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ALERT: Dog snatcher with Kilkenny-reg posing as warden, targeting pets in countdown to Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN posing as a council employee is trying to trick people into handing over their pet dogs. It is understood the dog-napper is targeting the dogs for resale in the countdown to Christmas. Waterford Council has issued a warning about a man in a Kilkenny-registered van approaching dog owners in an […]

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Kilkenny stud makes €5m within hours amid bidding battle between horse world’s ‘Big Two’

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY stud made over €5 million in the space of a few hours from the sale of two yearling colts at the world famous Tattersall’s prestigious Book 1 horse sales. Norelands Stud in Stoneyford sold the horses, one for €3.5 million and the other for €1.6 million, at the Newmarket sales, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Do we want panto politics? On no we don’t!

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

SAMUEL Johnson said of a dog, trained to walk on its hind legs, that “it is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all”. The same might be said of our Government. When Enda Kenny put together this coalition back in 2016 I doubted if it would last a year. […]

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To the Faithful Departed – another Kilkenny legend joins Offaly’s hurling revolution

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

KILKENNY legend Michael Kavanagh has joined former team-mate Michael Fennelly’s management team at Offaly. He will be joined by former Offaly hurler David Kenny and Galway native Johnny Kelly, who has enjoyed much success as a club coach as Fennelly plots the Faithful County’s campaign for the 2020 hurling championship. The four-time All-Star winner won […]

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British Lord forced to move out of €20m Kilkenny mansion given one-week jail term

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A BRITISH Lord who recently lost the right to live in a salubrious Kilkenny estate has found himself at the wrong end of another legal dispute. Lord George Magan, the 73-year-old Conservative peer and former treasurer of the UK Conservative Party, was this week given a jail sentence for being in breach […]

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Dubs up first for Cats: Leinster Hurling Championship 2020 fixtures announced

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY will take on Dublin in the opening round of the 2020 Leinster Hurling Championship. The Leinster Council announced the fixtures this morning and the Cats have possibly the best draw, having the bye week on the third weekend. Kilkenny face Eddie Brennan’s Laois in the second round of matches, then getting […]

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Kilkenny farmer becomes one with nature for sexy charity calendar

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY farmer is getting back to nature in more way than one, by stripping down to what Mother Nature gave him for a risque calendar aiming to raise money for an overseas farming charity. Kilkenny farmer Brian Alcorn has popped up in the Irish Farmers Calendar, 2020 – the annual tongue-in-cheek […]

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Kilkenny charity store manager attacked after confronting gang of young thieves

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of youths attacked a charity store manager in Kilkenny after he confronted them when he caught trying to rob the shop. The shocking incident occurred shortly after a number of youths entered the National Council for the Blind store on Kilkenny’s High Street last Thursday afternoon. The manager of the […]

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Kilkenny’s army barracks to benefit from €37m investment as part of upgrade

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY STEPHENS Barracks in Kilkenny is set to benefit from one of the Government’s largest allocations to the Defence Forces in the history of the state. Brand new training facilities are to be constructed at the city’s barracks as part of a €37 million investment in capital projects designed to upgrade military facilities. […]

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Kilkenny’s Credit Unions remain Ireland’s best customer experience

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S six Credit Unions have come out tops in a survey of people’s customer experience. The Credit Union movement has been named as Ireland’s best customer service for the fifth time in a row in the CXi Ireland Customer Experience (CX) Report and has won the award in each of the years […]