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Man killed in aircraft crash in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2019 0

SEPARATE investigations have been launched into the tragic death of a man who was killed when his light aircraft crashed in county Kilkenny last night. It is understand the man, who was in his 50s, was on his way to a family birthday party when the aircraft crashed near his home at Gowran Cross at […]

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Armed gardai pounce on man who claimed to have a gun on Kilkenny train

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY PASSENGERS on a Kilkenny-Dublin train were subjected to a terrifying ordeal when a drunk man ran amok onboard claiming to have a gun. The man was arrested by armed gardai on the platform of Heuston Station, Dublin, after he got off the 11.40am train from Kilkenny yesterday. After the Newbridge stop the […]

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Closure of famous pub leaves ‘a void in the cultural life of South Kilkenny’

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A GEM of a rural Kilkenny pub from a bygone era played out its last song and closed its doors for the final time last night. Fittingly, Delaney’s at the Slate Quarries, near the old mining village of Ahenny, had one last session and then locked up. The bar is as famous […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A jug of red with your five a day

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

FEW of us return from a holiday in Spain without having shared at least one jug of sangria. It’s not that the Spanish try to force it on their visitors. They rarely drink the stuff themselves and tend to treat it with the sort of amused contempt we reserve for green beer on St Patrick’s […]

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MARBLE CITY NIGHTS: Sinéad Connolly’s going-out guide to Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

THE sun is splitting the stones so get out and top up on some vitamin D! And if the forecast is as good as they’re making out you may as well stock up on some vitamin B(eer) while basking in the sun in Kilkenny’s finest outdoor venues this weekend. If you fancy cocktails, music, beer […]

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TALKS BREAKTHROUGH: Three-day strike at St Luke’s next week called off

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

THE threatened three-day strike next week by 150 health support staff at St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny has been deferred. Just this lunchtime the Services, Industrial Professional and Technical Union agreed to allow for further talks between unions and Health Service Executive management. The deferral is to allow a full Labour Court hearing to take […]

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Oscar-nominated studio invites world’s leading animators to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE WORLD’S most talented animators and animation producers are being invited to Kilkenny in an effort to get them to locate here. Oscar-nominated animations studio Cartoon Saloon and Lighthouse Studios are holding an open day in the city on Saturday, July 20 as part of a drive to attract rising stars in […]

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New musical director at St Canice’s Cathedral combines role with choral director at Kilkenny College

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY ST CANICE’S Cathedral has announced a new Director of Music. Mr Bartosz Rafal Thiede, a Polish-born Ulster man will combine the role with Choral Director at Kilkenny College. Bartosz Thiede,  known as Bart, attended St. Colman’s College, Newry. In 2013 Bartosz was awarded the sixth form music scholarship to attend Clifton College, […]

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Criminal Assets Bureau carried out 20 investigations in Kilkenny area last year

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) carried out 20 investigations into the proceeds of criminal activity locally last year. Their investigations in the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda division accounted for just two per cent of all CAB probes nationwide in 2018, according to figures published in the elite Garda body’s annual report this week. The […]

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FUN IN THE SUN: Six tips to keep you healthy and happy in the heat

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

BETTER late than never, as they say, and summer is finally here! Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and today promises to be another beautiful day in Kilkenny and throughout most of the country, with temperatures of up to 25 degrees and clear blue skies throughout. With the heat, however, comes […]