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Temperatures to rise to as high as 16C in Kilkenny this week: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 0

KILKENNY will experience a “very mild” week ahead with highs of up to 16 degrees, according to Met Éireann. Our ‘March of many weathers’ was very much in evidence over the bank holiday weekend as the city and county experienced what could kindly described as a ‘mixed-bag’ of conditions. Much of the county this morning […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Kilkenny included in new snow-ice warning from Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2019 0

KILKENNY has been included in a new snow-ice weather alert that will remain in place until Monday morning. Met Éireann issued the Status Yellow snow-ice warning yesterday, urging householders and motorists in Kilkenny to beware of “scattered thundery showers of hail, sleet and snow” over the weekend. It also warned that “poor visibility, with slippery […]

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Snow joke: Kilkenny faces more wintry showers this weekend, says Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 8th March 2019 0

SO far it has been a ‘March of many weathers’. And the changeable conditions are set to continue over the weekend. The country was covered in a blanket on snow last weekend as Storm Freya caused travel chaos. And the snow may not be over yet as Met Eireann confirmed wintry showers will hit this […]

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Here comes the sun: Met Éireann says temperatures will rise to 17C today

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

UNSEASONABLY high temperatures will see mercury levels rising by up to a sizzling 17C in Kilkenny today. There is more good news in store for tomorrow and Wednesday, but Met Éireann warned conditions will become unsettled again by the middle of the week Temperatures will be positively balmy for the coming days, but the national […]

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After the sunshine, wind and heavy showers comes … a bit of everything: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2019 0

IT’S getting hard to know what to wear these days. Friday’s Spring sunshine and record-breaking high temperatures for this time of the year was followed by yesterday’s wind and heavy showers. Today? Well, according to Met Éireann it’s going to brighten up gradually with sunny spells developing across Kilkenny and most parts of Leinster, it […]

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Kilkenny and Leinster to enjoy warm and mostly dry weekend: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 11th January 2019 0

KILKENNY will continue to bask in the unseasonably warm weather conditions this weekend. Ireland would usually be experiencing some frost at this time of the year. Met Éireann has warned we will experience wetter weather from early next week, but it will be mostly dry today and for the rest of the weekend, with temperatures […]

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Kilkenny drivers warned to prepare for a touch of frost as temperatures plummet

By Kilkenny Now 2nd January 2019 0

DRIVERS in Kilkenny have been warned to get ready to defrost their cars from tomorrow morning as temperatures plummet across the country, signalling an icy end to the unseasonably mild temperatures we’ve experienced over the festive and new year period. Met Éireann has forecast come bitterly cold nights ahead, starting tonight with temperatures dropping below […]

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‘Sudden stratospheric warming’ raises fears of another Beast from the East

By Kilkenny Now 29th December 2018 0

KILKENNY and the rest of the country continues to enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures, a welcome calm after the storm conditions we experienced in the weeks leading up to Christmas. However, Met Éireann has warned Ireland is in the midst of a “sudden stratospheric warming”, a phenomenon that caused the so-called ‘Beast from the East’ earlier […]

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Kilkenny to enjoy a mild and dry end to 2018: Met Éireann

By Kilkenny Now 28th December 2018 0

SOME more welcome news on the weather front – the unseasonably mild temperatures we’ve seen in Kilkenny and throughout the country in recent days are set to continue for the final days of 2018. Met Éireann has forecast dry conditions as Kilkenny rings in the New Year early next week. The national forecaster said it is […]

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Bargain hunters descend on Kilkenny for annual St Stephen’s Day sales splurge

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2018 0

BARGAIN hunters descended on Kilkenny city this morning in a hunt for cut price deals as retailers slashed prices for the annual St Stephen’s Day sales. MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre reported brick trade from early this morning, with a steady stream of shoppers browsing the best bargains on offer at the centre’s outlets, almost all […]