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Massive bridge project spanning Kilkenny and Wexford wins top international award

By Kilkenny Now 26th June 2021 0

A huge infrastructure project linking Kilkenny and Wexford has won a prestigious international engineering award. The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, the longest bridge in Ireland, has been awarded the 2021 International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Outstanding Structure Award. Part of the  strategic N25 New Ross Bypass, the win marks the first

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Covid case in Cats camp casts fresh doubts over rescheduled league clash

By Kilkenny Now 28th May 2021 0

Fresh doubts hang over this weekend’s rescheduled Kilkenny versus Wexford Allianz National Hurling League 1B clash following a fresh Covid-19 positive test. This time a member of the Kilkenny senior panel that has returned a positive test. Last week the match was postponed less than 24 hours before throw-in after two members of the Wexford […]

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Over 4,000 car parking tickets issued in Kilkenny since pandemic: report

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny County Council dished out more than 4,000 parking tickets to motorists throughout the pandemic, new figures reveal. The figures are revealed in a report published in the Irish Independent, which found local authorities across the country fined motorists more than €6.6 million after handing our over 168,000 parking tickets since last March. Kilkenny accounted […]

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Kilkenny Cats hot favourites to return to hurling’s top table after win

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2021 0

Brian Cody’s Cats are hot favourites to get back where they belong at hurling’s top table after they overcome a spirited challenge from Antrim at Nowlan Park yesterday. The Ulster side scored 2-4 in the opening eight minutes of the second half to draw level with the hosts, but Kilkenny prevailed by seven points to […]

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‘Some harsh lessons were learned’ – how Kilkenny avoided surge in Covid cases across south east

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2021 0

Kilkenny has managed to avoid a huge surge in Covid-19 cases across the south east. The county has not recorded more than 50 cases in a week since February 14, putting Kilkenny only behind Leitrim in the national Covid incidence rate table. Cases soared locally in the countdown to Christmas and a large outbreak was […]

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First for Ireland: Mayors meet to push priorities of Kilkenny and South East

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2021 0

A ‘first of its kind’ lobby group in Ireland which aims to promote the needs of Kilkenny and the South East has just been formed. The South East First Citizens Accord, which is a collaboration of Mayors consisting of the Cathaoirleachs of Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow, Wexford and Tipperary county councils, held its first ever ‘First […]

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Jockey due to ride in Kilkenny today apologises after footage emerges of him jumping on dead horse

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2021 0

A jockey who is due to race in Gowran Park later today who plunged Irish horse racing into further controversy after a video emerged of him jumping onto a horse that had died while on the gallops has said he is “heartbroken” by the damage I have caused”. A video circulating on social media this […]

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Kilkenny solar farm requests more time to complete large development

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2021 0

Plans to develop a large solar farm adjacent to a busy road in county Kilkenny are back on the table after the developers requested more time to complete the project. Wexford Solar Farms have requested from Kilkenny County Council an extension to their planning permission to build the 4MW solar farm at Curraghmartin, Carrigeen. The […]

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Golden oldies: the Kilkenny cars with 10 or more owners

By Kilkenny Now 9th November 2020 0

There are almost 500 cars  in Kilkenny that have had ten or more owners, according to a new survey, In total, Kilkenny has 464 cars with ten or more owners that are still on the road. Tipperary has the highest number of ‘golden oldie’ vehicles out of our neghbouring counties, followed by Waterford on 649. […]

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Man (30s) killed in road tragedy in county Wexford

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2020 0

A man died after his car crashed in neighbouring county Wexford last night. Gardai this morning confirmed the fatal single vehicle road traffic collision occurred at at Newtown, Taghmon at  around 11.30pm. The driver of the car involved, a man in his early 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants […]