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Plans to add 60 more new homes to large development in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 8th June 2021 0

A developer is seeking permission to build 60 more homes to a new estate in Kilkenn city. The application from Glenveagh Homes Ltd comes just weeks after  just weeks after its initial application for 87 homes at the development at Granges Road in Ayrefield was received. In its application, the builder refers to this as […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Slow down minister, we don’t need more speed limits

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2021 0

A push to reduce speed limits on Dublin’s roads to 30km an hour is being backed by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan who also wants the law changed to allow for variable speed limits on motorways. That change is aimed mainly at the M50 and would apply at times of heavy congestion, or very bad weather, […]

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Two men killed in tragic house fire in Kells, Meath

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2020 0

Two men have died in a house fire. The tragedy occured after a blaze ripped through the victims’ home in Kells, Co Meath, at around 3am this morning. Gardaí and emergency services rushed to the scene, but the two men, who were aged in their 40s and 50s, were pronounced dead at the scene. Two […]

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REVEALED: One of world’s wealthiest men buys Kilkenny mansion for €12.6m

By Kilkenny Now 9th January 2020 0

From the Lone Star State to Kilkenny country estate: one of the world’s wealthiest people has bought the stately home that was the most valuable property sale in Ireland of 2019. KilkennyNow.ie has learned Texan billionaire businessman Kelcy Warren has bought Castletown House and Estate, nestled just inside the Kilkenny border close to Carrick-on-Suir, for […]