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‘I was very ill’ – hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan suffers serious health setback

By Kilkenny Now 20th February 2019 0

CERVICAL cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has announced she has to step back from her advocacy work after she suffered a serious setback to her health. Last week it was announced that the mother-of-two, who is from Mooncoin, will be the Grand Marshal in Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Day parade next month. Addressing her followers on social […]

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€100,000 prize up for grabs in exciting new search for ‘Kilkenny’s Energy Town’

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2019 0

KILKENNY is leading the way in a new nationwide sustainable and renewable energy competition with a €100,000 plus prize fund up for grabs. And the organisers are hopeful the exciting initiative will catch on not, just in Ireland, but also on the international stage. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership has teamed up with the internationally-renowned and locally […]

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Fine Gael unveils experienced line-up to contest next local elections

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

FINE Gael has unveiled an experienced team to contest the next local elections in Kilkenny. Minister John Phelan, who was recently appointed Fine Gael’s national Director of Elections, said the party has selected candidates with a strong track record and “deep roots” in their respective communities. In the south of the county, specifically in the […]

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‘Leo Varadkar is all talk and no action’ – hero Kilkenny cancer campaigner Vicky

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has hit out at the Taoiseach over the Government’s response to the needs of cervical cancer patients since she exposed the CervicalCheck controversy last year. The Kilkenny Person of the Year, who is from Mooncoin, spoke out before she was awarded the Fitzgerald Bible Bruff Award for 2018 over […]

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Kilkenny roads given €6.3m upgrade

By Kilkenny Now 5th January 2019 0

KILKENNY has been given a €6.3 million roads upgrade. The funding will be used for improvements to sections of the N24 west of Mooncoin, and a safety scheme at the Tower Road, Piltown, close to a notorious accident blackspot. Funds have also been allocated for the N25 outside Glenmore, which will connect the New Ross […]

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‘This beautiful girl is 32 and can’t have sex again’ – campaigner Vicky lifts lid on stark reality of cervical cancer

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2018 0

HERO cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she is determined to publicise some of the little-known but hugely-impactful difficulties of living with cervical cancer. Speaking on Miriam O’Callaghan’s radio show, the Kilkenny woman spoke about the “taboo subject” of sex after treatment for cervical cancer – and the stark reality that many women

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Floody hell! Storm Deirdre leaves large swathes of South Kilkenny under water

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2018 0

LARGE swathes of South Kilkenny were left under water as Storm Deirdre wreaked havoc across the country. This was the scene in Inistioge, where the GAA pitch was almost completely submerged in water after heavy showers saw the Nore spill over its banks along several sections of the river. Flooding also returned to Graignamanagh, where […]