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Glanbia paid Kilkenny farmers €168m for milk last year: AGM

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

FARMER suppliers in Kilkenny received €168 million in milk payments from Glanbia last year. The huge economic contribution of dairy farming to the rural economy was highlighted at the Glanbia Co-op AGM in Kilkenny this week. The AGM heard that in 2018 the Kilkenny-based company paid approximately €1 billion, including VAT, for milk directly to […]

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Kilkenny midwife Sarah is fashion Queen of the racetrack yet again

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

STYLISH Kilkenny midwife Sarah Cass has done it again! The Gowran woman landed the best dressed title at the races for the second time this month after impressing the fashion police at Naas Racecourse yesterday. Sarah, who is now based in Dublin, also turned heads at Punchestown earlier this month when she walked away with […]

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Legendary trainer Willie Mullins honoured with Civic Reception in Kilkenny today

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

LEGENDARY horse trainer Willie Mullins will be honoured with a Civic Reception in Kilkenny this evening. The event will take place at the County Hall on John Street at 7.30pm. The Civic Reception comes on the back of an incredibly successful few weeks for the Goresbridge man. Last month he banished his Grand National hoodoo […]

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Kilkenny midwife Sarah delivers knockout blow in racing style stakes

By Kilkenny Now 4th May 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY midwife Sarah Cass stole the show as she walked away with the coveted Bollinger Best-Dressed Lady prize on the third day of the Punchestown festival this week. On the same day that legendary jockey Ruby Walsh stunned the racing world by calling time on his illustrious career, Sarah wowed the off-track judges with a […]

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‘You’ll never see me on a horse again, I’m finished’ – Ruby Walsh retires in style

By Kilkenny Now 2nd May 2019 0

WITH the sound of applause still ringing in his ears, Ruby Walsh removed the saddle from Kemboy and told Willie Mullins, the great Kilkenny trainer, that he was done. “I’m not going out for the next one,” Ruby said after weighing in for the final time. “Racing has been great to me but it doesn’t […]