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‘An amazing selfless person’ – Kilkenny homeless worker named ‘Inspirational Hero’

By Kilkenny Now 9th December 2021 0

A Kilkenny woman who has dedicated her life to helping the homeless has officially been named an ‘Inspirational Hero’. Mary Pierce was given the accolade at the Gala Retail and Virgin Media Inspiration Awards. Organisers said Mary stood out for her “tireless and dedicated work helping those less fortunate”. Responsible for the running of the […]

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Kilkenny Minister ‘thoroughly devastated’ by catastrophic wild fires

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

Kilkenny TD and Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan said “thoroughly devasted” by the illegal fires that wiped-out huge swathes of Kilkenny National Park and parts of Mayo over the weekend. Minister Noonan also said he believes the devastating wildfires were started deliberately. The Kilkenny TD visitd the National Park in Kerry yesterday to see witness the […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny again among counties with highest new cases of virus as three further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 11th December 2020 0

A further three more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 313 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus now stands at 2,120. To date, there has been 75,507 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, according to the latest daily briefing from the […]

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Popular Kilkenny attraction takes top prize at Ireland’s ‘community Oscars’

By Kilkenny Now 24th November 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s most popular tourist attraction took a top prize in the All-Ireland Pride of Place community awards. And Kilkenny County Council was also honoured at the online event hosted by RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey over the weekend. Over 6,000 people logged in to view Saturday night’s ‘community Oscars’. The Discovery Park took top spot […]

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The ultimate sacrifice: Garda killed in late night shooting incident is named

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2020 0

The Garda who was killed in the late night shooting incident in county Roscommon has been named as Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris this morning paid tribute to the fallen officer, who is the first Garda to be killed in the line of duty since Adrian Donohoe was shot dead in 2013. […]

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Body of five-year-old boy recovered from lake following water tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

The body of a five-year-old boy who went missing in a lake in county Mayo yesterday afternoon has been discovered this morning. It is understood the boy fell into the water at Lough Mask near Tourmakeady while boating on the lake yesterday afternoon. A massive search was launched including Coast Guard and coast guard Helicopter […]

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Pensioner (80s) arrested after man (60s) was shot dead outside his house

By Kilkenny Now 18th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN in his 80s has been arrested following the shooting dead of a second man in Mayo overnight. The shooting happened at Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, just before midnight. A man in his 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. The owner of the house, the man in his 80s, was arrested and […]