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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 […]

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Number of house sales across Kilkenny tumble

By Colin Bartley 19th April 2021 0

There was a sharp drop in house sales in Kilkenny in 2020, according to newly published data. The latest Residential Price Property Index released by the Central Statistics Office reveals there was 141 fewer houses transactions in Kilkenny city and county last year than in 2019. Just 847 homes were sold in 2020, a drop […]

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Doing the right thing: Kilkenny reporting lowest number of new Covid cases in country – CSO

By Colin Bartley 14th April 2021 0

Kilkenny residents are doing all the right things in the battle against the spread of Covid-19. A new report reveals the county has registered the largest fall in the number of new Covid-19 nationally, a new Central Statistics Office report on Covid-19 Deaths and Cases reveals. The county registered either one case per day or […]

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Drug driver arrested by gardai in Kilkenny city

By Colin Bartley 13th April 2021 0

A drug driver was arrested by gardai in Kilkenny city. The motorist was stopped by members of the Kilkenny Roads Policing Unit at Foulkstown on the Waterford Road. The suspect was arrested and taken to Kilkenny Garda Station. A local Garda source confirmed the motorist is due to appear in court to face drug related […]

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Big drop in number of Kilkenny people claiming pandemic payment: report

By Colin Bartley 8th April 2021 0

The number of people in Kilkenny receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has dropped by more than 30% from the highest point of the pandemic, new data reveals. According to the latest Labour market report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), some 11,556 people in Kilkenny city and county were claiming the PUP last May. […]