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Kilkenny’s in for a scorcher of a bank holiday weekend: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2019 0

IT was a pretty miserable start to the week, but we’re in for a scorching Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Met Éireann has forecast temperatures of up to 20C on what is set to be a very Good Friday – and it’s predicted to get even hotter on Saturday and Sunday. Forecaster Liz Walsh said: “As […]

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Kilkenny motorists face more delays as new works get underway in city

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2019 0

MOTORISTS have been warned to expect delays as more road-works get underway in the city from tomorrow. Kilkenny County Council confirmed a traffic plan will be put in place on the Ballybought Street/Golf Links Road area starting from tomorrow. The temporary measures are expected to be in place for up to three weeks. The council […]

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Thug smashes window of Kilkenny city-centre pharmacy in late night attack

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

A VANDAL smashed the front window of a well-known pharmacy in Kilkenny city-centre before fleeing the scene. The window of O’Mahony’s Pharmacy on High Street was shattered in the incident, which occurred sometime between 12.15am and 12.30am on Sunday morning. Gardai were alerted and arrived at the scene a short time later. The person who […]

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Brave Kilkenny couple to wed, ‘in sickness and in health’

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A KILKENNY couple who plan to wed ‘in sickness and in health’ are on a mission to promote organ donation. Elaine Murphy and her fiancé Mark Kavanagh, who is on dialysis for up to nine hours a night as he awaits a kidney transplant, are due to get married in July 2020. […]

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Kilkenny’s net loss: yet another delay in roll-out of National Broadband Plan

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

RURAL parts of Kilkenny still without high speed internet access face another delay before the roll-out of the crisis-plagued National Broadband Plan (NBP). The latest setback came as Communications Minister Richard Bruton confirmed the NBP will not go before Cabinet today. It had been previously suggested by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the matter would be […]

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BREAKING: Entire board of FAI to step down

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

THE entire board of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is to step down. The announcement was made by Sports Minister Shane Ross as it emerged the FAI’s own auditors have notified authorities of potential failures in the company’s accounts. According to reports this evening, Deloitte have filed a notice to the Company Registration Office […]

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St Luke’s Hospital faces threat of new strike action

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

SUPPORT staff at St Luke’s General Hospital – including porters, cleaners, healthcare professionals and security personnel – will be balloted for strike action next strike. The move comes after the country’s largest trade union announced plans to ballot 17,000 hospital support staff in a new dispute over the implementation of pay rises. St Luke’s is […]

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Lights, camera, action! Inistioge named one of Ireland’s ‘Top 25’ movie locations

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

KILKENNY’S picture-postcard village of Inistioge has been named in a new list of Ireland’s ‘Top 25 Movie and TV Locations’. The people of Inistioge are well used to the sight of film crews descending on their pretty village to shoot a wide variety of films, blockbusters and – most recently – the nostalgic Dunnes Stores […]

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Ministerial heavyweights in Joe’s corner as first-time candidate launches election campaign

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

LOCAL candidate Joe Lyons had some ministerial heavyweights in his corner as he launched his election campaign in his hometown of Callan. My Lyons was flanked by local Minister and TD John Paul Phelan and the Minster of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture, Andrew Doyle, as he hosted a large gathering of supporters at Lyons’ […]

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Motorway misery: Kilkenny commuters forced to endure M7 delays until July

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

KILKENNY commuters travelling to and from the capital will have to endure frustrating traffic delays on the M7 well into the summer. An upgrade project on one of the country’s busiest motorway was expected to be completed by the end of this month after an earlier deadline was pushed back. But now Kildare County Council […]