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The Kilkenny heroes who answered Ireland’s call in our hour of need

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2020 0

By Moya Galvin  As we emerge from our second national lockdown with news of a vaccine, and begin to look towards Christmas, many of us likely feel a sense of relief and hope. Our frontline workers on the other hand, don’t have this privilege, as they have continued to treat COVID-19 patients throughout both lockdowns […]

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Your design for life: Kilkenny people urged to support local craft makers this Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2020 0

Kilkenny people are being urged to support our very talented local craft makers this Christmas. The appeal comes as the Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) launched the winter edition of its #MadeLocal campaign with the message ‘Love What You Give’. Made Local highlights the work of talented craft makers nationwide. The campaign also shines […]

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Small businesses in Kilkenny urged to apply for new local-cost Brexit loans

By Kilkenny Now 23rd November 2020 0

Small businesses in Kilkenny who need help to prepare for Britain’s exit from the Single Market and Customs Union at the end of this year can now apply for low-cost loans of between €5,000 and €25,000. The new Microfinance Ireland (MFI) Brexit Business Loan Scheme was announced by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and […]

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Kilkenny TD demands answers for Mother and Baby Homes abuse victims

By Kilkenny Now 27th October 2020 Post a comment

Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has written to the Data Protection Commissioner to ask if the Government has broken Irish and European law by voting to “seal” the records of victims who suffered abuse in Mother and Baby homes. Deputy Funchion (pictured below), who is Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for children, said: “I have written to the […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,095 new cases of virus as five more deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2020 0

There has been five further coronavirus related deaths as 1,095 new cases of Covid019 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus to 1,835. There are now 45,243 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]

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Leo swings back at Kilkenny’s Big Phil amid war of words over golfgate controversy

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2020 0

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has rejected claims made by former European Commissioner Phil Hogan that he and Taoiseach Micheál Martin subjected the Kilkenny man to a “full-scale attack” over the golfgate controversy. The Fine Gael leader was responding to comments in the Kilkenny People which quoted Mr Hogan as saying he had not “broken any law”. […]