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BANK HOLIDAY WEATHER: Kilkenny braced for mix of heavy rain, sunshine and possible thunderstorms

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2021 0

Kilkenny and the rest of the country is in for a pretty miserable May Bank Holiday weekend, according to Met Éireann. The country was basked in glorious sunshine over the last few weeks as temperatures began to soar. But weather experts have warned that the usual hot weather that normally arrives on the May Bank […]

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Gardai out in force on Kilkenny’s roads from tomorrow as part of major new Covid-19 operation

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2020 0

Gardai will be out in force on Kilkenny’s roads from tomorrow morning as part of a major operation to police the Covid-19 travel restrictions. Operation Fanacht will run from 7am until the end of the May Bank Holiday weekend next Monday night. Gardai will erect thousands of mobile checkpoints on secondary routes and in towns […]

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Kilkenny bikers urged to ‘ease off the throttle’ over May Bank Holiday weekend

By Kilkenny Now 3rd May 2019 0

KILKENNY motorcyclists have been urged to “ease off the throttle” over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Gardai and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have urged bikers to keep within the speed limit ahead of the “high risk summer period”. So far this year there have been four fatal collisions involving motorcyclists — three more than […]

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Crazy weather set to take another turn ahead of bank holiday weekend

By Kilkenny Now 29th April 2019 0

AFTER the glorious Easter bank holiday weekend came Storm Hannah, wreaking havoc across the south and west of the country. Kilkenny escaped the brunt of the storm, but overall it was largely a weekend to forget as far as the weather was concerned. And now Met Éireann has forecast another dramatic change in conditions, albeit […]

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REVEALED: Incredible line-up for this year’s Kilkenny Roots Festival

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2019 0

THE hugely popular Kilkenny Roots Festival launches this evening at the Smithwick Experience – and audiences can look forward to a thrilling line up for this year’s May bank holiday weekend. This year the Roots Festival celebrates in 22nd year with a stellar line up, including Grammy winner Patty Griffin, legendary Mexican-American rock musician, songwriter […]