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BREAKING: Terrified woman woken by burglar in her county Kilkenny home

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

A WOMAN was left shaken after a burglar broke into her county Kilkenny home in the middle of the night. The break-in occurred at a house in Kerr’s Cross, Moneenroe, Castlecomer, in the early hours of Monday morning. Kilkenny gardai said the owner of the house was woken by the  sound of somebody “rummaging through […]

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History made in Callan as All-Ireland football champs Dublin take on Cork in challenge match

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

HISTORY was made in Callan yesterday evening as the county Kilkenny town played host to a ‘secret’ challenge match between All-Ireland football champions Dublin and their Cork rivals. The game, which took place yesterday evening at John Locke Park, was largely kept under wraps. And the so-called ‘friendly’ was an extremely competitive affair

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Kilkenny family quit Greenfield Farm project to return to ‘day-to-day’ farming

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

GLANBIA has confirmed the owners of Greenfield Farm project have decided to withdraw from the county Kilkenny project. In a statement, the company said it “fully respects” the decision of the Phelan family to return to day-to-day farming on the land near Clara. The Board of Glanbia Ireland said it believed the Greenfield Farm project […]

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‘Time to put real power back in the hands of our local authority’ – councillor

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council and other local authorities must be given far greater powers in order to tackle the deepening housing crisis and to take a lead on climate action. That’s according to Kilkenny city councillor Malcolm Noonan, who claimed that the abolition of town and Borough councils has been “an abject failure”. Cllr Noonan, who […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny to get €68m to deliver broadband into every home, business and farm in county

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

KILKENNY will receive €68 million in Government funding to deliver high-speed broadband to every home, business and farm in the country. The National Broadband Plan announced by the Government is the single largest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification. The Government has come under fire over the final bill of the rural broadband plan […]

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Late Kilkenny businessman made €50,000 donation towards local playground

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise funds for the Piltown playground project. It has emerged the late local businessman John O’Shea, the owner of Iverk Produce, made a €50,000 donation towards the project before his death. Mr O’Shea’s incredibly generous donation brings to €125,000 the total amount of money that has been […]

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Bring a brolly if you’re venturing out today – Kilkenny’s in for a wet one!

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

DON’T forget your umbrella if you’re venturing out this afternoon – Met Éireann has forecast heavy showers for Kilkenny and the rest Leinster as temperatures drop to unseasonably low levels. Any hopes that summer had arrived were washed away in the rain yesterday as the mercury levels dropped throughout the country. And despite a bright […]

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Teenage booze thief busted by gardai in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

A BOOZE thief was busted by gardai after he stole a quantity of alcohol from two premises. The thefts occurred in Kilkenny city over the Bank Holiday weekend. Kilkenny gardai confirmed a 19-year-old male was arrested on Monday in connection with two separate incidents in the city. He was taken to Kilkenny Garda Station for […]

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Vulture fund victim slept in a jeep in Kilkenny TD John McGuinness’ back yard

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has told how he allowed an elderly farmer to sleep in a jeep in his yard for a number of days because his home was being repossessed. Deputy McGuinness, who has regularly criticised banks for selling distressed loans to vulture funds, revealed the man called to him looking for help […]

Opinion

MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Abandon this broadband plan before it bankrupts us all’

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 Post a comment

IF you choose to live in the centre of a city there are some problems you will have to contend with. It will be noisy, possibly by night as well as day. If you own a car, you will have trouble parking. You will trip over tourists every time you leave the house. And when […]