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Rewarded for charitable achievements – two Kilkenny students embark on experience of a lifetime

By Kilkenny Now 20th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY TWO Kilkenny students are to embark on the experience of a lifetime as they fly off to Africa to spend time with a charity embedded in the continent’s community life. Concern Fast superstars, Eoin and Peter, from CBS Kilkenny are off to Sierra Leone to visit communities in which Concern Worldwide is […]

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Kilkenny part of the sixth fastest growing region in the EU

By Kilkenny Now 20th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is part of a region that’s the sixth fastest growing economy in the EU. Six thousand jobs have been created in the South East region over the past 12 months, and close to 35,000 jobs over the past seven years. Unemployment over that period has dropped 11.7 %, to near full […]

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A small Kilkenny team battle homelessness on Dublin’s streets

By Kilkenny Now 20th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of five Kilkenny concerned citizens have been helping the homeless on the streets of Dublin for the past two and a half years. Every two weeks ‘Kilkenny Helping the Homeless’ travel to the capital to provide hot food and clothes to people living on the streets. The team, Mary Pierce, […]

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SUNNY DAYS: best weather of the year could hit Kilkenny this week

By Kilkenny Now 20th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE THUNDERY and wet weather of yesterday is a thing of the past – it looks like a glorious week ahead. Today, the remnants of the wild conditions will clear. It will be breezy with a few showers. Temperatures will reach no more than 21 degrees. The showers will clear by Sunday, […]

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Gardai find €12,000 worth of weed in rural Kilkenny raid

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO men were arrested after gardai raided a rural Kilkenny premises and found €12,000 worth of cannabis plants growing inside. The raid by the Carlow/ Kilkenny Divisional Drugs Unit took place in a rural part of North Kilkenny, last Monday. During a search of the premises, plants with a value of €12,000 […]

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The Big Build – construction set to start on €3.3 million county Kilkenny social housing scheme

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A €3.3 million social housing scheme in county Kilkenny is set to start construction shortly. The 22-unit social housing project at Station Avenue, Ballyragget is one step closer to realisation, as the construction contract was signed off. The Ballyragget project is due to be completed in late 2020 and will comprise of: […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: This story begins behind small stone walls

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By MICHAEL WOLSEY THIS column has been island-hopping in recent weeks, looking at some unusual wines you might enjoy on holiday. This week I’m hopping over to Lanzarote, the Canary island that has become a firm favourite with Irish holidaymakers. It’s amazing anything grows in the stony, black, volcanic earth of Lanzarote which, to add […]

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Major recruitment drive by South East firms targets Kilkenny’s talent

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

A MAJOR recruitment event targeting Kilkenny talent and showcasing the variety of jobs in the region is taking place over the weekend. The Career Zoo South X South East recruitment event takes place in Waterford tomorrow and aims to connect employers with world-class talent interested in working and living in the South East. Kilkenny and […]

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MARBLE CITY NIGHTS: Sinead Connolly’s ‘got to go to’ guide for Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

THE forecast this weekend is promising, if you ignore this evening of course! We have been promised heat tomorrow and Sunday, so leave your coat at home and hit the town! Kilkenny is promising its usual musical talents this weekend, so get out and soak it up because the summer is whizzing by! If you […]

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WEATHER ALERT: Status Yellow rain and thunder warning issued for Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 19th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THUNDERSTORMS and flooding could be on the way in Kilkenny today as Met Eireann placed a status yellow weather warning on the county. Met Éireann says the flooding and thunderstorms could cause hazardous driving conditions. ‪The heavy rain is forecast to begin this afternoon and the status yellow warning will remain in […]

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