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Man (60s) killed in horror four-car collision in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2022 0

A man died after he was involved in a four-car collision in county Kilkenny. The horror collision occurred just before 9am at Knockreagh, Callan, this morning. Gardai this evening confirmed the driver of one of the vehicles, a man in his 60s, was taken to Cork University Hospital suffering from serious injuries, but he was […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2022 0

Kathleen (Kitty) BRETT (née Laherty) Foxcover, Cuffesgrange, Kilmanagh Peacefully, in her 97th year, in the wonderful care of the staff at Strathmore Lodge Nursing Home, Callan on Saturday, 16th April 2022. Pre-deceased by her husband Jack and her son-in-law Joe Millea. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by her loving family, her daughters Helen and Margaret, […]

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Kilkenny TD says expanded dental services ‘will end pain and waiting time’

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2022 0

A Kilkenny TD has welcomed new measures to provide expanded dental healthcare services for medical card holders. The announcement by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly clears the way for an expanded Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). Minister Dnnelly also confirmed his commitment to review the scheme to ensure its future viability.     He approved an […]

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Kilkenny communities get €200,000 funding spark to develop electricity grid

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2022 Post a comment

EirGrid, the national electricity grid operator, has awarded more than €200,000 to community groups and not-for-profit organisations in Kilkenny and neighbouing Laois. A total of €204,600 funding has been allocated to the Laois-Kilkenny Reinforcement Project. It is the first of three phases of funding available in the areas adjacent to the project, of a total […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2022 0

Niall COUGHLAN  Rossinan, Mullinavat/Rosbercon Niall passed away, suddenly, on Thursday, at his home in Shanbough, Rosbercon. Brother of the late Mark. Sadly missed by his heartbroken fiancée Louise, his loving parents Danny and Angela, brothers David, Michael, Paul and Daniel, sisters Diana and Denise, Louise’s parents John and Breda & family, aunts, uncles,

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: When a glimpse of stocking was nothing shocking

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2022 0

I was scrolling through television listings when I noticed the BBC was running some of the old St Trinian’s films. Not the 2009 version, with Colin Firth and Talulah Riley, but the originals, with Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole . I vaguely remembered having watched them as a child, maybe a teenager, with […]

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‘Cian would brighten your day’ – moving tributes to Kilkenny teen killed in road tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2022 0

Warm tributes have been paid to the Kilkenny teenager who tragically lost his life in a car crash earlier this wek. Cian Mooney (17), a student at Kildalton College who was from Castlecomer, died after the car in which he was a passenger crashed outside Piltown at around 8pm on Wednesday. Two other young men […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2022 0

Cian MOONEY  Moneenroe, Castlecomer Tragically taken aged 17 years. Cian is survived by his broken hearted parents, Sylvia and Eamon, and his sisters, Beibhinn, Caoimhe, Saidhbh, and Méabh, his grandparents, Eamon and Mary Mooney, and Norman and Dorothy Leeper, his uncles, aunts and cousins. Sadly missed by a wide circle of friends and his classmates. […]

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BANK HOLIDAY WEATHER: Not such a Good Friday in store for Kilkenny as unsettled long weekend forecast

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2022 0

Kilkenny and the south east faces an unsettled Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with wet conditions and temperatures set to drop from Sunday. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said today, Good Friday, will start ‘mostly cloudy with further scattered outbreaks of rain’. But it added; “It will brighten up and become drier through the day […]

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Angry cyclist kicks wing mirror off car during rush hour incident in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2022 0

A man kicked the wing mirror off a car as he cycled through Kilkenny city during busy morning traffic. The incident happened at Upper New Street at around 8.30am on Monday. A local Garda source said a male cyclist kicked the wing mirror off a silver Kia Creed before cycling off. Anyone who witnessed the […]