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New Windgap tearooms opens this morning – with or without ancestral son George Clooney!

By Kilkenny Now 3rd June 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY SO FAR there’s been no word back from George Clooney, but the show must go on and the much-anticipated opening of the community café in his ancestral county Kilkenny village will go ahead as planned this morning! There had been speculation (most of it, admittedly, of the wildly exaggerated variety …) that […]

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‘Don’t mind the red carpet George – come home and open our new tearoom!’

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY HOLLYWOOD star George Clooney, whose ancestors hailed from Windgap, hit the headlines over the past week when he visited Ballyfin House, just over the county border in Abbeyleix, as part of a family reunion with some of his Irish relatives. And now the famous actor has been issued with a personal invite […]

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Kilkenny man George Clooney meets his Irish cousins!

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2019 Post a comment

By SARAH SLATER and KILKENNYNOW.IE REPORTER HOLLYWOOD A-lister George Clooney, whose ancestral family hails from Windgap, spent a few days in Ireland over Easter getting to know his Irish cousins. The family get-together was organised by George’s parents, the renowned broadcaster Nicholas (85) and his writer wife Nina (80). The couple hosted the family reunion […]

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30 arrested in major Garda crackdown on criminals in South Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2019 0

THIRTY people have been arrested for a wide range of criminal activities as part of a major Garda operation involving up to 60 gardai in the Thomastown area today. The arrests are part of the latest Garda Operation Storm – the 30th such crackdown in the Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division over the past four years. Nineteen […]

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Kilkenny householders embracing climate-friendly schemes – and saving money: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2019 0

MORE Kilkenny householders and business owners are embracing energy saving schemes that are helping the environment – and saving them money in the process. New figures released by local TD and Minister of State John Paul Phelan reveal that in Kilkenny last year: *90 local home owners availed of home energy grants totalling €148,700; *73 […]

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Keeping Kilkenny beautiful: Council honours 13 community organisations

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

COMMUNITY organisations across Kilkenny county have been honoured for their dedication and hard work in bringing prosperity to their towns and villages. Earlier this week Kilkenny County Council Cathoirleach, Cllr Eamon Aylward, hosted a special reception to “acknowledge, congratulate and thank these groups for their dedication and hard work within their respective