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Man who died in Comeragh Mountains fall worked as psychiatrist in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE man who died from his injuries following a fall in the Comeragh Mountains yesterday worked as a psychiatrist in St Luke’s General Hospital. Seamus Sweeney, 40, was a practicing psychiatrist at the Kilkenny hospital. He is originally from Dublin and was living with his wife and family in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. […]

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Cash those chips! Kilkenny woman scoops €200,000 windfall from scratch card in her local takeaway

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

A KILKENNY woman scooped an incredible €20,000 windfall on a National Lottery scratch card as she waited in line for a bag of chips at her local take-away. The woman, who wishes to keep her win private, admitted she is “absolutely dumbfounded” with the win on an All Cash Spectacular scratch card. She now plans […]

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Near 20% increase in Kilkenny homeless since start of the year

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By Colin Bartley THE amount of people homeless or living in emergency accommodation in Kilkenny continues to rise. Homelessness in Kilkenny city and county has increased by 18% since the turn of the year. And this trend is set to continue if a solution to the private rental market shortage in Kilkenny isn’t addressed according […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: See what’s in store for Kilkenny this week

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE weather in Kilkenny this week will be pretty good for the most part, but those showers just won’t go away. Today will be cloudy mainly with a good chance of showers. It will be breezy with winds up to 30kph. It won’t be warm though temperatures of just 15 to 17 […]

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More heartbreak for Cats as brave Kilkenny lose third All-Ireland final in a row

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY fell to a six-point loss in today’s All-Ireland Camogie final, consigning the Cats to their third final loss in a row. The Cats can have no real complaints, having been behind all game and by as much as seven points at times. Galway seemed to get their match-ups better than Kilkenny […]

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Kilkenny’s ‘Reign of Terror’ has ended – unless a new insurer is found

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN EVENT which attracted people from all over the world to county Kilkenny has been cancelled for the second year running due to rocketing insurance cover. The ‘Reign of Terror’ mud run, held in Kells for two years from 2016, this week confirmed it has been forced to cancel this year’s event […]

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Plans for new development of 35 homes in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY PLAN for a development of 35 new homes have been resubmitted to Kilkenny County Council. The Cois na Bearu development in Graiguenamanagh would create homes for more than 130 people. Corestone 4 Ltd has resubmitted the planning application to the council for the construction of the houses on the northern outskirts of […]

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‘It’s still a man’s world in Leinster House’ – Kilkenny TD hits out at ‘zero family friendly practices’ in Dail Eireann

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN CLAIMS from political parties that they are encouraging more female participation in politics are just “waffle” and the entire system in Leinster House puts women at a huge disadvantage, a TD and young mother has claimed. Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion was overjoyed when she was propelled into the Dáil following her breakthrough […]

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Plans for large three-storey Airbnb complex beside Kilkenny’s Rothe House

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council has received a planning application for an Airbnb style development to be built right beside one of our most historical medieval buildings. The application proposes to build a three-storey building adjacent to the 17th-century merchant’s house and popular Kilkenny city tourist attraction, Rothe House. Martin Gittens, who made

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Cats fluid forwards will see Kilkenny claw back O’Duffy Cup

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S ladies will be aiming to lift the O’Duffy Cup for a 15th time as they take on Galway in the All-Ireland Camogie final tomorrow. And the girls will be looking to avoid a three in a row, having lost the last two finals narrowly to Cork. For the first time since the […]