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LATEST: Two more die from virus here amid record surge in global infections

By Kilkenny Now 22nd June 2020 Post a comment

Two more people have died after contracting the coronavirus as just four new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. It brings the overall death toll as a result of the virus here to 1,717. There are now 25,383 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]

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WEATHER UPDATE: It never rains, but it pours … another status yellow warning for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2019 0

KILKENNY has been included in another status yellow rainfall warning issued by Met Éireann. The latest 24-hour warning, which came in place at 9am this morning, is also in place for nine other counties: Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Wexford, Wicklow, Tipperary and Waterford as well as Cork and Kerry. Most of the country is facing an […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Out of the mouths of babes and crackpots

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2019 0

WHEN I was 16 I knew just what was wrong with the world and how to fix it. Fortunately, the world wasn’t listening and so was spared the creation of an international Marxist super-state that paid surgeons the same as window cleaners and printed money for anyone who needed it. Looking back, I don’t think […]

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30 gunned down in separate mass shootings, dozens more injured

By Kilkenny Now 4th August 2019 0

AT LEAST 30 people have been gunned down in separate mass shootings in the US over the past 24 hours. Ten people, including one suspect, were killed early this morning in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. Police also confirmed at least 16 others were taken to area hospitals with injuries. The shooting comes less than […]

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‘Why I’m protesting against Donald Trump visit’ – Kilkenny anti-war activist

By Kilkenny Now 5th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE President of the United States of America lands in Shannon airport later today, and one Kilkenny man will be there to protest his arrival. As President Donald Trump and Air Force One come into view, Johnny Keenan and his compatriots in the Shannon peace camp will hope to make an impression […]

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Kilkenny company lands major deal with US banking giant, 25 new jobs for city

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2019 0

KILKENNY-based TransferMate is creating 25 new jobs in the city after the company landed a major new deal with US banking giant Fargo Wells. Under the contract, the Kilkenny company will handle the US bank’s entire global payments. The company will also create another 25 new jobs to bolster its headcount in New York and […]

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Little Noah’s ‘wish to walk’ may come true – €100,000 raised for surgery in US

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

THE family of a brave little boy whose brave fight for life has captured the hearts of everyone who has met him are rejoicing after a fundraising campaign raised €100,000 to enable him to travel to the USE for life-changing surgery. Noah O’Sullivan made the headlines last week after was made an honorary Garda as […]

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Kilkenny man George Clooney meets his Irish cousins!

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2019 Post a comment

By SARAH SLATER and KILKENNYNOW.IE REPORTER HOLLYWOOD A-lister George Clooney, whose ancestral family hails from Windgap, spent a few days in Ireland over Easter getting to know his Irish cousins. The family get-together was organised by George’s parents, the renowned broadcaster Nicholas (85) and his writer wife Nina (80). The couple hosted the family reunion […]

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Pulitzer-prize winning US writer discovers his ‘long-lost’ Kilkenny cousins

By Kilkenny Now 6th April 2019 0

AN acclaimed US Pulitzer prize-winning author was delighted to get in touch with his “long lost cousins” in Kilkenny recently. The family connection came about after The Book Centre recently ordered a new tome called ‘Storm Lake’, which was penned by Irish American journalist Art Cullen. Art won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for editorials […]