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Kilkenny Greenway gets massive €8m funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 22nd June 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY A NEW 24km-long Kilkenny greenway that is set to transform the south of the county has received a massive €8 million funding boost. The Kilkenny Greenway, which runs along a disused rail-line, will connect Ferrybank in Waterford to New Ross in Wexford, with the vast majority of the route traversing through south […]

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Gardai pull the plug on Kilkenny ‘dodgy-boxes’

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THERE was bad news for Kilkenny users of so called ‘dodgy boxes’ after gardai broke up a multi-million euro racket this week. The unprecedented crackdown on the set-top boxes followed complaints from communication giants Virgin Media, Sky TV and Nagra to the authorities. A Garda spokesperson said: “A significant amount of electronic […]

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Major setback to plans for university campus in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 Post a comment

PLANS for a university campus in Kilkenny city have received a serious setback. It comes after TUI staff members at IT Carlow rejected an agreement that could have paved the way for the long-awaited Technological University for the South East (TUSE). The setback will also delay plans for the National Design Centre and School of […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Turning water into wine spritzers

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

I’M a-going where the water tastes like wine, sang Woody Guthrie. Never been there myself. Sadly, I have been to places where the wine tastes like water, but nobody writes songs about them. Generally speaking, water and wine are best kept apart. They shared top billing at the Wedding Feast of Cana – but they […]

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

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

JUNE is whizzing by us but at least we’re looking nice and dry for tonight and tomorrow! Yes, it’s (finally!) that time of year again, so dust of the sunnies and get yourself off to one of Kilkenny’s fantastic beer gardens to get that summer feeling flowing through your veins. If you are in the […]

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Skyrocketing insurance premiums crippling Kilkenny businesses – TD

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

THE rising cost of insurance is crippling many local businesses, Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward has said. Deputy Aylward made the claim as he tackled Junior Finance Minister Michael D’Arcy, who has responsibility for the insurance sector, on the issue in the Dáil. The Kilkenny TD said the Government must intervene as motorists, home owners and […]

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Kilkenny gardai seize €3,600 of cocaine in raids across city and county

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai seized  €3,600 worth of cocaine during two separate raids on houses in the city and county last night. Three men have been questioned by gardai under suspicion of the sale and supply of drugs. The first of the planned raids took place in Callan at 9.30pm last night. The second […]

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For richer and for poorer: Kilkenny’s highest and lowest earning neighbourhoods revealed

By Kilkenny Now 21st June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE KILKENNY area with the highest average total household income been revealed. The Dunmore area north of the city tops the list with a household median gross income €72,076. That’s according to a new report released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Urlingford came bottom of the list in Kilkenny, recording an average household […]

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Garda investigation after images that claim to show teenagers convicted of Ana Kriegel murder appear online

By Kilkenny Now 20th June 2019 0

A MAJOR Garda investigation is underway after images which claim to show the two teenagers convicted of murdering Ana Kriegel appeared online. Pictures alleging to show Boy A and Boy B have been posted on Facebook and Twitter, and they are also understood to have been shared on messaging apps. Earlier today it emerged the […]

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Kilkenny drivers face on-the-spot fines in crackdown on illegal parking

By Kilkenny Now 20th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THERE are just 50 disabled parking spaces in Kilkenny city and gardai have been told dish out on-the-spot fines if people are parking in them without permits. The warning to drivers comes on the back of numerous complaints received by the gardai regarding illegal parking in disabled bays and loading bays around […]