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Crime gang terrorise vulnerable pensioners, four homes in Kilkenny ranscaked

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY gardai are hunting a gang who subjected vulnerable pensioners to terrifying ordeals during a spate of violent break-ins over the past 24 hours. Gardai are investigating the possibility the same gang is behind four separate robberies in South Kilkenny and three robberies in neighbouring county Waterford yesterday. Four homes were broken […]

Business News

200 new jobs announced for region

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A CUSTOMER care and sales support provider has announced the creation of 200 jobs in the South East this morning. Emerald Contact Centre, who provide a range of supports for global financial, health and travel publications, today announced 200 jobs for their new offices in Waterford City The new jobs will be […]

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Gardai hunt thugs who used terrified chicken ‘as a football’

By Kilkenny Now 12th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A CHICKEN had to be put down after a group of drunk and cruel youths kicked the bird around as if it was a football. The bird was found with its wings cut off back to the joint. The bird had also lost the use of its legs. The bird was covered […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Farming is a mystery in the land of urban myths

By Kilkenny Now 11th September 2019 0

WHERE does milk come from? Straight from the fridge, said 18 per cent of British schoolchildren interviewed for a recent study. And they weren’t trying to be funny. Well, I suspect some of them were. But 40% of the children interviewed genuinely did not know that milk comes from cows. It was clear from other […]

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Man (40s) dies from injuries after falling while walking in mountains

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A MAN has died after sustaining fatal injuries following a fall while out walking yesterday afternoon. The man in his 40s fell while near the top of the Mahon Falls in the Comeragh Mountains in neighbouring Waterford. It is understood the man was walking with relatives at the time of the accident. […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny will be HQ of newly formed Eastern Garda Region

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY will be the headquarters of the newly formed Eastern Garda Region, KilkennyNow.ie has learned. Waterford will maintain its position as the HQ and central station of the newly formed and larger Garda division of Kilkenny, Carlow and Waterford. But in an unusual move, Kilkenny – and not Waterford – will be […]

Business News

Car-azy! Kilkenny motorists among hardest hit by parking charges

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council raked in more than €2.3 million from car-parking charges last year. Newly published figures reveal Kilkenny took one of the highest sums of money from motorists compared to other local authorities outside of the capital. The €2.3 million collected by Kilkenny Council is the fourth-highest figure nationwide outside Dublin, […]

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Elderly man (80s) dies in overnight house fire

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

AN ELDERLY pensioner perished in a blaze that ripped through his home overnight. Neighbours were alerted to the fire, which erupted in the Ballytruckle Court area of Waterford city, at around 4.30am this morning and raised the alarm. Gardaí and units of Waterford Fire Brigade were at the scene within minutes. Firefighters fought to extinguish […]

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SPONSORED: Irish company ‘transforms investment landscape’ for American ex-pats

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

AN Irish company today launched a range of innovative new financial products that will dramatically alter the investment landscape for US ex-pats living here and across the globe. Universal Access Bonds, an Irish PLC, unveiled their new products, which will be used by one of the world’s biggest firms of international financial advisers, Woodbrook Group […]

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Kilkenny’s River Nore comes out top in 2019 anti-litter league table

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S River Nore is an “excellent site” that has a “virtual absence of litter”, according to the 2019 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey of coastal areas and waterways. The area of the River Nore examined in Kilkenny city received a glowing endorsement, just one of seven areas in Ireland the report […]