Business

Blooming great: Hospice Sunflower Day in Kilkenny goes online

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2020 0

The national Hospice Sunflower Day in Kilkenny is going online as on-street collection can no longer take place due to Covid-19. The annual fundraising event is run by Together for Hospice, The National Hospice Movement and is a vital source of funding for hospices, with nearly €800,000 raised nationally last year. This year also marks […]

News What's On

‘Masculinity from start to finish’ – Kilkenny’s DWTS stars safely through to another week

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2020 0

Kilkenny’s duo of hot-steppers are safely through to another week on Dancing with the Stars after both avoided the dreaded dance off. Mary Kennedy and her Kilkenny professional dance partner John Edward Nolan had their “best dance so far,” while Aidan ‘Taggy’ Fogarty’s performance with partner Emily Barker was an “explosion of expression,” according to […]

News What's On

Kilkenny stars ‘lit up the floor’ on DWTS and will dance another week

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2020 0

Both Kilkenny’s Dancing with the Stars contestants live to jive another day with the two of them safely through to next week’s show. Aidan (Taggy) Fogarty and his partner Emily Barker were one of the best on the night again and comfortably sauntered through to next week. Mary Kennedy and Kilkenny’s John Edward Nolan were […]

News

Now that’s cool: Aidan and Emily warm up judges with Tango from Frozen II

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

Kilkenny legend Aidan Fogarty is through the next round of Dancing With The Stars after some more quick-stepping on the dance floor last night. The five-times All-Ireland winner is a hot favourite to take home the Glitterball trophy after he performed a highly impressive Tango to Into the Unknown from Frozen II. Aidan and dance partner Emily Barker […]

News

‘Box office gold’ – Kilkenny’s Dancing With The Stars champion and new dance partner Mary Kennedy wow judges

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2020 0

He’s back! Fresh from winning the Glitterball on last year’s show, Kilkenny Dancing Star John Nolan returned to our screens last night with his new partner, the recently retired RTÉ presenter Mary Kennedy. And the dancing duo didn’t disappoint as they sashayed across the dancefloor and into the nation’s hearts with a “magnificent” Foxtrot to […]