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Broadband roadshows roll into Kilkenny communities this week

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE Kilkenny LEADER Partnership community broadband roadshows kick off this week. Information meetings will be held at the Freshford Community Hall tomorrow night, with another event at Mullinavat Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Both meetings begin at 8pm. KLP has teamed up with internationally-renowned fibre expert, John Graves, for the Blue Town Initiative which

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Late Kilkenny businessman made €50,000 donation towards local playground

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise funds for the Piltown playground project. It has emerged the late local businessman John O’Shea, the owner of Iverk Produce, made a €50,000 donation towards the project before his death. Mr O’Shea’s incredibly generous donation brings to €125,000 the total amount of money that has been […]

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2019 Local Elections countdown – here is your full list of Kilkenny candidates

By Kilkenny Now 6th May 2019 0

THE nominations are in, the campaigning is well underway and the stage is set for the May 24 local elections. Kilkenny County Council has confirmed a total of 44 candidates will contest the four electoral areas in in the city and county. Here is the full list of candidates: Kilkenny City Electoral Area (14 candidates […]

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]

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Young Kilkenny farmer is named Teagasc Student of the Year

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2019 0

A YOUNG farmer from Urlingford has been named as the Teagasc/FBD Insurance Student of the Year for 2018. Paul Bowden completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agricultural (Dairy Herd Management) with Distinction at Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural College. Presenting the award, Minister Michael Creed said: “The panel of judges have informed methat the standard was […]

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Piltown’s Peter finds a perfect playing pitch with his high-performance putter

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2019 0

A KILKENNY resident has scored a marketing hole-in-one after he designed a new golf putter that has come out tops in an independent performance test. Peter Doyle (pictured) , who lives in Piltown, decided to putt his theory into practice after listening closely to what seasoned golf players have been telling him for years. He […]

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Gardai investigating break-in at factory in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2019 0

GARDAI are investigating a break-in at a factory in South Kilkenny. The break-in occurred in Piltown sometime between 5pm last Friday, February 15 and 8.30am on Monday, February 18. Gardai told KilkennyNow.ie the intruders broke in through a garage door after smashing the lock. A large toolbox was stolen, along with all its contents. Anyone […]

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Kilkenny Council hails delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council has welcomed the delivery of 52 new homes in Castlecomer and Urlingford. In a statement, the council said it welcomed “the commencement of the construction of 33 houses at Donaguile, Castlecomer and the completion of 18 houses at Togher Way, Urlingford”. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy turned the sod on the new development […]

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Construction work gets underway on 17 new homes in Piltown

By Kilkenny Now 7th February 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council Cathaoirleach Eamon Aylward was on hand to ‘turn the sod’ on a brand new estate consisting of 17 homes in Piltown yesterday. The new estate, which will be called Breagagh Place, is being funded under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme. Cllr Aylward said: “The provision of these 17 houses will be very much […]

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BUSTED: Passenger had cocaine, MDMA and cannabis ‘bagged and ready for sale’

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai seized this haul of suspected cocaine, MDMA and cannabis after they stopped and searched a car at a checkpoint. A 24-year-old man was arrested after the drugs, which were contained in individually wrapped bags,  were found in the car he was travelling in after the vehicle was stopped in Turkstown, Piltown, yesterday. A […]