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Kilkenny-based IT firm secures UK contract and unveils plans to create new jobs

By Kilkenny Now 13th October 2020 Post a comment

A leading IT firm partially based in Kilkenny is celebrating on the double. Today it has announced exciting plans for a new headquarters after it landed a three year €275,000 contract with top accountancy, taxation and business advice specialists, McInerney Saunders (MCIS). Business IT Solutions (BITS), based in Dublin, Kilkenny and Carlow, has been transforming workplaces

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Leo swings back at Kilkenny’s Big Phil amid war of words over golfgate controversy

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2020 0

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has rejected claims made by former European Commissioner Phil Hogan that he and Taoiseach Micheál Martin subjected the Kilkenny man to a “full-scale attack” over the golfgate controversy. The Fine Gael leader was responding to comments in the Kilkenny People which quoted Mr Hogan as saying he had not “broken any law”. […]

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General Election to take place ‘in first few months’ of 2020

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2019 0

A General Election is set to take place early in the New Year. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has put his Fine Gael troops on notice after the British election finally brought certainty to the Brexit question. A Government source today confirmed to KilkennyNow.ie this has paved the way for a General Election here “in the first […]

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UK ELECTION ANALYSIS: Not the result Ireland wanted but really the best we could get

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 0

We don’t have a vote, but when it comes to UK elections most people in Ireland pick a side – and the side we mostly pick is Labour. An iReach survey, conducted in the days before polling, showed that 23% of adults in Ireland expected the Conservatives to win an overall majority but only 10% […]

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The Kilkenny man who could make or break Brexit

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 Post a comment

“Get Brexit Done” was the simple and effective mantra Boris Johnson swept the Conservative Party back into power on the back of, securing an overwhelming majority in the UK elections overnight. The electorate bought it and probably think ‘that’s it done’ and everything will go back to the way it was just before David Cameron […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: We’ll miss RTÉ when it’s gone

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2019 0

A lot of important GAA club matches have been played in recent weeks – county and provincial finals for both hurling and football. RTÉ radio has covered them all and RTÉ television has shown extracts from many of them. RTÉ doesn’t get much thanks for this service and that, I suppose, is fair enough. It’s […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris beware, history has a warning for you …

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 Post a comment

Boris Johnson has got the general election he wanted and goes to the country buoyed by opinion polls which suggest he could score a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Be careful what you wish for, Mr Johnson. Theresa May thought she was heading for a landslide when she called a snap election in […]

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Brexit deal agreed between UK and EU

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

A BREXIT deal has been agreed between the UK and the European Union. Both UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU’s Chief negotiator Michel Barnier have tweeted in the last few minutes announcing the news. The deal looked dead just hours ago when the Democratic Unionist Party said they could not support the deal, […]

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Breakthrough in Brexit talks as EU gets green light for last ditch talks with UK

By Kilkenny Now 11th October 2019 0

THERE has been first real sign of a breakthrough in the marathon Brexit negotiations aimed at prevent a disastrous ‘no-deal’ scenario. This evening it has emerged the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been given the green light from the 27 member states to go into intense negotiations with the UK this weekend. The announcement followed […]

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Alarming 80% drop in UK visitors to Kilkenny as Brexit bites

By Kilkenny Now 9th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HOTELS and guesthouses in Kilkenny have seen a near 80% falloff in bookings from UK visitors. The latest figures released from a national industry survey from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) shows 57% of hotels have seen a fall in overall business levels compared to this time last year while 33% report […]