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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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Introducing Kilkenny’s new Syrian and Iraqi community

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2019 0

THIS was the moment members of the Kilkenny Garda Community Engagement Team and Callan gardai met with the new Syrian and Iraqi community who recently arrived in the county. The Syrian and Iraqi refugees are living in Callan and Urlingford after they were forced to flee their war-torn countries. The meet and greet was facilitated […]

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Disqualified motorist caught driving with no insurance, tax or NCT: Kilkenny gardai

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2019 0

A DISQUALIFIED driver had his car seized by Kilkenny gardai after he was caught driving with no insurance, tax or NCT. The motorist was arrested by members of the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda Burglary Response Unit after he was stopped in Urlingford earlier this week. He was subsequently charged and appeared before Thurles District Court on motoring […]

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Disqualified driver and passenger with warrant out for his arrest nabbed at Garda checkpoint

By Kilkenny Now 22nd January 2019 0

A DISQUALIFIED driver and a passenger with a bench warrant out for his arrest were caught red-handed when their vehicle (pictured above) was stopped at a checkpoint conducted by Kilkenny gardai. The anti-crime checkpoint was put in place by members of the Garda Kilkenny/Carlow Burglary Response Unit in Urlingford on Sunday evening. Both men were […]

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Words on wheels – Kilkenny’s mobile library is coming to a school near you

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council’s mobile library is on the move – visiting several schools in the south of the county earlier today. The mobile library rolled into Knocktopher Vocational School at 9.30am this morning, before driving down the road to Ballyhale National School at 10.45am. Then it was back to Knocktopher for lunchtime before visiting Hugginstown […]

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Garda almost mown down by criminal gang behind smash-and-grab raids on Kilkenny businesses

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2019 0

A CRIMINAL gang launched a smash-and-grab raid on Kilkenny businesses during an early morning crime spree before making a high-speed getaway. KilkennyNow.ie has learned the gang were almost caught red-handed by local gardai who were responding to one of the break-ins just as the criminals were fleeing the scene of a second burglary. It is […]