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Going down – our income and our fertility: CSO figures give fascinating snapshot of Kilkenny lives

By Kilkenny Now 28th February 2019 0

NEW figures released by the Central Statistics Office  (CSO) give a very interesting snapshot of Kilkenny city and county. They show our level of income is lower than average – and so is our fertility rate! They also show that we like to heat our homes with oil (first choice for 55% of Kilkenny households) but have gone right […]

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UPDATE: Woman injured in crash outside Kilkenny city remains in ‘critical condition’

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

A WOMAN who was injured in a serious road collision outside Kilkenny city remains in a critical condition in hospital. The woman, who is in her 60s, was initially taken to St Luke’s General Hospital along with two others after the car they were traveling in collided with a tractor near Cuffesgrange shortly before 9pm […]

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30 arrested in major Garda crackdown on criminals in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

THIRTY people have been arrested for a wide range of criminal activities as part of a major Garda operation involving up to 60 gardai in the Thomastown area today. The arrests are part of the latest Garda Operation Storm – the 30th such crackdown in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division over the past four years. Nineteen […]

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Tipp-top win has punters purring for Cats again

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

KILKENNY’S last-gasp victory over Tipperary on Sunday has put them back in the betting to win the hurling league. Limerick remain 13/8 favourites to top Division One but their defeat by Cork has encouraged punters to put their money on Brian Cody’s team. They have jumped from 14/1 to  7/1. Eoin Murphy’s stunning injury-time free […]

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Olympic hero Kenneth Egan to speak at free mental health seminar in city

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

OLYMPIC boxing hero Kenneth Egan will join Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan at a free Positive Mental Health seminar in the city. The event will take place at the Clubhouse Hotel at 8pm tomorrow and all members of the public are invited to attend. Aside from Egan, guest speakers will include mental health professional, […]

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Kilkenny TD blasts HSE for revealing price of ‘wonder’ drug during negotiations

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

KILKENNY TD Bobby Aylward has hit out at health authorities for publicly revealing the cost of a new ‘wonder’ drug that would allow children born with severe muscle weakness to walk again. Last week the Health Services Executive (HSE) informed patients and the drug company Biogen that it would not sanction the use of the […]

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Chamber Chat: Abbey Quarter chief to give update on landmark city development

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

ABBEY Quarter CEO Jason Clerkin will give a progress update on the landmark development at a Kilkenny Chamber event this evening. Mr Clerkin will give an insight into ongoing works at the city-centre site at this month’s Chamber Chat event, which takes place at the Kilkenny River Court Hotel from 6pm. Kilkenny Chamber said: “Chamber […]

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Kilkenny road closed after serious collision involving car and tractor

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

A SECTION of the Kilkenny to Clonmel road has been temporarily closed off following a serious collision involving a car and a tractor. A woman in her 60s is in a critical condition after in a Dublin hospital after the crash, which occurred four miles outside Kilkenny city between Ballymack and Lime Tree crossroads. It is […]

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Cllr Patrick O’Neill to contest General Election and fight local poll alongside father

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

KILKENNY councillor Patrick O’Neill has been unveiled as Fine Gael’s third candidate in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency to contest the next General Election. And the 31-year-old former Mayor of Kilkenny will battle it out in the looming local elections alongside his father Pat Snr, a former Senator who is a Fine Gael candidate in the Castlecomer […]

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Sun-sational week continues: Kilkenny to bask in 16C temperatures today

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

TODAY’S weather forecast will put a Spring in your step as temperatures rise to up 16 degrees again in Kilkenny and parts of Leinster. Met Éireann said it will be another it will be another dry and unseasonably mild February day, adding: “After early mist clears, good sunshine will develop widely, though low cloud may […]