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SPONSORED: A bit of good luck and a lot of hard work helps plucky Kilkenny business reach global audience

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2021 0

A determined Kilkenny businesswoman is reaching out to a global audience in her drive to make her small company an online success in the face of the pandemic. Anne Healy of Biddy’s Good Luck Horse Shoes recently got the opportunity to showcase her enterprise on the prestigious Women’s Inspire Network (WIN), which was founded by […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: This old devil makes a hell of a wine

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2020 0

Pinot Noir is an old variety of grape. It is difficult to grow and gave rise to the famous verdict of one vineyard owner that “god made Cabernet Sauvignon but the devil made Pinot Noir”. However, most growers agree that Pinot Noir is worth the effort for the excellent wine it produces. It turns up […]

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Kilkenny woman stranded in New Zealand due to Covid-19 lockdown

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2020 Post a comment

A young Kilkenny woman says she has been trapped in New Zealand after she was told she had come in contact with someone with Covid-19 and could not fly home to Ireland. Lynn Boland (26), who is from Thomastown, and her partner Dublin partner Oisín (25) are in Wellington since April on working holiday visas […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Season of mists and mellow wines

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

A LOT of nonsense is written about matching wines to seasons. If you like a wine in winter you unlikely to go off it in the spring, so drink what you like whenever you like to drink it. But there is a degree of commonsense behind the matching. Obviously in summer we look for crisp […]

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KILKENNY ISLAMIC CENTRE: ‘Thank you Kilkenny for standing by our side in our moment of grief’

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2019 Post a comment

THE leader of the Kilkenny Islamic Centre, Iman Ebrahim Ndure, has issued an open invitation to the people of Kilkenny to attend a free cultural exhibition at the River Court Hotel tomorrow. Writing in today’s KilkennyNow.ie, Iman Ndure said he decided on the initiative following the horrific mass shooting in New Zealand this day last […]

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NZ MASS SHOOTING: Young children among 48 massacred at mosques

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2019 0

THE main suspect in the mass shooting in New Zealand’s who massacred 48 people at two mosques intended to continue the rampage before he was caught by police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday. “The offender was mobile, there were two other firearms in the vehicle that the offender was in, and it absolutely […]