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No room at the Plough-Inn! RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy takes refuge in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th September 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny tourism sectors has received an unexpected boost from this year’s ploughing championship, with most hotels and B&Bs booked out, with those remaining charging up to 60% more than normal for a mid-week room. So hard to find is accommodation close to the ploughing site in Carlow that Ryan Tubridy and his […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Two-thirds of Kilkenny patients waiting year or more to see neurologist at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 17th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY OVER half the people in Kilkenny waiting to see a consultant neurologist for an outpatient appointment in St Luke’s General Hospital are waiting up to 18 months or more. KilkennyNow.ie has discovered that two-thirds of the patients with an appointment to see a consultant neurologist are waiting up to a year or […]

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Kilkenny Council approves plan to provide housing for 66 local Traveller families

By Kilkenny Now 17th September 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN MORE than 60 local Traveller families will be provided with housing after Kilkenny County Council approved a new accommodation programme. Councillors formally adopted the programme at the September meeting of the county council. A council spokesperson said the new programme would meet the housing needs of the local travelling community “over the […]

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Kilkenny homeowners hit with huge property tax hike, Council get €1m windfall

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY homeowners will be hit with a significant increase in property tax next year after local  councillors approved a 15% hike this evening. The tax increase will boost Kilkenny County Council’s coffers by €1,125,000 next year. This hike was confirmed this afternoon after a majority of councillors voted in favour of the […]

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‘You’ve won a prize!’- fraudsters target Kilkenny people in new text scam

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN Post and the gardai have warned Kilkenny people to watch out for a new text scam. The latest scam involved fraudsters contacting people via their mobile phone claiming to be from An Post, informing them they have won a prize. The message, which claims to be from An Post, asks people […]

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Kilkenny group that works with elderly gets €60,000 funding

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY sports initiative that helps the elderly remain active has been granted nearly €60,000 as part of a programme aimed at bringing care back to the home. Kilkenny Recreational and Sports Partnership (KRSP) received €58,714 through the Sláintecare Integration Fund for its ‘Active for Life’ programme. The highly successful county-wide programme […]

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PLOUGH ON! Our complete guide to the 2019 National Ploughing Championships

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY UP to 250,000 people are expected to descend upon a small village in neighbouring Carlow this week, for Europe’s largest agricultural show. The National Ploughing Championships takes place this year in Ballintrane, Fenagh, county Carlow. Now in its 88th edition, organisers say the event could top the records crowds seen last year […]

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4,000 Kilkenny patients now on waiting lists to see consultant at St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY 4,000 people in Kilkenny are waiting to see a consultant for an outpatient appointment at St Luke’s General Hospital, new figures reveal. And over 600 people have been waiting a year or more to get an appointment with a consultant at our local hospital. The figures emerged from the monthly National […]

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Kilkenny gardai probe bizarre case of criminal damage

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

A COUNTY Kilkenny business owner was left perplexed after he arrived at his premises to discover a side window on one of his vehicles had been carefully removed and placed directly in front of it. The bizarre incident occurred at the premises in Maddockstown sometime between 7.30pm last Wednesday and 8.30am the next morning. A […]

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Man airlifted to hospital after horror crash in south Kilkenny has died

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2019 0

A MAN who was suffered horrific injuries in a road accident in south Kilkenny earlier this month has died. The crash occurred on the M25 near Glenmore on September 2. The victim was airlifted to from the scene and taken to University Hospital Waterford (UHW). However, the man, who is from Co Wexford, died from […]