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REVEALED: Kilkenny Council plan to deploy mobile cameras along River Nore to combat illegal dumping

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 Post a comment

THE River Nore is suffering from its highest ever level of illegal dumping, a Kilkenny councillor has claimed. Cllr Patrick O’Neill has called for CCTV to be installed at access points along the river in a bid to combat the growing problem. The Fine Gael Carlow-Kilkenny General Election candidate told KilkennyNow.ie: “The levels of illegal […]

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Kilkenny Rose Helena Hughes living the high life in New York

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

KILKENNY Rose Helena Hughes has been enjoying the high life in New York. Helena and her fellow Roses, along with their escorts, were in the Big Apple over the bank holiday weekend to take part in the St Patrick’s celebrations in the city. The Kilkenny Rose of Tralee Facebook page simply said: “Having the time […]

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Kilkenny councillors set to be given more powers to determine how much property tax we pay

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY councillors are set to be given more powers to decide what levels of property tax to charge homeowners across the city and county. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has signalled the Government will cede more powers to local authorities as part of a series of measures to prevent a massive hike in local property tax (LPT) […]

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Kilkenny Olympian Lucy Dollard wins bronze medal at World Games

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

SPECIAL Olympian Lucy Dollard is bringing a bronze medal home to Kilkenny. The 25-year-old had the third-best throw in the mini-javelin event at the World Games in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. And the young Kilkenny woman (pictured above with her grandmother Maureen Byrne at Dublin Airport last week) also acquitted herself very well in […]

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Kilkenny councillor calls for ‘cow pooh’ fuelled city bus service

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

A KILKENNY councillor has called for a ‘cow pooh’ fuelled city bus service to help combat climate change. Green Party Councillor Malcolm Noonan reiterated a demand to the National Transport Authority (NTA) to reconsider its preferred option of a diesel bus fleet for the expanded Kilkenny City Bus service. He made the call at the […]

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Temperatures to rise to as high as 16C in Kilkenny this week: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

KILKENNY will experience a “very mild” week ahead with highs of up to 16 degrees, according to Met Éireann. Our ‘March of many weathers’ was very much in evidence over the bank holiday weekend as the city and county experienced what could kindly described as a ‘mixed-bag’ of conditions. Much of the county this morning […]

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Kilkenny father who repeatedly raped his young daughter to be sentenced next week

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 Post a comment

A COUNTY Kilkenny father who repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped his young daughter will be sentenced next week. The victim, who was aged between seven and 13 years old at the time of the offences, told the Central Criminal Court her father had abused her so often she could not remember how many times it […]

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A breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes tuck into Billy’s ‘Full Irish’

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 Post a comment

IT was a breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes – and what seemed like half the parish – crammed into Billy’s Tearooms & Shop this morning for a hearty breakfast in the aftermath of the Shamrocks’ emphatic victory in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Final at Croke Park yesterday. The staff and volunteers at […]

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Glanbia CountyLife shortlisted for two customer loyalty awards

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 0

GLANBIA CountryLife’s Loyalty Scheme has been shortlisted in two categories in the prestigious Irish Loyalty Awards 2019. CountryLife has been selected as finalists in the ‘Best Retail (non-food) Loyalty Programme of the Year’ and ‘Best Customer Experience’. In Kilkenny, CountryLife has centres in Ballyhale and Castlecomer. CountryLife’s

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‘It’s surreal’ – Kilkenny’s John Nolan and partner Mairéad waltz their way into final of Dancing with the Stars

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 0

KILKENNY’s John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan have waltzed their way into the final of RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars. It’s a fantastic achievement for John, who also made it through to last year’s finale with his then partner, the comedian and actress Deirdre O’Kane. But the down-to-earth Kilkenny man, as usual, was […]