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39 people who froze to death in lorry container were Chinese nationals: reports

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

THE 39 people who forze to death in the back of a lorry in the UK are reported to have been Chinese nationals. Gardai, who have been working closely with the UK authorities regarding the horrific event, said there is no evidence that an Irish people trafficking gang was involved. They also confirmed the truck […]

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Up-and-coming Kilkenny writers to be mentored by Ireland’s best authors

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO Kilkenny writers with the potential to create great works of literature have been selected to receive professional mentoring. Local writers Orla Mackey and Billy Fenton have been selected by Words Ireland to receive professional mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice. Just 21 writers […]

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Matter of fact: project teaches Kilkenny students to source historic documents

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A WORKSHOP for  Kilkenny’s Leaving Certificate students, demonstrating how to use primary sources for history projects, is being rolled out around the county. Kilkenny Library has enlisted the help of Finbar Dwyer, creator of the highly informative and popular “Irish History Podcast” to deliver the workshops. Being run as part of the […]

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Kilkenny used to showcase Ireland to US travel agents

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is at the centre of a campaign trying to attract high-end American travellers to Ireland. People from 11 of the US’s top travel agencies are visiting Kilkenny this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, to experience the most luxurious and best of Irish tourism. They’re all members of […]

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Thieves flee with cash after spate of break-ins in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai are investigating whether two break-ins, just metres from each other and around the same time, were carried out by the same people. Early Tuesday morning, two premises on the Castle Road in Kilkenny were broken into. In both incidents, the burglars forced their way into the buildings, before making off […]

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Ed Sheeran lines up young Kilkenny master to train his horses

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

MAYBE he is mistaking the “Castle on the Hill” for Owning Hill in Kilkenny, or maybe he just likes the shape of … (erm)them. It is being reported today that Ed Sheeran, one of the world’s highest-earning and most famous musicians, is about to embark on a career as a racehorse owner, and he is […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Enjoy the treat, that’s the trick

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

IT was the first week in October and some neighbours had decorated their homes for Halloween. “They never used to put up the decorations so early,” said my daughter. They never used to put up the decorations at all, I thought, although I didn’t say so, not wanting to attract the sort of look that […]

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Kilkenny eight time All-Ireland winner’s new book on battles on the field, battlefields and his secret battles

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY EIGHT-TIME All-Ireland winner Eoin Larkin is preparing to launch his biography, just days before he launches into another tilt at a county championship. Eoin Larkin will line out for James Stephen’s against Ballyhale Shamrocks in the County Senior Hurling Final this Sunday. This evening his boss for all of those All-Ireland wins, […]

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Man (67) jailed for sexually assaulting boys in Kilkenny pleads guilty to new charges

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

A FORMER scout leader jailed in 2015 for indecently assaulting boys in Kilkenny has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three more boys. David O’Brien (67), received a four-and-a-half jail sentence in 2015 when he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of indecently assaulting six boys in Kilkenny, Dublin and Cork in the late 1970s. Yesterday Mr […]

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Ireland’s leading rural sustainability and business event comes to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 23rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN EXHIBITION highlighting the opportunities available from rural sustainability is being held in Kilkenny this week. The Energy and Rural Business Show Ireland (ERBI) is an event for the agricultural and rural communities of Ireland, providing in depth information and guidance on renewable energy generation and use, environmental best practice and other