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Revamped Kilkenny Castle Playground to re-open this month: OPW

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE much-anticipated €100,000 revamp of Kilkenny Castle playground is almost complete, and the hugely popular facility is set to finally reopen to the public by the end of this month. The Office of Public Works (OPW) today said they hope the expected good weather over the next week will give them opportunity […]

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Region’s biggest employers urge Kilkenny students to choose career in engineering

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NEW industry group formed by some of the biggest employers in the region wants bright young Kilkenny students to consider a career in engineering. Engineering the South East has been formed to address skills needs, promote careers in engineering and advance engineering in the region. Some of Kilkenny’s large indigenous industries […]

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Kilkenny entrepreneur has eyes on €35,000 prize

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A YOUNG Kilkenny entrepreneur is in with a chance of scooping a €35,000 price after winning the regional round of a prestigious national entrepreneur competition. John Duggan, Director and co-founder of Loanitt Ltd, was announced as the regional winner of the prestigious ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ (IBYE) Best Idea category last week. […]

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Consultant at St Luke’s Hospital failed to get consent before carrying out proceedures on female patients

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

ST Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny is seeking to suspend a senior hospital consultant who failed to obtain consent before carrying out gynaecological work on women patients. The obstetrician at the centre of the case has said he did not feel he needed to obtain consent for “exploratory” tests he carried out on five female […]

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KILKENNY GAA ROUND-UP: All your local results and league tables

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

St Canice’s Credit Union County League Division 1 Wed, 19 Jun, (Round: Round 3), O’Loughlin Gaels W/O Ballyhale Shamrocks  – Thu, 20 Jun, (Round: Round 3), Clara 7-24 Bennettsbridge 0-17 Fri, 21 Jun, (Round: Round 3), James Stephens 0-22 Mullinavat 0-11 (Round: Round 3), Dicksboro 6-20 Erins Own 4-12 County Hurling League Division 2 Fri, […]

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New CCTV cameras to guard Kilkenny WW1 memorial after vandals’ attack

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

MEMBERS of the public are invited to attend a special ceremony at Kilkenny’s World War 1 memorial, which has been fully repaired after it was vandalised earlier this year. CCTV cameras – which are directly linked to the local Garda station – have also been installed at the memorial in a bid to prevent a […]

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Watchdog to get new powers to police harmful content on social media

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 Post a comment

AN Irish regulatory watchdog is set to be given new powers to police harmful video content on the world’s biggest social media platforms. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, which currently regulates Irish commercial radio and television as well as RTE and TG4, will now regulate video content on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in Ireland and […]

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Kilkenny to sizzle this week, but thunderstorms also on the horizon: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

IT was another pretty miserable weekend weather wise, culminating in a rainfall warning for Kilkenny from Met Éireann which was only lifted at 6am this morning. However, the national forecaster says the weather will turn increasingly mild and humid over the coming days and it will also become increasingly unsettled as a warm front moves […]

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Kilkenny teacher to marry future King of England’s best friend

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2019 Post a comment

A KILKENNY teacher is looking forward to a wedding with royal trappings after she said ‘yes’ to the best friend of the future King of England. Lucy Lanigan-O’Keeffe teaches at the school attended by the British Prince George. And the five-year-old royal is expected to be a page boy at the wedding, according to reports […]

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Kilkenny drivers getting the point, speeding convictions plummet

By Kilkenny Now 23rd June 2019 0

SPEEDING convictions have fallen drastically in Kilkenny over the past three years. Newly-release official figures reveal the number of speeding convictions in Kilkenny district court area have plummeted by more than two thirds, from 244 in 2016 to just 73 last year. The huge reduction in local speeding convictions comes against the backdrop of a […]