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Kilkenny Dancing Star John Nolan is reunited with partner Mairéad as hit show goes on the road

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Dancing with the Stars champion John Nolan will be reunited with his dance partner Mairéad Farrell as the hugely popular RTÉ programme hits the road for a series of two live shows. John and radio presenter Mairáad will team up for two live stage shows at the INEC in Killarney his November. The Kilkenny superhoofer […]

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REVEALED: Full extent of rural pub closures in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A TOTAL of 34 pubs in Kilkenny city and county have been forced to call time over the past decade. New figures published today reveals the extent of pub closures in Kilkenny since 2005. According to the figures released by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI), one out of every eight […]

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ALERT: Fraudsters targeting Kilkenny householders in new text scam

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FRAUDSTERS are targeting Kilkenny householders as part of a sophisticated new text scam, known as ‘smishing’. Gardai warned people have been receiving scam texts, claiming to be from your bank. It asks people to click a website link asking people to “verify”, “update” or to “reactivate” their account. The text may also ask

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Kilkenny’s Big Phil attacks ‘unelected’ Boris, accuses British PM of ‘gambling’ with peace process

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IRELAND’S EU Commissioner – the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan – has launched the biggest EU broadside yet at new UK leader Boris Johnson, calling him an “unelected” Prime Minister who is “gambling” with the peace process. Mr Hogan attacked the direction the British Government is taking on Brexit and, using a […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Better to get a real job than a useless degree

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

APPRENTICESHIPS are making a comeback, I read. I hope that is true. It would be a victory for common sense and might mark a turning of the tide which has seen degrees and diplomas devised for almost every profession and trade, including my own. It wasn’t always so. My first job was an apprenticeship, although […]

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Kilkenny’s Indian Summer: mercury to rise this weekend as sun breaks through

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY DON’T put the summer clothes away just yet – one last blast of summer is on the way, according to forecaster. Met Éireann says the outlook for the coming days is quite good and temperatures could soar to up to 24 or 25 degrees. Tomorrow and Friday will see the best of […]

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‘This is not Irish dancing’ – Richie Hogan hits out at red card  

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny’s Richie Hogan has spoken out about that red card he received in the All-Ireland final saying it was an “honest challenge” and “absolutely no way a sending-off.” In his first interview since the now infamous incident, the seven-time All-Ireland champion insisted he should never have seen red for his challenge on […]

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EXCLUSIVE: 750 women waiting on consultant gynaecologist appointment in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY THERE are 750 women in Kilkenny waiting for a gynaecology outpatient appointment or waiting on a further appointment after the initial referral. St. Luke’s General Hospital has 425 women waiting for a gynaecology outpatient appointment. A further 336 have been seen by a consultant and referred on for further inpatient care. They […]

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Burglars break into broadband station in Ballyragget

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

BURGLARS broke into a broadband station in Ballyragget before making off with several valuable batteries, KilkennyNow.ie has learned. The theft occurred at the broadband station in Ballyouskill, Ballyragget, sometime between 9pm on Tuesday, August 13 and 10.30pm last Friday. A local Garda spokesperson said the door of the premises “was forced to gain access and […]

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Kilkenny family’s never to be forgotten €10,000 All-Ireland experience

By Kilkenny Now 21st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY family had an All-Ireland experience they will never forget, and only the Cats losing prevented it from being a perfect day. Rob O’Sullivan, his wife Clare and their two kids, Robert (10) and Aoibhinn (6) spent the night before the All-Ireland at a specially created sleep-over in Croke Park stadium […]