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Cats’ clash with Wexford called off as Kilkenny included in new snow-ice warning

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

KILKENNY’S clash with Wexford was called off as the weather conditions worsened today, with Met Éireann including both counties in a new snow-ice warning at lunchtime. The game was called off after the surface at Wexford Park underwent three pitch inspections. Waterford’s clash with Galway and Cork’s match against Tipperary in the National Hurling League […]

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‘Banks as aggressive and arrogant as time of the crash’ – Kilkenny TD tells Taoiseach

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

OUTSPOKEN Kilkenny TD John McGuinness has launched another scathing attack on the banks – accusing them of being “as aggressive and arrogant as the time of the crash”. Deputy McGuinness made the comments directly to Leo Varadkar as the Taoiseach appeared at an Oireachtas Finance Committee hearing this week. The Kilkenny TD said told the […]

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Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kilkenny as Storm Freya hits: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

AFTER the warmest February in decades, the weather is going to take a turn for the worse in Kilkenny and across the country over the coming days. Kilkenny is among 18 counties included in the latest Status Yellow rainfall warning than remains in place until 6pm this evening. And Met Éireann has warned we could […]

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‘Sadly missed’ – young Kilkenny dad killed in road tragedy to be laid to rest on Monday

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2019 0

THE young father-of-one who was tragically killed in a road accident outside Castlecomer will be buried after a funeral mass on Monday. David Boland, who lived in Cloneen, Crettyard, died after his motorbike was involved in a collision with a lorry on the N78 around two miles outside Castlecomer at 11am on Thursday. His remains […]

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Local youth clubs to benefit from €61,386 in new Government funding

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2019 0

YOUTH clubs in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow will benefit from €61,386 in Government funding. The funding represents a 12% increase in funding for the Local Youth Club Grand Scheme for 2019. Welcoming the announcement, Cllr Patrick O’Neill said the increased funding will provide small volunteer-led youth clubs with greater capacity to reach more local young […]

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Brace yourself for a wet and windy weekend: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2019 0

WE’RE in for a wet and windy weekend, Met Éireann has warned. After a dry start to the day in most of Kilkenny and Leinster, rain will move in from the west this evening, turning heavy and persistent for a time. It will also be considerably cooler than the unseasonably warm weather we enjoyed earlier […]

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Kilkenny’s Newpark Hotel scoops three prestigious award nominations

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2019 0

KILKENNY’S Newpark Hotel is in the running for two accolades at the prestigious Irish Hotel Awards for 2019. And to top it off Aidan Kelly, who works in Newpark’s Escape Health Club and Spa has been confirmed as a finalist in this year’s Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards. He has been recognised in the Fitness […]

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Man killed in Castlecomer road tragedy was young father-of-one

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2019 0

THE motorcyclist who died in the road collision near Castlecomer yesterday is a young father-of-one who worked in Glanbia. The victim was named locally as David Boland, a married 30-year-old and father to a young daughter, who lived in Cloneen, Crettyard. His funeral details have not yet been announced. A notice on RIP.ie simply said: […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A papal favourite but it’s not infallible

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2019 0

MOST of us know it as the name of a wine, but Chateauneuf du Pape is also a village near Avignon, the southern French city that housed the papacy when it moved from Rome for much of the fourteenth century. It is a pretty village of stone walls and cobbled streets, spread around the foot […]

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Overcrowding at St Luke’s Hospital among highest in country: INMO figures

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2019 0

THE number of patients left languishing on trolleys at St Luke’s General Hospital rose to 24 yesterday – one of the highest levels of overcrowding in the country. An increasing number of patients are being left without a bed across the country amid fears of a new influx of flu cases. Nationally, a total of […]