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Tail with a happy ending as stolen dog reunited with family after huge response to Kilkenny Garda appeal

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2021 0

A family has been reunited with their beloved lost pet after more than 4,000 people shared a social media appeal launched by local gardai. It came after gardai issued an appeal for Sky, a beautiful liver and white Springer puppy, who was reportedly taken from her home just outside Tullow in county Carlow yesterday morning. […]

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New funding to transform outdoor dining in Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2021 Post a comment

Just under €650,000 has been allocated to transform a popular city-centre area into a new outdoor dining facility. The funding for the Market Yard in the city is part of a new Fáilte Ireland €9 million fund for 38 chosen locations around the country. A further €61,000 from the fund has been allocated to the […]

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Young woman (20s) treated at Kilkenny hospital after horror crash dies

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2020 0

A young woman who was being treated at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny after she was seriously injured in a car crash has died. The woman, who was in her 20s, was one of three occupants of a car that collided with a house on the cross road of Rathoe Road and Castlemore Road in […]

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Three young people in serious condition at St Luke’s Hospital after early morning crash

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2020 0

Three young adults remain in a serious condition at St Luke’s General Hospital after they were involved in a serious road accident yesterday. The three victims, who are all in their 20s, were injured after the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into the corner of a house in Tullow in […]

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CAR-AZY: Drink driver was 15 times over legal limit, banned motorist also arrested by Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

The fight against crime hasn’t been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 emergency, local gardai have warned. Officers in the Kilkenny-Carlow Division have made a number of arrests in recent days in spite of the lockdown. Yesterday in Glenmore in the south of the county gardai stopped a disqualified driver who had […]

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‘This is unbelievable!’ Kilkenny mother pops over to Carlow – and picks up winning €500,000 EuroMillions ticket

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2019 0

There were joyous scenes for a lucky Kilkenny family in the National Lottery Winners’ Room in Dublin yesterday as they gathered to celebrate their mother’s €500,000 windfall after she landed the EuroMillions Plus top prize. The delighted Kilkenny woman, who wishes to keep her win private, was only passing through Co Carlow last week when […]

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Man (45) passes away while on expedition with Kilkenny club

By Kilkenny Now 12th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A man has died suddenly while away on an expedition with a Kilkenny organisation. Martin ‘Murt’ Flynn from Tullow, county Carlow was part of the Kilkenny Sub Aqua Club’s diving expedition in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. Mr Flynn passed away yesterday evening following a short illness. His family, who run Flynn’s […]