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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 […]

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Community project to create bespoke benches for South Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

A VISUAL artist is looking for people of all ages – and all sizes – to volunteer for an innovative, if slightly bizarre, local community event. Michelle Browne, and her Bring Your Own Chair team are looking for 47 people to join them for the event at St Mary’s Parish Hall in Slieverue on Wednesday, […]

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JENS KOPKE: ‘The painful inspiration for my award-winning start-up’

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

LYING in the dirt after a big crash, I thought to myself: ‘There has to be a better way!’ Off road motorcycle racing or ‘Motocross’ is a tough, competitive sport. It’s a sport that captured my imagination at the age of seven when I first swung a leg over a KTM 50 automatic motocross bike. […]

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‘Absolutely disgraceful’ – calls for CCTV at local graveyard targeted by litter louts

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 0

A LOCAL and General Election candidate has called for CCTV cameras to be installed at a county Kilkenny cemetery that was targeted by litter louts. There was outrage after pictures circulated on social media showed bags of discarded rubbish dumped outside Paulstown cemetery. The shocking pictures, which were widely shared on the KCLR Facebook page […]

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BREAKING: Man arrested for assaulting Garda in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

A MAN assaulted a Garda as officers attempted to arrest him in Kilkenny city over the Bank Holiday weekend. Gardai confronted the suspect while responding to a call in Hebron Industrial Estate at around 8pm on Saturday. A local Garda source said the man become aggressive after the officers attempted to seize his van. At […]

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Local elderly priest attacked during break-in at parish house

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

AN elderly priest was assaulted after he confronted a man and a woman who broke into the parish house in Ferrybank over the Bank Holiday weekend. Retired parish priest Fr Jim Crotty was left shaken after he foiled the attempted robbery at the Presbytery House on the Ross Road at around 6.50pm on Friday. A […]

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Family fun on the farm – 2,000 enjoy day out at Glanbia event

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

MORE than 2,000 people enjoyed a family day out on the farm of an Avonmore milk supplier where they got a chance to experience first-hand life on a working dairy farm. Consumers were able to learn more about the journey their fresh milk takes from the herds of dairy cows grazing our green pastures to […]

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‘Too little, too late’ – election candidate hits out at Minister Phelan’s €200,000 gender imbalance package

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

AN Independent local election candidate has criticised Minister John Paul Phelan’s recent announcement of a €200,000 package to encourage more women into politics, describing the measures as “too little, too late”. Trish Finegan, who is running in the Callan-Thomastown electoral area, said: “As a female candidate running in a rural area and as an Independent […]

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Clampdown on nursing homes charging elderly patients ‘top-up’ fees

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

NURSING homes in Kilkenny and across the country will have to abide by a new set of rules to protect elderly patients from being charged punitive top-up fees. It comes after a watchdog investigation revealed elderly residents in some nursing homes are being taken advantage of. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) today launched […]

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Major road outside Kilkenny city closed for two days as ‘urgent tree pruning’ works get underway

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2019 0

ONE of the main roads leading into Kilkenny city will be closed to traffic tomorrow and Thursday as “urgent tree pruning works” get underway. Kilkenny County Council has confirmed the R700 Kilkenny to Bennettsbridge road will be closed to traffic, from the Kilkenny Ring Road Roundabout to the Annamult Road in Bennesttsbridge, from 9.30am to […]