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Kilkenny brides-to-be to flock to Cillín Hill for South East’s biggest wedding expo

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

BRIDES-TO-BE will flock to The Hub in Cillín Hill on Sunday as the South East’s largest wedding fair gets underway. Beat 102-103’s The Wedding Day will play host to more than 70 suppliers across a 17,060 square foot exhibition hall. Organisers said the wedding expo will cover “every conceivable facet of your special day”. They […]

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‘I was very ill’ – hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan suffers serious health setback

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

CERVICAL cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has announced she has to step back from her advocacy work after she suffered a serious setback to her health. Last week it was announced that the mother-of-two, who is from Mooncoin, will be the Grand Marshal in Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day parade next month. Addressing her followers on social […]

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BREAKING: ‘I had to put security on my office in Kilkenny’ – Minister John Paul Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

MINISTER and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has revealed how he had to take security measures at his constituency office in Thomastown after it was targeted by pro-life activists. Speaking on RTÉ’s Late Debate last night, Deputy Phelan said he had always operated a “walk-in” office in the South Kilkenny town that was open to […]

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Roll up, roll up – the circus is coming to town!

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

ONE of the world’s greatest circus acts is coming back to Kilkenny. The St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny committee has confirmed the internationally-renowned North family are bringing their circus back to the city over the March bank holiday weekend. It will be North’s seventh St Patrick’s weekend in Kilkenny. The circus will be open at the […]

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Three-of-a-kind: Gardai hunt trio who made off with takings from Kilkenny pub’s poker machine

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

THREE opportunistic thieves literally hit the jackpot after they broke the lock on a poker machine in one of Kilkenny’s best-known pubs before pocketing the money and scarpering out of the premises. While the chips may be down at the John Street premises, Kilkenny gardai are not bluffing when they say they will do everything […]

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Burglars stole two TVs after ransacking Kilkenny family home

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

HEARTLESS thieves stole two TVs after ransacking a home in Kilkenny city while the owners were away. The owners got a nasty surprise when they returned to their home on Pearse Street on Sunday morning. The interior of the house had been turned inside out by burglars looking for valuables, who eventually made off with […]

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Kilkenny woman follows friend’s Winning Streak and scoops €38,000 live on TV

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 24

A KILKENNY woman who only bought a Winning Streak scratch card because she heard her friend was to appear on the TV show has ended up scooping €38,000 on the same programme. And Rita Ronan, who is now living in Foxrock, south Dublin, ended up winning €18,000 more than her pal, Anne Murphy from Kinsale […]

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‘Help me fight for a better Kilkenny’ – PBP candidate Stephanie Hanlon launches election campaign

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

PEOPLE Before Profit’s Kilkenny city candidate in May’s local elections has urged young people of all backgrounds to come and meet her in person tomorrow evening at an event to discuss her work and plans for the future. Stephanie Hanlon will host the ‘Meet the Candidate’ event at the Clubhouse Hotel at 7pm tomorrow. Ms […]

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It could be you two! Kilkenny’s €1m Lotto winning store strikes it lucky again

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2019 0

KILKENNY’S €1 million Lotto winning shop has done it again! The Londis Callan Co-Op shop sold a €2,000 winning ticket to a second punter – on the same day one lucky person purchased the €1 million ticket that is the talk of the town. Store manager Stephen Walsh also revealed today that rumours are circulating […]

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€100,000 prize up for grabs in exciting new search for ‘Kilkenny’s Energy Town’

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2019 0

KILKENNY is leading the way in a new nationwide sustainable and renewable energy competition with a €100,000 plus prize fund up for grabs. And the organisers are hopeful the exciting initiative will catch on not, just in Ireland, but also on the international stage. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership has teamed up with the internationally-renowned and locally […]