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An Bord Pleanála defers mosque decision again

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

AN Bord Pleanála has again deferred its ruling on the proposed mosque in Kilkenny. The planning authority was due to make its ruling on Monday. However An Bord Pleanála this evening confirmed to KilkennyNow.ie that “the board won’t be making a decision” on the development this week. The planning authority could not say when its […]

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Signs of our times: Kilkenny’s rich history comes to life at our City Walls

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

KILKENNY’S City Walls have stood testament to centuries of historic events and countless hidden stories through the ages. But now some of the city’s unique history will be on public view for all to see as two beautiful new signs were unveiled on James Street this week. The colourful bilingual interpretive signs are part of […]

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‘Too hot to handle’ – student entrepeneurs to line out for Kilkenny at Croke Park enterprise finals

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

FIVE teenage entrepreneurs from two local schools will represent Kilkenny at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke Park tomorrow. The Student Enterprise Programme is co-ordinated by the Local Enterprise Offices and involves over 26,000 students from 490 secondary schools every year. In the Junior Category, the students representing Kilkenny at the

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Kilkenny councillor slams Taoiseach’s ‘heartless’ response to shocking mortuary revelations

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor has accused Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of showing “no compassion” to families affected by appalling conditions at the regional hospital’s mortuary. Independent European election candidate Breda Gardner spoke out after the Taoiseach said there wasn’t any evidence to back up the claims made by four senior consultant pathologists at University Hospital

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‘You’ll never see me on a horse again, I’m finished’ – Ruby Walsh retires in style

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

WITH the sound of applause still ringing in his ears, Ruby Walsh removed the saddle from Kemboy and told Willie Mullins, the great Kilkenny trainer, that he was done. “I’m not going out for the next one,” Ruby said after weighing in for the final time. “Racing has been great to me but it doesn’t […]

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BREAKING: Two suspects arrested over vicious attack on taxi driver in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

TWO people have been arrested by gardai investigating the brutal assault on a taxi driver by a group of people who had earlier tried to flag him down in the city-centre. KilkennyNow.ie has learned the pair were arrested and questioned in relation to the unprovoked assault on the 45-year-old victim. A Garda source confirmed the […]

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BREAKING: Tipperary farmer found guilty of murder of love rival

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

TIPPERARY farmer Patrick Quirke has been found guilty of the murder of his love rival Bobby Ryan. The foreman of the jury of six men and six women handed the majority verdict 10-2 to the clerk in the hushed court room this afternoon. The verdict was finally delivered after Judge Eileen Creedon told the jury […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Decline and fall of a newspaper empire

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

THE announcement that Independent News and Media is to be sold to a foreign company created little stir beyond the business pages of the surviving newspapers. None of those papers deemed it the main story of the day and it led no bulletin on radio or television. Twenty years ago – ten, even – there […]

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Overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s Hospital eases, but 28 patients still on trolleys

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

THE overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s General Hospital eased this morning, although 28 patients are still being treated on trolleys at the A&E department and outside wards. Latest figures from Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show there has been a drop of 12 in the numbers left waiting for a bed at St Luke’s […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’ for 2019

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

THE city and county’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’ for 2019 – along with a €50,000 investment fund for winners –  were announced at an awards ceremony hosted by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny last night. The initiative is part a nationwide search launched by Minister Heather Humphreys and Minister Pat Breen to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneurs […]