ireland’s best performances in years, the boys in green could only manage a 1-1 draw in a pulsating atmosphere in Dublin. After battling back to draw level when Matt Doherty […]

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Work on new mortuary unit for South East to get underway in January

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

Work on the new mortuary unit at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) will get underway early in the New Year. Waterford Deputy David Cullinane said the Health Service Executive (HSE) has given the green light for contracts to be signed with a building contractor to carry out the work. Speaking after a meeting between local Oireachtas […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Air and sea search launched for missing Waterford man (50s)

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

A massive sea and air search is underway off the Waterford coast for a man reported missing earlier this morning. A man is his mid-50’s has been missing from Stradbally since earlier today and a search was launched before midday. The Waterford Rescue Helicopter 117, as well as the lifeboats from both Tramore and Bonmahon […]

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Promised land: Two Kilkenny men pick up ‘Farmer of the Year’ awards

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 Post a comment

It was a good night for Kilkenny farming at the annual Farmer of the Year awards, as local farmers picked up two of the six prizes on offer. Dara Walton from Cappagh, Callan, picked up the prize for Beef Farmer of the Year and Julian Hughes from Kells won the Tillage Farmer of the Year […]

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‘Get the vaccine’ – nine confirmed flu deaths in Kilkenny and South East since last year

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

All healthcare workers and people in at-risk groups in Kilkenny are being urged to get the flu vaccine. In a video released this week, the Chief Officer of the HSE’s South East Community Healthcare (SECH) organisation Kate Killeen White re-iterated the message that “if you can’t get the flu, then you can’t spread the flu” […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

Ned (Buddy) HOGAN Grange, Mooncoin Ned (Buddy) Hogan, Grange, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny. Died peacefully in his 90th year on Saturday, 16th November, 2019 at Mooncoin Residental Care Centre. Reposing at Mooncoin Residental Care Centre on Monday, November 18th, from 5.00pm-8.00pm. Funeral Mass at 11.00am on Tuesday, 19th November, in the Church of the Assumption, Mooncoin […]