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Cheers! Kilkenny’s pubs to reopen on September 21

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2020 Post a comment

All of Kilkenny’s pub can reopen from September 21, it was confirmed today. The Government has agreed that pubs that do not serve food will be able to start serving alcohol again from that date. This will be subject to local restrictions that may arise from time to time. Other items such as international travel […]

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Hair we go – midnight queues outside barbers and salons as Ireland reopens, no new deaths recorded

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

There has been no new deaths relating to the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. The weclome news came as 24 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It means the overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 1,735 The are are now 25,462 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the […]

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PAUL HOPKINS: Why I’m in no hurry to go back to the pub

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

My late father said to me once that there were no “real pubs” left in Ireland. Not so, I chided, and began a litany of some of our more renowned watering holes. My mother nodded her head as I reeled off pub after pub and, when I was up at around a score or so, […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: See you soon, old pub pal … but not too soon

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2020 0

I have been on good terms with pubs for the 50-plus years of my adult life. The pub is an old friend and I have shared his company with many other friends . He stood by us through thick and thin, in good times and bad. He was there for all our celebrations, confirmations and […]