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Cash stolen from car in Kilkenny as owner was walking

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai are urging the public not to leave personal belongings unattended in cars after another car was broken into and cash taken. Gardai in the city are hunting a thief who broke into a parked car and made off with cash while the owner had gone for a walk. The theft […]

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Global financial giant set to bring 1,500 jobs to the region makes major acquisition

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

A LEADING financial consultancy company intending to bring 1,500 jobs to the region today announced a major acquisition. Woodbrook Group, who last year announced their intention to create 1,500 jobs in and around Waterford, today confirmed it established its first base in the Middle East. Woodbrook, headed up by Waterford man Michael Doherty, bought one […]

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New dating show is looking for Kilkenny singletons – and their parents!

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

YOUNG, single, ready to mingle – with your folks in tow? Well if so, a TV show is looking for people from Kilkenny to join them for a different way of dating – let your parents choose for you! Pulling With My Parents is a  dating show on RTÉ that follows young singles unlucky in […]

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Local charity on track to hit homeless housing target this year

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A LOCAL organisation that houses people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in and around Kilkenny has provided around half of their targetted houses in the first six months of the year. The Good Shepherd Centre,  an organisation that works with homeless men, women, families and those at risk of […]

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Hundreds of Kilkenny folk will link arms to raise funds for Chernobyl projects

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

PEOPLE in Kilkenny will form a human chain this evening to fund essential supplies for Chernobyl children. The chain will form around High Street, Kieran Street & Rose Inn Street at 6 pm this evening. The guests of honour at the event are the 25 Belarusian children currently visiting Kilkenny as part of the Chernobyl […]

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Local MEP’s son gets plum €105,000 job from dad’s political ally

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THE SON of Ireland South MEP, Mick Wallace has been hired by the new MEP’s close associate and party colleague as her European Parliamentary assistant. It has emerged MEP for Dublin, Clare Daly a fellow member of Wallace’s Independents 4 Change party, has hired Wallace’s son Fionn as one of her three […]

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Protesters at Kilkenny greyhound track will call for total ban on the sport

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of animal rights campaigners is to stage a protest in Kilkenny calling for an end to greyhound racing and what they see as animal exploitation. The protest will happen at Kilkenny greyhound stadium before tomorrow’s meet that starts at 8 pm. The protest at the Kilkenny track is the latest […]

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Force to be reckoned with: event celebrates 60th anniversary of women joining gardai

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY GARDAI past and present from the Kilkenny-Carlow division were honoured at a recent event to mark the 60th anniversary of women joining as Garda members. In July 1959 the first 12 women joined An Garda Siochana and were allocated to Pearse Street Station. There are currently 3,780 females making up 27% of […]

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Pedestrian bridge in county Kilkenny town set to be built next year

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A PEDESTRIAN bridge required to safely link a major tourist site in Kilkenny to a town centre could begin construction next summer. The €900,000 Castlecomer Pedestrian Bridge connecting the town centre to the popular Discovery Park is going to the planning stage. The bridge over the River Dinin is required to take […]

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Vandals wreck roof of county Kilkenny building and leave their underwear behind

By Kilkenny Now 17th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY BRAZEN vandals had the bare cheek to leave their underwear behind them after thrashing the roof of a county Kilkenny brass band’s practice rooms. The practice room’s roof of Graiguenamanagh Brass Band, Ireland’s oldest brass band, was ruined in an act of wanton sabotage on Saturday night last. The culprit then left […]