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Kilkenny-based design agency hosts first Irish events of landmark EU project

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Industry webinars hosted by the Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) are taking place to explore how Ireland can benefit from a landmark new initiative that will shape the future of Europe. The New European Bauhaus project by the European Commission is a cultural movement that aims to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050 and to […]

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Kilkenny gets €18m funding boost to ‘transform’ city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s landmark city-centre regeneration project has been given a massive €11.46 million boost in Government funding. The Abbey Quarter development has been allocated the money as part of the Government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The Kilkenny City Enhanced Liveability Project received a further €6.64 million as part of the latest

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WEATHER FORECAST: Sun to come out and play in Kilkenny on St Patrick’s Day

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Kilkenny is set to enjoy a sunny St Patrick’s Day before the weather turns cloudier and cooler again later in the week. Met Éireann said today will be a mostly cloudy day with patchy rain, drizzle and mist, and some hill and coastal fog. But it will be quite mild, with highest temperatures of 10 […]

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A tale of two counties: Kilkenny and Carlow at opposite ends of new ‘far-right’ report

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2021 2

Kilkenny has come bottom of the table in a new report that tracked people searching for information on far-right extremist groups online. However, just up the road, neighbouring Carlow recorded one of the highest searches for far-right material. The report by the Moonshot group, titled ‘White Nationalist and Far-Right search traffic in Ireland’ tracked

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LATEST: No new cases of virus in Kilkenny, 384 further infections recorded across country

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2021 0

There has been no further coronavirus -related deaths but 384 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 4,534. There has now been 226,741 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2021 0

Elizabeth BERGIN Abbeylands, Ferrybank, Waterford/Slieverue, Kilkenny Elizabeth Bergin, Abbeylands, Ferrybank, Waterford, who died on Saturday, 13th March 2021. Peacefully, at home. Predeceased by her dad Maurice. Elizabeth will be sadly missed by her son Ross, mother Margaret, brothers Kieran, Declan and Jason, sisters-in-law Gillian and Geraldine, niece Sophie, uncles,

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2021 0

Local food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 36.1 cent per litre (cpl) for February. pay a base milk price for February of 32.68 cpl (including VAT) for creamery milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is an increase of 2 cpl from the January base price. The 36.1cpl […]

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Covid Garda fines: How Kilkenny compares with rest of country

By Kilkenny Now 14th March 2021 0

Kilkenny has one of the lowest levels of fines for breaches of Covid-19 regulations, a report reveals. Just 175 fines per 100,000 people have been dished out to members of the public in the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda division. This contrasts strongly with neighbouring Waterford, which has racked up more than double this number of fines. Counties […]

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That’s the jab! Kilkenny’s new Vaccination Centre is ready to go

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s new Vaccination Centre is ready for operation. The Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed the centre, based in The Hub at Cillín Hill on the outskirts of the city, is ready to start rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine programme. A HSE spokesperson said vaccination centres across the country “will come on stream as needed from […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 543 new cases of virus as 16 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2021 0

A further 16 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 543 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,534. There has now been 226,358 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]