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Kilkenny near eye of Covid-19 storm sweeping through country: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny now has the ninth highest Covid incidence rate and is bordererd by counties that are experiencing the highest rates of the virus. The indidence rate in Kilkenny currently stands at 1,180 per 100,000. Neighbouring C arlow (1,521) has now has the second highest rate of infection in the country, behind Louth at 1,698. Waterford […]

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Funding and special retreats on offer for Kilkenny artists

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2020 0

By Jayde Maher The Kilkenny Arts Office has announced their open call for people to apply for the Arts Act Grant, Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award and the Moth Bursary Award 2021. Individual artists and groups and organisations that promote the arts are eligible to apply for the Arts Act Grant. This grant allows local authorities […]

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BREAKING: Teenage girl killed as weekend death toll on our roads rises to seven

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2020 0

A teenage girl has become the latest victim of the carnage on our roads and the seventh person to die in collisions over the weekend. The young woman died after the car in which she was a passenger struck a wall at around 1.15am in the townland of Porridgetown, Oughterard, Galway., Galway. She died at […]

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BREAKING: Drama as passengers taken hostage after bus was hi-jacked at Dublin Airport

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2020 0

Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into a stolen mini-bus and suspected false imprisonment of three passengers at Dublin Airport. The drama unfolded shortly after 1am this morning. Gardai confirmed an alarm was raised when a mini-bus was taken during an incident at the airport. It is understood three passengers were […]

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Second man charged in Dublin court over 39 lorry deaths

By Kilkenny Now 1st November 2019 0

A second man has been charged in the High Court in Dublin, with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a container in the UK. Eamon Harrison, 23, from Mayobridge, Co Down, appeared in Dublin’s High Court on the back of a European Arrest Warrant issued yesterday. Mr Harrison faced 39 manslaughter charges, one […]