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Portuguese crew drafted in to finish Ireland’s longest bridge, linking Kilkenny and Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

IRELAND’S longest bridge – linking Kilkenny and Wexford – will be completed in less than two months. The massive 887m Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge will join Glenmore to Corcoran’s Cross roundabout outside New Ross on the Wexford side. A Portuguese crew has been drafted in to help finish the bridge, the centrepiece of the new […]

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RTÉ’s new man in South East has covered Kilkenny stories for over two decades

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

FREELANCE journalist Conor Kane has been appointed RTE’s South East Correspondent, which will see him covering Kilkenny and neighbouring counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and South Tipperary for the national broadcaster. Conor, from Clonmel in Tipperary, will be very familiar with the Kilkenny beat as he has covered high profile stories throughout the city and county

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Major jobs boost for Kilkenny as financial services firm doubles its workforce

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

THERE has been some hugely positive news on the jobs front for Kilkenny. A locally based financial services firm, the Carne Group, has announced plans to more than double its workforce. It will create 250 new jobs over the next three years as it expands its existing offices in Kilkenny and opens a new one […]

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Kilkenny at centre of turf war between rival FG Euro election candidates

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A BITTER turf war has erupted between rival Fine Gael European election candidates in Kilkenny. KilkennyNow.ie has learned that Ireland South candidate, the Wicklow TD Andrew Doyle, has lodged a formal complaint to the party’s Director of Elections about his colleague, the sitting MEP Sean Kelly. Doyle’s campaign team, led by Carlow-Kilkenny […]

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Army of 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny saving the State millions every year

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

THERE are currently 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny – and their work is saving the State millions every year, a public meeting in the city heard this week. The event, hosted by Family Carers Ireland at Hotel Kilkenny on Monday, highlighted the many challenges facing carers in Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary. The […]

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Rent crisis deepens: Kilkenny tenants now paying almost €1,000 a month

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

RENTS are continuing to soar in Kilkenny as the housing crisis deepens. The average rent in the city and county now stands at €939, the highest in the South East, according to the latest property report by Daft.ie. The survey shows rents in Kilkenny rose by a further 6.7% in the first three months of […]

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Man killed in workplace tragedy in South Kilkenny was a young father

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE man who was killed in a workplace tragedy at Bellview Port in South Kilkenny on Friday was a young father from neighbouring Co Wexford. Ciaran Cave died after he became trapped under the contents of a truck that was being unloaded at around 4.30pm on Friday. Emergency services rushed to the scene, but the […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Batten down the hatches – Storm Hannah is coming

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

LAST weekend’s glorious Easter Bank Holiday weekend will be sadly long forgotten by tomorrow night when Storm Hannah hits Kilkenny. Met Éireann today issued separate orange and yellow wind warnings covering most parts of the country, and a small craft warning for the Irish Sea. Kilkenny is among the counties included in the Status Yellow […]

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Country’s longest bridge – linking South Kilkenny and Wexford – to open this year

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2019 0

THE COUNTRY’S longest bridge – which will connect South Kilkenny and Wexford – will be open to traffic before the end of the year. The New Ross Bypass Bridge will span 900 metres and connect the N25 at Glenmore with Strokestown on the Co Wexford side. The senior engineer overseeing the project, Sean Dobbs, today […]

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Kilkenny’s commuters: 20,000 leave region every day to work in Dublin

By Kilkenny Now 22nd March 2019 0

MORE than 20,000 people commute every day to Dublin from Kilkenny and neighbouring counties Carlow and Wexford. The figures are revealed in new research carried out on behalf of Vodafone Ireland which was released  to coincide with its launch of three high-speed broadband hubs in the South East. The information was compiled from the combined Vodafone network […]