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Water safety appeal issued for Kilkenny after week of tragic deaths

By Kilkenny Now 27th July 2021 0

A water safety appeal has been issued in county Kilkenny in the wake of seven water tragedies in seven days nationally. In the lead-up to the August Bank Holiday weekend Minister of State for Transport, Hildegarde Naughton issued the appeal to anybody engaging in coastal or water-based activity to be safe and adhere to basic […]

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Body discovered in search for fisherman missing off coast

By Kilkenny Now 22nd January 2020 0

A body has been found in the search for missing fisherman Willie Whelan (41). Divers from the Hook Sub Aqua club diving at the spot where his trawler the Alize went down off the Wexford coast, discovered a body at the site of the wreck this morning. Rescue teams are now trying to recover the […]

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Body found following sea and air search for missing man off Waterford coast

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

A body has been recovered following the massive sea and air search off the Waterford coast for a man in his 50s reported missing yesterday. The body was discovered at Stradbally Cove earlier this afternoon. The Waterford Rescue Helicopter 117, as well as the lifeboats from both Tramore and Bonmahon were involved in the search, which was centred on a specific stretch of

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Lifeboat crew members battle in vain to save colleague after his car slipped into the sea

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2019 0

A lifeboat volunteer drowned after his car slipped into the sea in a freak accident. Some of his fellow crew members desperately tried to save their colleague, but they could not get to him in time. The tragedy unfolded on Arranmore Island off the coast of Donegal at around 5am this morning. The victim has […]