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What a waste: Kilkenny near bottom of table for recycling electrical goods

By Colin Bartley 29th June 2020 0

People in Kilkenny are recycling 20% less than the national average when it comes to electrical goods, a new report has found. Despite Kilkenny residents recording their highest total of electrical waste recycling per head of population in 2019, a yearly rise of 2.9%, the Marble county languishes in the bottom five counties when it came […]

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€100k scheme aimed at encouraging people to return to live in Kilkenny town centre publishes report

By Colin Bartley 29th June 2020 0

A Kilkenny town which received €100,000 windfall to be part of a programme aimed at encouraging more people to live in rural towns and village centres has had the results of its project published. Callan was selected as one of six towns in Ireland to be part of the pilot Town Centre Living Initiative hoping […]

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Cheeky thieves steal vital equipment from back of a trailer parked on Kilkenny road

By Colin Bartley 29th June 2020 0

Thieves stole essential transporting equipment straight off the back of a trailer parked up on a road in county Kilkenny. The theft occurred when the trailer was parked on the roadside at Cloughabrody, Thomastown, between 7pm on Saturday and 7am last Monday. Three rachet straps, three hydraulic pipes and an adjustable spanner were taken from […]

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Vandals attack car parked outside owner’s home in Kilkenny village

By Colin Bartley 28th June 2020 0

Vandals damaged a car that was parked outside the owner’s home in a county Kilkenny village. The include occurred at Belline Way, part of the Banagher Court estate in Piltown, sometime between 3.15pm and 7pm last Monday evening. The door and driver’s wing mirror were damaged during the incident. Anyone who may have witnessed the […]

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Green light for large new housing development in county Kilkenny town

By Colin Bartley 28th June 2020 0

The local authority has granted approaval for a large new housing estate in a county Kilkenny town. The 33-house development to be known as Cois na Bearu will create accommodation for more than 130 people in Graiguenamanagh. Corestone 4 Ltd originally applied for permission to build the new development in last year, they were later […]

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Thieves make off with lawnmower and bikes after break-in at Kilkenny village

By Colin Bartley 27th June 2020 0

An expensive lawnmower and two bicycles were taken during a break-in of a house in county Kilkenny earlier this week. The incident happened at a property in Danesfort between 10pm on Monday and 9am on Tuesday. The burglars firstly broke into a stable on the property and stole a red Honda HRX self-propelled lawnmower, which […]

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Jobs boost for Kilkenny as health food company gets green light to build new factory outside city

By Colin Bartley 27th June 2020 0

Twenty new jobs are on the way to Kilkenny after permission was granted to a highly successful health food company to set up a manufacturing facility just outside the city. Virginia Health Foods are based in Kinsale, county Cork and supply some of Europe’s largest supermarkets. Now the company has been granted permission to develop […]

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Foglight robbery: Bizarre theft of parts of car parked on remote Kilkenny road

By Colin Bartley 26th June 2020 0

Fog lights and a wing mirror were stolen from a car parked up in a remote area of county Kilkenny. The unusual theft occurred at Ballyda in Danesfort between 9pm on Monday and 2am on Tuesday morning. The car was parked up on the roadside at the time. When the owner returned to the car […]

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Yule be ready: All-Ireland finals to be played just days before Christmas

By Colin Bartley 26th June 2020 0

The All-Ireland Hurling Final will be played just before Christmas this year and the championship will revert to the back-door system for this year only. In what is sure to be a novelty for a final, the GAA has confirmed in the last few minutes that this year’s hurling final will be played in Croke […]

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Not to be sniffed at: Garda dogs finds €17,000 of drugs, tablets and cash in two raids on Kilkenny border

By Colin Bartley 25th June 2020 0

€17,000 worth of drugs and cash has been sniffed out by a Garda dog following a couple of raids on drug dens yesterday evening. Shortly before 7pm Gardaí from the Detective Branch in Carrick-on-Suir and the Clonmel District Drugs Unit, assisted by the Southern Region Dog Unit, carried out a search of an address at […]