News

MICHAEL WOLSEY: Predicted grades fail the test, so leave the Leaving alone

By Kilkenny Now 19th August 2020 Post a comment

Final year exam results were greeted with dismay and anger in the North, and across Britain, because the marks predicted by teachers for some students had been downgraded. They had been adjusted in line with computer algorithms which took account of how schools performed in previous years and also favoured girls over boys, because girls […]

News

BREAKING: Woman (18) charged with murdering world champion Kilkenny dancer

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2020 0

An 18-year-old woman in Britain has been charged with murdering champion Kilkenny dancer Adrian Murphy and in London last year. Diana Cristea, of Barnet, has been accused of the murder of the hugely popular 43-year-old, who was found dead at an apartment in Battersea, London, last June. Cristea also faces charges connected to the poisoning […]

Business News Sponsored

SPONSORED: Cork Airport – your holiday starts here!

By Kilkenny Now 31st October 2019 0

MORE and more sunseekers and commuters from Kilkenny and across the South East are choosing to fly from Cork Airport. And it’s not hard to see why. Just over a 90-minute drive from Kilkenny, Cork Airport is the fastest growing airport in the country with 10 new routes added over the past 12 months – […]

News

UPDATE: Kilkenny dancer’s killing linked with alleged rape and drugging of another man

By Kilkenny Now 16th June 2019 0

BRITISH police have linked the death of an internationally renowned dancer from Kilkenny with the alleged drugging and rape of another man in London. The body of tragic Adrian Murphy (43), who was a seven times All-Ireland dance champion, was discovered at a block of flats on Lombard Road, Battersea on Tuesday, June 4. Last […]

News

Kilkenny Council must declare a ‘climate emergency’ – Clllr Noonan

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2019 0

GREEN Party councillor Malcolm Noonan has praised the Kilkenny activists who travelled to Dublin to take part in yesterday’s Extinction Rebellion protest in the capital. Cllr Noonan has also supported calls for a “climate emergency” to prepare Kilkenny for a “much changed future”. The Kilkenny councillor, who is also his party’s

News Opinion

MICHAEL WOLSEY: I’m asking our neighbours to do us a favour and vote against the folly of a directly-elected mayor

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2019 0

KEN Livingstone was London’s first directly-elected mayor. Although he loved the job he thought the position should never have been created. “I was always opposed to having a directly elected mayor because it concentrates all the power in one person and there’s a huge potential for corruption,” he told RTÉ. In an interesting interview with […]