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Kilkenny by numbers: CSO hiring local supervisors for Census 2022

By Kilkenny Now 19th September 2021 0

Are you interested in helping to coordinate the first draft of your local area’s history? The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is seeking staff to supervise the next census in Kilkenny. The State agency has re-opened the Census Field Supervisor competition due to a shortage of applicants in a limited number of areas, including Kilkenny. Applications […]

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Kilkenny motorists go green as electric and hybrid cars drive motor sales

By Colin Bartley 12th July 2021 0

A surge in car sales in Kilkenny city and city county in the first six-months of the year has been driven by growing demand for electric and hybrid vehicles. More than 27% of all new registrations in Kilkenny so far this year have been either an electric or hybrid vehicle. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) […]

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Significant rise in sex and drug offences in Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 18th June 2021 0

There was a noticeable increase in sexual offences and drug arrests in the Kilkenny Garda Division over past 12 months. But over the same period there has been a significant drop in the number of thefts and public order incidents in the county. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show the impact […]

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Record number of houses granted planning permission during pandemic in Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 14th June 2021 0

The appetite for new homes in Kilkenny remains remarkably high, despite being in the midst of a global pandemic. In fact new figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal more homes applications were approved in the last 12 months than any period previously since the data was recorded. In the 12 months up […]

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Nice work: More and more Kilkenny people returning to employment

By Colin Bartley 6th June 2021 0

More than 200 people signed off the Live Register in Kilkenny last month as lockdown restrictions eased. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal a total of 2,671 people in Kilkenny signed on at the end of May. This is down from the 2,873 people recorded signing on at the end of […]

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Shipping news: Kilkenny port trades through global storm

By Colin Bartley 27th May 2021 0

Despite being in the midst of a global pandemic that has rocked the world eocnomy, the international port in south Kilkenny has only reported a very small decrease in freight going through its gates. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office reveal the level of goods handled at the Port of Waterford in Belview […]

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Good job: Live register figures continue to tumble in Kilkenny – report

By Colin Bartley 11th May 2021 0

More than 70 people signed off the Live Register in Kilkenny last month, despite the lockdown restrictions still being in place. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal a total of 2,873 people in Kilkenny signed on at the end of April. This is down from the 2,947 people recorded signing on […]

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Signs of major slowdown in number of homes built in Kilkenny this year

By Colin Bartley 7th May 2021 0

Despite being in the middle of a global pandemic that shut down construction for most of the year, more houses were completed in Kilkenny in 2020 than any other 12 month period over the past decade. However, newly published figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal there has been a marked slowdown in the […]

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73 people have died of Covid-19 in Kilkenny

By Colin Bartley 5th May 2021 0

A total of 73 people in Kilkenny have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. New figures provided by the Central Statistics Office and published in the Irish Independent also confirm Kilkenny has one of the lowest rates of infection in the country. Just six counties recorded lower incidence rates over the past […]

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Kilkenny marriages more than halve as Covid cancels couples’ big day: report

By Colin Bartley 5th May 2021 0

The lowest number of marriages were registered in Kilkenny last year – falling by more than 50% on the previous 12 months as Covid cancelled weddings en masse. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show just 227 marriages were registered in Kilkenny lin 2020, down from 573 in 2019. The huge drop […]