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Man with string of convictions arrested after trying to rob charity shop in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 Post a comment

A MAN was arrested after he tried to rob a charity shop in Kilkenny city. The 34-year-old, who is from Kilkenny, entered the shop on upper John Street last Tuesday at around 5.20pm. Seeing the store was empty at the time, he went behind the counter and attempted to open the till. But he was […]

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Maria Bailey compo controversy did swing Kilkenny voters, says FG councillor

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

THE Maria Bailey swing compo scandal did affect Fine Gael in the run-up to the Kilkenny local elections, the party’s local councillor and General Election candidate Patrick O’Neill said today. The Bennettsbridge-based politician was re-elected to Kilkenny County Council after he received 1,399 first preference votes in the Callan-Thomastown electoral area.

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: When Green idealism meets voter hypocrisy

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

THE Green wave was not quite the tsunami RTE’s exit poll had led us to expect. More of a spring tide, really. And that, for the party, could prove a blessing in disguise. It has not been given control of any council nor put in a position where it will have to implement its policies, […]

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CAT LAUGHS CORNER: The dirty dozen Q&A with … Gearóid Farrelly

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

What did you have for breakfast? Porridge. I absolutely hate it but I’ve found a recipe with shredded coconut and almond milk that makes it edible. How much money do you have in your pocket right now? €11 in coins. … Jealous? What’s your favourite memory of Kilkenny? I remember vividly the first time I […]

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Castlecomer GAA girls chosen to take part in new nationwide sports campaign

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

CASTLECOMER Community School students were jumping for joy after the school was confirmed as one of 26 across the country chosen to take part in the LIDL #SeriousSport initiative. The initiative, created in association with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and LIDL, is aimed at showing girls the benefits of playing sport both on and […]

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Network Ireland Kilkenny scoop four regional Businesswoman of the Year awards

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY NETWORK Ireland Kilkenny is celebrating after four of its members emerged as winners in the recent Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Regional Awards. The four will now go forward for National Awards in September at the Celtic Ross Hotel. Ruth Callanan, current President of Network Ireland Kilkenny, had urged members of […]

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DJ CAREY: Hurling in danger of being ‘strangled’ by tactics

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

KILKENNY hurling legend DJ Carey has expressed his disappointment at the lack of exciting contests that the hurling Championship has served up so far. While praising some individual team performances, particularly Tipperary, he said the games themselves have fallen far short of the excitement levels experienced at the same stage last year. And the Gowran […]

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Temperatures to rise to 20C, but more unsettled weather on way: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2019 0

TEMPERATURES in Kilkenny and parts of Leinster will hit highs of up to 20 degrees this week, but our unsettled weather is set to continue over the Bank Holiday weekend. Today is set to be humid but cloudy, with some scattered outbreaks of light rain in Kilkenny and lowest temperatures of between 12 and 13 […]

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Ruff justice – pitiful Pug found wandering alone on M9 taken into custody

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2019 0

THIS cute little Pug puppy was rescued by Kilkenny gardai after he was found wandering alone on the motorway. Officers picked up the distressed dog after he was spotted “making a bid for freedom” on the M9 between the Piltown and Kilkenny exits. The curious canine is currently a guest of Kilkenny Garda Station, but […]

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PÁIDÍ MANNING: Crunching the numbers – where Kilkenny local elections were won and lost

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2019 0

By PÁIDÍ MANNING IN an election where Fine Gael was hammered by the opposition over rural broadband and the Children’s Hospital even before the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy and Maria Bailey put their feet in it (and out of it in Maria’s case), remarkably it was Sinn Féin who fell off the swing. There are […]