A new apartment block will be built in the centre of Callan. It comes after Kilkenny County Council approved plans by developers James Ryan and Shane Lynch to convert a cottage on Mill Street and built 12 new apartments on the site. Parts of the site are listed on National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and […]
One of Ireland’s leading supermarket retailers has announced it is extending the opening hours of its Kilkenny stores in the run-up to Christmas. Aldi Ireland confirm its five stores in Kilkenny city and county will open later over Christmas week to ensure their customers can do their festive shopping quickly and safely at a time […]
The sister of missing Kilkenny woman Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard has made a renewed appeal for the public to help unlock the mystery behind her disappearance. It comes after as the Garda probe into the Callan woman’s disappearance was upgraded as a murder investigation almost exactly 25 years after she vanished. At a press briefing […]
Gardai have upgraded the investigation into the disappearance of Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard to a murder inquiry. The hugely significant development comes as senior gardai will hold a media briefing on their investigation into the disappearance and murder of the Calllan woman in November, 1995. A Garda spokesperson confirrmed: “An Garda Síochána will be […]
Plans to redevelop a large county Kilkenny agri-store are firmly back on track. Earlier this year the Callan Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society Limited requested permission from Kilkenny County County to redevelop its facility on West Street in Callan. The massive overhaul included the building of new retail space, new stores, new car parking facilities, […]
More than €200,000 has been awarded to seven projects that will help local communities to adjust to life in the face of the pandemic. Kilkenny city, Callan, Freshford, Piltown and Ballyhale are among the more than 100 towns and villages across the country that will benefit from €4.25 million in funding under the Government’s enhanced […]
The local authority is set to rule on whether plans for a large new housing development in a county Kilkenny town will go ahead within the next fortnight. Developer Andrew Glennon is hoping to build 41 semi-detached and terraced housing units as well as eight residential serviced sites beside Friary Walk, Clashacollare in Callan. The […]
Thieves stole a trailer from a property in county Kilkenny than contained parts of a marquee. The theft of the silver Temored twin axel trailer occurred at Dairyill, Cuffesgrange sometime between 11am last Thursday and 2pm the following day. Gardaí have urged anyone who noticed any suspicious vehicles in the area around that time to […]
The time taken to sell the average house in Kilkenny has fallen by three weeks in the past quarter, a national property survey has found. The REA Average House Price Survey found that the average time taken to sell across the county fell over the past three months from ten weeks to seven. The price […]
The construction of 12 new apartments in the centre of a county Kilkenny town is one step closer to becoming a reality after developers submitted revised plans to the local authority. In July of this year, Kilkenny County Council granted planning permission for developers James Ryan and Shane Lynch to go ahead with their plans […]