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Hey Kilkenny, get your runners on – Ireland’s Fittest Family wants you!

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2020 0

Get your runners on Waterford, Ireland’s Fittest Family is back and they are looking for contestants to win the €15,000 prize money. Now in its eighth series, this year will see the competition be more challenging than ever before, the producers say. “We are scouring the country to find the fittest, fastest and strongest families […]

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Man and woman (60s) rushed to hospital after shooting incident in county Waterford

By Kilkenny Now 1st June 2020 0

A man and a woman were rushed to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) this evening after a shooting incident at a house. A Garda spokesperson told KilkennyNow.ie officers and emergency services arrived at a house in the Ballyduff area at around 5pm. Two people, a man and a woman both in their 60s, were found with […]

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Decision on €500m North Quays project in Ferrybank imminent as developers finalise plans

By Kilkenny Now 1st June 2020 0

A decision on the €500 million development of Ferrybank’s North Quays is expected in the coming weeks after the project’s backer provided the local authority with further details about their ambitious plan. In February of this year planning officers at Waterford City and County Council went back to Falcon Real Estate Development, the company behind […]

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‘There’s no bank holiday from Covid-19’ – Kilkenny gardai and HSE issue joint warning

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2020 0

There’s no bank holiday from Covid-19 – that’s the  joint message from gardai, the HSE and local authorities in Waterford. “As Ireland continues to combat the Covid 19 virus, the three principal response agencies that make up the South East Regional Steering Group (An Gárda Siochána, the HSE and the five local authorities)  have thanked […]

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Brendan Bowyer RIP: Heartbreak as one of Ireland’s greatest entertainers passes

By Kilkenny Now 29th May 2020 0

Irish showband legend Brendan Bowyer has died. Widely regarded as one of Ireland’s greatest entertainers over six decades, the Waterford native passed yesterday at his home in Las Vegas at the age of 81 surrounded by his loving family. Brendan was best known for fronting the Royal Showband and The Big Eight, and who had […]

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Cross one’s heart: Second cath lab for South East set to go to tender in July

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

The long-awaited second Cardiac Cath Lab in for the South East is set to go to tender in July while the refurbishment of the existing lab should be completed by summer’s end. At present, there is only a mobile Cath Lab service available in University Hospital Waterford(UHW) which operates just three days a week. The […]

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Kilkenny gardai make major breakthrough in fight against organised crime: gun, ammunition, cocaine and cash seized

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny and Waterford have made a major breakthrough in ther fight against organised crime in the south east. Today it emerged some €35,000 worth of cocaine was recovered in Glenmore in south Kilkenny during a follow-up search after operation yesterday which resulted in the arrests of four men. The four, suspected members of […]

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Gardai hunt arsonist who broke into WIT overnight and started fire in college

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Gardai were called to the scene of a fire at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), where one-in-four of all Kilkenny students attend, overnight. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately and gardai have captured CCTV footage of a suspect leaving the rear of the college. Local gardai confirmed they were notified of the […]

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Four arrested after gun, ammunition and large quantity of cocaine seized in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2020 0

Four people are in custody after a gun and ammunition were recovered after gardai searched a vehicle in south Kilkenny yesterday afternoon. Three men were arrested after the vehicle was stopped and searched by gardai in Glenmore at around 4pm yesterday. Three suspects, aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested and taken to Thomastown […]

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Numbers game: Accountancy programme to create 20 new local jobs

By Kilkenny Now 12th May 2020 0

Kilkenny students have been encouraged to consider a national accounting technician apprenticeship programme available at Waterford College of Further Education, which will create 20 jobs in the region this year and 150 positions nationally. The accounting technician apprenticeship is a funded, work-based learning programme which sees apprentices earn at least €19,700 a