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WINE O’CLOCK: An eggscellent choice for your Easter feast

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2020 0

So, Easter in lockdown, and what do I miss? Well, Easter eggs for one.  I’m not particularly fond of them but I enjoy giving them to my grandchildren and sharing the fun and laughter as little eggs spill out of bigger ones or they going hunting for eggs in the park or my overgrown garden. […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A nice, light white from the home of red

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2020 0

The Languedoc region of France has been producing wine since Adam and Eve decided apples were too risky and tried growing grapes instead. But it is only in relatively recent years that its wines have become easily available in Ireland. We are most familiar with its reds, many of which come with the word Languedoc […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: The wine with the feelgood factor

By Kilkenny Now 6th March 2020 0

Organic wine was once the preserve of small shops and even smaller cafés where it was served by men with beards to women with backpacks. It has become popular in recent years and some organics can now be found on most restaurant menus and in all self-respecting wine stores. An organic wine is made from […]

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Aldi unveils plans to open new store in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 27th February 2020 0

German supermarket giant Aldi has confirmed it is to open a new store in Castlecomer as part of a massive €160 million investment in its Irish store network. The new supermarket is expected to open in 2022. The store will be located on the site of the town’s former Creamery in the centre of Castlecomer. […]

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Kilkenny store makes €500 donation to local women’s refuge

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2020 0

The Amber Kilkenny Women’s Refuge has become the latest charity to benefit from Aldi’s Community Grants programme. The refuge recently received a €500 grant from team at Aldi’s store on the Waterford Road. The €500 donation was presented to Jean Murphy from the Amber Kilkenny Women’s Refuge by Pamala O’Neil of Aldi. Aldi’s Community

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WINE O’CLOCK: Cheerful and still pretty cheap

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2020 0

I first visited Portugal in the late 1970s. The country had not long emerged from a right-wing dictatorship. It was under-developed, poor and very, very cheap. We bought a nice bottle of wine in a restaurant for next to nothing, then found one in a café for even nexter to nothing and another in a […]

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Jobs boost as Aldi seeks 32 new staff for its eight stores in Kilkenny and Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

Supermarket giant Aldi Ireland is looking for new staff to bolster its headcount at its stores in county Kilkenny. Aldi is seeking to recruit 32 new employees across its eight outlets in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow. The supermarket chain also announced it is increasing its minimum wage rate to match the Living Wage Technical Group’s […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: For every tasty dish there’s a perfect partner

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

I recently enjoyed the company of a woman who owns a wine bar and the chef who works for her. Unsurprisingly, the conversation turned to matching wine to food. It is an unnecessarily complicated business, in my opinion, as well done by trial and error. But their opinions were interesting and here are a few […]

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Product sold in Aldi and Lidl stores in Kilkenny recalled over salmonella fears

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2019 0

A NUMBER of food products have been taken off the shelves of Kilkenny supermarkets due to the presence of salmonella. Houmous being sold in Aldi and Lidl stores has been recalled. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has released a statement warning the public of the potential dangers of eating the products.   “Zorba […]

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A ‘fresh’ start: Aldi unveils new, greener store in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY INTERNATIONAL retail giant Aldi has just thrown open the doors of a state-of-the-art and greener supermarket to Kilkenny consumers. Aldi’s Hebron Road store in the city has undergone an extensive redevelopment as part of the group’s “Project Fresh” initiative. This has seen the store completely refurbished as part of Aldi’s €160m investment […]