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A touch of frost as Council rolls out winter roads plan

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2018 0

AFTER a brief respite from showers this morning, heavy rain will return to batter Kilkenny and the rest of the country over the coming days as temperatures plummet. Today will get wetter as the evening sets in, but Kilkenny and Leinster will be saved the worst of the heaviest rain that will drench Munster, Connacht […]

Business

Kilkenny rents will soar even higher after Brexit – ESRI

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2018 0

SOARING rents in Kilkenny and across the country are set to climb far higher as a result of Brexit, the State’s leading economic think tank has warned. Yesterday KilkennyNow.ie revealed that rents in Kilkenny rose by 9.4% to an average €930 in the year leading up to last September. However, The Economic, Social and Research […]

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New Garda clampdown to target rogue drivers in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2018 0

GARDAI are set to roll out a new campaign using new handheld technology to target uninsured drivers in Kilkenny and other parts of the country. Officers will soon be armed with new devices that will instantly tell if a vehicle is insured. The devices will also be linked to a new ‘hotlist’ of rogue drivers […]

News Property

Kilkenny tenants now paying €930 a month

By Kilkenny Now 12th November 2018 0

RENTS in Kilkenny soared by almost 10% in the year to September 2018, with no slowdown in sight. The average rent in Kilkenny city and county now stands at €930, a new nationwide rental survey has found. The 9.4pc rent rise in Kilkenny for the period is lower than the national average of 11.3% recorded […]

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Council paid €7m for ‘library’ building that was never used – report

By Kilkenny Now 12th November 2018 0

KILKENNY County Council paid €7 million for a building to house a library at the height of the economic boom that has since remained largely vacant. The revelation is contained in a 2017 Local Government Audit Service report on Kilkenny County Council. The report also criticised the council for awarding contracts for housing maintenance, valued […]

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Remembering Kilkenny’s fallen World War 1 soldiers

By Kilkenny Now 12th November 2018 0

SPECIAL events are taking place in Kilkenny today to mark the centenary of the end of World War 1. Thousands of local soldiers fought in the Great War, many of them never returning home. A service will be held at 11am this morning at St Canice’s Cathedral, which will begin with 35,000 poppies floating down […]

Business News

Fears of family feuds delay changes to Fair Deal Scheme

By Kilkenny Now 12th November 2018 0

FEARS over the potential for family feuds have delayed changes to the Fair Deal Scheme that had been promised as a massive boost to Kilkenny business owners and farmers. The Government is preparing new legislation that will limit the financial burden of nursing home fees for parents who pass on the family business or farm […]

Business Jobs

Bellview Port zone now supports 1,000 full time jobs, study reveals

By Kilkenny Now 12th November 2018 0

THE Belview Industrial Zone in South Kilkenny now supports a total of almost 1,000 full-time jobs, a new economic impact study commissioned by the Port of Waterford reveals. The industrial zone provides 632 full-time jobs directly, a further 348 indirectly, a total of 980, according to the study. Last year the 265-hectare zone generated turnover […]

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Met Éireann: Rain, hail and thunder … with a few sunny spells in between

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2018 0

THERE will be no let-up in the miserable weather that plagued Kilkenny and most other parts of the country last week, with forecasters predicting more heavy showers, hail  and thunder over the coming days. Met Éireann said tomorrow will start brightly enough, remaining dry over much of the eastern half of the country. Heavy showers […]

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‘We’ve had no justice’ – family of young Kilkenny man stabbed to death at party

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2018 0

THE family of a young Kilkenny man who died after he was brutally stabbed through the heart with a butcher’s knife have claimed the justice system failed their brother. Michael O’Dwyer (25) died after he was savagely knifed in the chest at a house party in January 2014. His killer Tadhg Butler (37), who was […]