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Kilkenny man to appear in court over school playground drugs bust

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY man in his twenties is due to appear in court this afternoon in connection to the seizure of drugs in a school playground in the city. A second male, believed to be a juvenile, was released without charge from Kilkenny Garda Station this morning. A file is being prepared for […]

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‘Wholly inadequate and shocking’ – Kilkenny TD’s response to Minister’s reaction over creche scandal

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY TD and parent has criticised Tusla’s appearance at an Oireachtas Committee discussing the safety of Children in the early years sector. Sinn Féin spokesperson for Children and Youth Affairs Kathleen Funchion TD said the child protection agency’s response to revelations uncovered in an RTÉ Investigates programme is “wholly inadequate and […]

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South East’s Cath Lab to close for 12 weeks

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE ONLY permanent Cath Lab in the South East region is to close down for 12 weeks. University Hospital Waterford’s Cath Lab will close to facilitate maintenance work and equipment upgrade. It is believed the modular lab in UHW’s campus will be open three to five days a week while work is […]

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Five projects receive €40,000 from community grant scheme

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A BREAKDOWN of the €250,000 funding as part of Kilkenny County Council’s Community and Cultural Facilities Capital Grant Scheme has been released Cultural art spaces, playgrounds, sports groups, and scout halls are among the projects benefitting from the funding. Five projects received €40,000, with the other two receiving €30,000 and €20,000 each. […]

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Kilkenny town to benefit from Operation Homesafe

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI will be making house calls in county Kilkenny to advise homeowners on home security. Operation Homesafe, an initiative to make people in rural communities aware of how to keep their homes and belongings safe, will take place in Callan tomorrow evening. Sergeant Ciaran Sheahan is calling to houses in Callan between […]

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Kilkenny earnings are just 75% the national average

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY EARNINGS in Kilkenny are just 75% the national average, while the South East as a whole earns just half the national average. That’s according to a major economic survey focusing on counties in the South East region. The South East Economic Monitor, written by Waterford Institute of Technology academics found people in […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: A light from heaven? Not in my back yard!

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 0

‘A light from heaven,’ was how a woman, born in the 1870s, described the electricity brought to her home by the rural electrification scheme which began in the 1940s and continued for two decades. Her words feature in a very interesting exhibition running at the National Museum of Country Life in Castlebar, Co Mayo. It […]

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Beef farmers demonstrate outside Kilkenny meat plant

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE NATIONWIDE protest over meat prices has come to a Kilkenny meat processing plant. The Beef Plan Movement brought their protest to the gates of Dawn Meats in Grannagh, Co. Kilkenny overnight. The protest plans to hit the wider agricultural industry financially by refusing to go to local co-ops; refusing to sell […]

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Missing Kilkenny based trucker found safe and well

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY based trucker who went missing in the South of France has been found safe and well. Victor Brennan Transport, based in Knocktopher, made the appeal yesterday morning after a driver had not made contact with them since Friday. Rene Champaud, originally from South Africa, made contact last night and is […]

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Kilkenny newspaper and Waterford Senator settle defamation case

By Kilkenny Now 31st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE DEFAMATION case between the company owning a Kilkenny newspaper and a Waterford Senator has been settled. Senator Paudie Coffey brought Iconic Media, owners of the Kilkenny People, to court over an article published in January 2016. In the statement released by solicitor Georgina Robinson on behalf of the Fine Gael Senator, […]