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Ban on hare coursing is lifted in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HARE Coursing can resume in Kilkenny after agreement was struck to allow the sport proceed for the 2020 season. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Department of Agriculture said they will allow netting of hares for coursing “on a managed and restricted basis”. In August, all coursing and coursing activity […]

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Kilkenny Credit Unions ready to take on the banks with launch of new current account

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SEVEN Credit Union branches in Kilkenny have signed up to a new customer service they hope will beat the banks at their own game. For the first time ever, full current account services are to be offered to members of the six branches of St Canice’s Credit Union in Kilkenny and St […]

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Kilkenny animal welfare group respond to more than 2,000 incidents a year

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KSPCA) received more than 6,000 calls in the past 12 months, 2,000 of these calls they had to act upon for the animal’s sake. This weekend the KSPCA takes to the streets for one of their main fundraising events of the year, their flag […]

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Kilkenny family successes celebrated at National Women’s Enterprise Day dinner

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S Local Enterprise Office is hosting a dinner to celebrate National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED) and has one of Ireland’s foremost broadcasters as its MC. Dr Ciara Kelly, presenter of Newstalk’s lunchtime show and Irish Independent columnist, will be the event’s host at the Rivercourt Hotel this evening. The theme tonight is

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Kilkenny gardai wheel out new bike security campaign

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai were out in force this week putting the wheels in motion on a new initiative aimed at bicycle security. Blue Bike Kilkenny is an awareness initiative, aimed to educate the public to secure their bicycles when left unattended. This initiative stems from the high level of bicycle theft. Bicycle theft […]

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Kilkenny restaurant is Ireland’s ‘best casual dining experience’

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY has proven itself to be one of Ireland’s leading food destinations yet again, as three local restaurants picked up best in Leinster awards while one was named Ireland’s best. Zuni Restaurant on Kilkenny’s Patrick Street was named Ireland’s best Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year, at the YES Chef Magazine Ireland […]

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The business end – finalists of Kilkenny Chamber Business Awards 2019 revealed

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FIFTY-six innovative companies from across the city and county have been shortlisted for the Kilkenny Chamber Business Awards 2019. More than 150 businesses put themselves forward to be considered for an award this year, and judges have whittled these down to just three short-listed companies per category. There are no fewer than […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Here’s a radical cure for obesity – eat less

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

IRELAND fared badly in a fat report produced by the OECD to mark World Obesity Day. We have one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe, apparently, with one in four adults now classed as obese and one in four children overweight. The problem is the low-level of treatment, according to the Irish Society […]

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Kilkenny man to appear in court over drugs and growhouse discovery

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A Kilkenny man and a Tipperary man are to appear in court in relation to the discovery of a “sophisticated growhouse” operation and an estimated €55,000 worth of drugs on the Kilkenny / Tipperary border. The two men, both in their 40s, were arrested after gardai swooped on the growhouse close to […]

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A cut above! Innovative Kilkenny butchers nominated for three national awards

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN innovative local butchers and artisan producer  has been nominated for three prestigious national awards. Grogan and Brown Artisan Butchers, which has twice been named Craft Butcher Shop of the Year, has now been shortlisted for three Butchery Excellence International Gala Awards for  2019. The Loughboy based business has been nominated for […]