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50 new jobs for Kilkenny as Taoiseach opens new offices in city

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FIFTY new jobs in have been created in Kilkenny after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar officially opened the new offices of a city-based company that has more than 19,000 clients across the country. Mr Varadkar was on hand to cut the ribbon on the new offices of IFAC Ireland, a company that supports and […]

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Major Garda operation in progress in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

A MAJOR garda operation is underway in Kilkenny this morning. The operation took place on the Hebron Road in the city when at least five vehicles containing garda targeted a house within an estate Members of the Kilkenny / Carlow garda and members of the Garda Armed Response Unit are involved in the operation. More […]

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Ballroom of romance: Kilkenny’s Newpark Hotel to host special Wedding Showcase this month

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

EVERYONE wants their wedding to be extra-special. They want a venue with rich experience in the art of wedding planning, where the staff are always attentive and trained to head off problems before they can surface, where they understand what is needed to truly make your big day the most wonderful day of your lives. […]

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ALLTOGETHERNOW: Heavy festival traffic expected in south Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ONE of the biggest music and culture festivals of the year kicks off today just a puck of a sliotar away from Kilkenny. ALLTOGETHERNOW is in its second year, after earning rave reviews from festival-goers for its first incarnation in 2018. Held in the stunning grounds of Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw, the […]

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Weather update: A good start today but will turn showery over the weekend

By Kilkenny Now 2nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY SPELLS of sunshine will be mixed with showers and clouds over the weekend. Temperatures will remain up in the mid-20s today and will be the best weather of the weekend. Festival-goers to Alltogethernow should soak up all the sun they can get today, as the good weather will not be around all […]

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Gardai identify Kilkenny youths they want to question over sex attack on underage girls: Report

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAÍ visited locations in Kilkenny as part of their ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of an underage girl and the sexual assault of two others in Co Wexford over the weekend. Reports in the national press say gardai have identified the young males they wish to question in relation to the […]

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‘We should be afraid of a no-deal Brexit’ – Taoiseach tells launch of new Abbey Quarter

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar visited Kilkenny today to open and launch a number of exciting projects and developments around the city, but the fear of Brexit wasn’t far from his mind. In a speech delivered at the launch of the €100 million Brewhouse development this afternoon, the Taoiseach admitted  Britain crashing out […]

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Kilkenny rally star back in the big league

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’s Craig Breen makes his return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) tonight, as he is set to take on the 2019 Rally of Finland. Breen, the 29-year-old Slievrue native, will sit into his Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC alongside co-driver Paul Nagle for the 307.5km event. It’s Breen’s first WRC start of […]

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Kilkenny and South East most at risk in no-deal Brexit

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY UP TO 100,000 jobs are at risk in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and the South East region is particularly vulnerable. The high reliance on the food and agriculture industry in the South East, the sectors most vulnerable to exposure due to a no-deal scenario, could see the region affected the […]

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Kilkenny garda division set to merge with Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is to be part of a new garda region that will stretch as far north as Meath. The Kilkenny/ Carlow divisional unit is set to double in size as it merges with the Waterford division. In the biggest shake-up of the regional garda structure in years, Kilkenny will become part of […]