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400 sign petition to stop bullfighting coming to Kilkenny on back of spoof article

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY MORE than 300 people have signed a petition asking President Michael D. Higgins and Kilkenny manager Brian Cody to block the construction of a Bullfighting Ring in Kilkenny. The online petition has been created on the campaign website www.change.org asking people to ‘Stop Ireland from Bringing the Cruel Bullfight to Kilkenny, Ireland!’ […]

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Found it! 13th century Kilkenny Castle Gatehouse unearthed by dig team

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THAT didn’t take long! Archeologists working on a dig in the grounds of Kilkenny Castle have already made significant discoveries. Late yesterday afternoon, the dig team came across the bases of the two circular towers with ten-foot thick walls, that held the Castle’s Gatehouse. The reason for the Office of Public Works […]

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Gardai recover €12,000 worth of equipment stolen from local GAA clubs and schools

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A RIDE-ON lawnmower and a horsebox stolen on the Kilkenny border recently were discovered by garda last week in a search in Dublin. KilkennyNow.ie last week reported that rural schools and GAA clubs on the Kilkenny border were being targeted by criminals looking to steal big-ticket items. Last Friday, gardai in Dublin […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Raise a patriotic glass to Paschal Donohoe

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

IN France, Spain or Portugal it is easy to buy a perfectly decent bottle of wine for a fiver or less. In Ireland you can only do this if a supermarket has a struck a deal with the supplier or decided, for some reason of its own, to subsidise the cost. That’s because Irish excise […]

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Kilkenny centre for patients with dementia receives damning health and safety report

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A DESIGNATED centre that provides dementia care for adults in Kilkenny city failed to meet the standards required in the provision of care to its patients, according to a new report. Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Inspectors were not assured that there was “sufficient resources available to ensure care of the […]

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Win or lose, camogie heroes will get open-top bus homecoming

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY will give a big welcome home to our Senior Camogie team, with or without the O’Duffy Cup. The Kilkenny ladies team is in the All-Ireland Camogie final for the fourth year in a row and hopes to regain the cup it last won back in 2016, beating Cork. The Rebellettes turned […]

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Derelict landmark Kilkenny building to give new lease of life to local families

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A FAMOUS but now derelict pub, in the heart of county Kilkenny could give a new lease of life to local families. The Good Shepherd Centre in Kilkenny is looking to build 12 new apartments for homeless families and individuals, on and beside the site of The Red Barn pub in the […]

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Learner driver, nine-times over the limit, arrested during Kilkenny Garda operation

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A LEARNER driver, nine times over the drink driving limit, was arrested after he was stopped at a garda checkpoint in a Kilkenny town. The 39-year-old man was stopped on suspicion of drink driving at a checkpoint in Castlecomer yesterday evening. After taking a breath sample, he was found to be nine […]

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Equine superstars gather in Kilkenny to launch cancer fundraiser

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A VERITABLE galaxy of horse racing superstars galloped into Kilkenny this week to launch an event raising money for new cancer trials and treatments. Ruby Walsh, AP McCoy, Paul Carberry and Charlie Swan joined Joseph O’Brien at his Piltown yard as they prepare for the Pat Smullen Champions Race for Cancer Trials […]

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WEEKEND WEATHER: Could Kilkenny be in for one last blast of summer?

By Kilkenny Now 6th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Don’t put away the shorts and shades just yet as this weekend could give us one last blast of summer with the Sun coming out and the temperatures hitting 21 degrees. Not this morning though, as today will start cloudy with some rain. It will brighten before afternoon bringing sunny spells with […]