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Council gives green light for giant 100ft telecoms tower in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th December 2020 0

The local authority has granted approval for a giant 100ft telecommunications mast planned for Coillte-owned  land in county Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council has given the green light for Cignal Infrastructure Ltd application to erect a new 30-metre telecommunications structure at Knockadrina, between Knocktopher and Stoneyford. The new 100ft plus multi-user lattice

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Leaders of campaign to save hospital that cases for Kilkenny elderly told to cancel protest or face jail

By Kilkenny Now 19th December 2020 0

The organisers of a protest march who are campaigning to save a hospital that cares for elderly Kilkenny patients have been threatened with prosecution. Hundreds of people recently turned out in protest after it emerged that palliative, respite, and hospice facilities at St Brigid’s Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir have ended and that the facility will be […]

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Plans for giant 100ft telecoms tower on hill overlooking Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has received plans to construct a 33-metre telecommunications tower on public lands overlooking a Kilkenny village. Cignal Infrastructure Limited submitted plans this week to erect the structure on Coillte lands at Coolehill Upper, Windgap, Co Kilkenny. Standing at over 100ft, with multi-use tower with delta headframe would carry telecommunications

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Damage caused to 5,000 year old county Kilkenny burial site of global importance

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

A unique and ancient monument nestled atop a hill in county Kilkenny appears to have been damaged in recent times, with new cracks visible and chunks of the burial stones broken off. The megalithic burial site at Knockroe, located between Windgap and Ahenny in the Lingaun Valley, dates back more than 5,000 years. It is […]

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Shocking: Gardai hunt gang behind thefts of electric fences and equipment from Kilkenny farms

By Kilkenny Now 16th July 2020 0

Gardaí are on the hunt for a gang who have been trespassing on farms in county Kilkenny and literally pulling equipment up out of fields. Two farms in Knockroe, near Windgap were targetted over the last number of days and the thieves are stealing fencing and electrical wires. The first incident happened between 8pm on […]

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Back to the future: €215,000 earmarked for vital works to protect Kilkenny’s heritage

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2020 0

Fourteen Kilkenny buildings of historic importance are to share in a pot of close to €215,000, funds which will be used to pay for much needed upkeep and remedial work. The money earmarked for the 16 projects in county Kilkenny is part of the 2020 Historic Structures Fund and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme. These […]

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BREAKING: Daughter found guilty of assisting in murder of Kilkenny granny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2020 0

The daughter of a murdered Kilkenny grandmother whose body was dismembered and spread around the Wicklow Mountains has been found guilty of impeding the apprehension or prosecution of the murderer. Louise O’Connor (41) of Millmount Court, Dundrum Road, Dublin 14, is the third person found guilty in relation to the murder of Patricia O’Connor (nee […]

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BREAKING: Kieran Greene (35) found guilty of murdering Kilkenny grandmother Patricia O’Connor

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2020 0

A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a Kilkenny woman, whose body was dismembered and spread around the Wicklow Mountains in 2017. Kieran Greene was on trial in Central Criminal Court for the murder of Patricia O’Connor, the mother of his then partner, Louise and now faces a mandatory life sentence. Patricia O’Connor […]

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MURDER TRIAL: Accused claims father-in-law hit Kilkenny grandmother on head with a crowbar

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering his partner’s mother, who was originally from windgap in county Kilkenny, told gardaí his father-in-law hit her on the head with a crowbar, a court head today. Kieran Greene told gardaí he agreed to take the blame for the murder and dismemberment of 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor. But six months […]

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Man accused of murdering Kilkenny woman ‘couldn’t live’ with the crime, court hears

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2020 Post a comment

A man charged with the murder of a Kilkenny women whose remains were found in the Wicklow Mountains handed himself into gardai as he “couldn’t live with” what he had done, a court heard today. Kieran Greene (34) of Mountainview Park, Rathfarnham, South Dublin denies murdering 61-year-old Patricia O’Connor (nee Cooke), who was originally from […]