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‘I was on the verge of tears all day and I just wanted to go home’ – Kilkenny cancer campaigner endures roughest week yet

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2021 0

Cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has admitted to feeling lonely after enduring “a very rough few days” while undergoing treatment for her illness in the USA. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currently in the US undergoing a trial cancer treatment, took to Instagram yesterday to say she had been very ill this week, on the verge […]

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Controversial 60ft mast to be erected in centre Kilkenny village despite council’s ruling

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2021 0

A decision to block the construction of a controversial telecommunications mast in a Kilkenny village has been overturned by the national planning authority. Last December Kilkenny County Council refused Eircom Limited permission to erect a 18-metre-high free standing communications mast at the Eircom Exchange on Chapel Street in the centre of Mooncoin. At the time […]

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Notorious road accident blackspot in county Kilkenny closed after vehicle overturns

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

A main road in county Kilkenny has been temporarily closed off this morning after a vehicle overturned. The accident occurred on the N24 Waterford to Limerick road outside Mooncoin. The vehicle overturned at a bend on the road where several accidents have taken place already this year. Emergency services and gardai are at the scene […]

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Public to have their say on major new road running through county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2021 0

Moves to develop a major road running through county Kilkenny took another leap forward today as the public consultation process began in earnest. The N24 Waterford – Cahir road is a 60km in length section which runs from Junction 10 on the M8 Cahir North Roundabout in county Tipperary to the M9 Dublin to Waterford […]

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Son of man arrested in county Kilkenny last week charged with Regency Hotel murder

By Kilkenny Now 27th April 2021 0

A former Sinn Féin councillor whose father was arrested in county Kilkenny last week in relation to the Regency Hotel murder has now been charged. This morning Jonathan Dowdall (43) of Navan Road, Cabra in Dublin was charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Drumcondra on February 4, 2016 at […]

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Hero Kilkenny campaigner gets month-long break from US treatment to visit kids

By Kilkenny Now 23rd April 2021 0

Hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has confirmed she will be coming home to see her children, family and friends later this summer. The Mooncoin mother-of-two, who is currenty in the US undergoing a trial cancer treatment, broke the news to her Instagram followers, after she admitted thinking about her children was making her “very upset”. […]

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Man arrested in Kilkenny village appears in court in relation to Regency Hotel murder

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

A man arrested in a Kilkenny village has appeared at the Special Criminal Court in relation the to murder of David (Davy) Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin in 2016. Patrick Dowdall (64) was arrested by gardai on the Main Street in Mooncoin at 6.30pm yesterday evening before being brought […]

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‘It was hard enough saying goodbye’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner admits she lied about about length of cancer treatment in US

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2021 0

Kilkenny hero cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan admitted that she lied to family and friends about how long she would away while undergoing treatment as “it was hard enough saying goodbye. The Mooncoin mother of two, who is in the USA currently undergoing a trial cancer treatment, told Ciara Doherty on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show last […]

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‘Delighted and relieved’ – hero Kilkenny campaigner gets jab while undergoing clinical trial in US

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2021 0

Hero cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has expressed her delight after receiving her Covid-19 vaccine while undergoing experimental treatment in the US. The Mooncoin mother-of-two shared this picture on her Instagram account of her receiving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson jab. It means there is now no fear of Vicky being taken off the clinical trial, […]

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Cycle of crime continues as high-end bike stolen outside house in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2021 0

A valuable mountain bike was stolen outside a house in a Kilkenny village. The theft occured in the Filsbuckstown area of Mooncoin last Friday fortnight, March 11. The bicycle, a distinctive Orange coloured Trek Merlin mountain bike, with suspension on the front, is normally used for trail riding and is worth in the region of […]