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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 […]

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Top of the World: Record breaking Kilkenny athlete Mary FitzGerald wins two gold medals

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2019 0

KILKENNY athlete Mary FitzGerald did her county proud as she took home two gold medals from the 2019 IWAS World Games in UAE. The Callan native and Gowran AC member won gold in the women’s javelin event on day one of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports event. She followed this up with another gold […]

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Hero campaigner Vicky Phelan to lead Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2019 0

CERVICAL cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan will lead the city’s annual St Patrick’s Day Parade next month. The Mooncoin mother-of-two has campaigned tirelessly on behalf of women who have been caught up in the Cervical Check controversy since emerged last year smear tests of 221 women failed to identify abnormalities. Councillor Joe Malone, who is Chairperson […]

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Canine cop helps Kilkenny gardai to sniff out cannabis ‘grow-house’

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

A CRACK canine cop helped Kilkenny gardai to sniff out a cannabis ‘grow-house’ just over the county border in Tipperary. Just over €40,000 worth of cannabis plants were discovered in the raid on the premises in Mallinahone, along with €1,200 of cannabis herb. The planned raid involved members of the Kilkenny Detective Unit backed by […]

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Travel bible National Geographic falls for Kilkenny’s medieval charms

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

SOME of Kilkenny’s best-loved landmarks and businesses have been singled out for praise in a special feature on Ireland’s Ancient East tourism initiative published by the global travel bible National Geographic. The in-depth article identifies Kilkenny as one of 10 towns in the east of the country that are “saturated in stories of the past”. […]

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Kilkenny gardai seize €60,000 of cocaine in separate drug busts in city

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

GARDAI have seized up to €60,000 in separate cocaine busts in the city in less than a week. Yesterday Kilkenny gardai seized €30,000 of cocaine during an intense day-long crackdown on organised criminals which involved up to 80 local and specialist gardai. At least 12 people have been charged with criminal offences. Some are due […]

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UPDATE: 30 arrests, €80k of drugs seized in Garda crackdown on Kilkenny criminals

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

THIRTY people were arrested and €80,000 worth of drugs seized in a major crackdown on Kilkenny criminals involving up to 80 gardai in the city and county today. The arrests and drugs seizures are part of the ongoing Garda Operation Storm investigating organised criminal activity in the Kilkenny area. The high-profile operation involved up to […]

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New animation series created in Kilkenny will be seen by kids all over the world

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2019 0

KILKENNY’S multi Oscar nominated studio Cartoon Saloon has signed a new deal to create a major new animated series that will be broadcast across the world on the global kids’ network Nickelodeon. The series, Dorg Van Dango, is an Ireland-Canada co-production from Cartoon Saloon and DHX Media, in association with Family Channel in Canada and […]