A low flying aircraft will be seen in the skies above Kilkenny over the coming days. But you needn’t panic: the plane is just on a mission to collect geochemical and geophysical data on rocks, soil and water. The mission is part of the Tellus Survey, a nationwide programme of Geological Survey Ireland. To gather […]
By COLIN BARTLEY THERE will be a lot of activity in the skies around Kilkenny tomorrow as a national survey of the county gets underway – from above. The Tellus survey is a national programme to gather geochemical and geophysical data across Ireland, examining the chemical and physical properties of our soil, rocks and water. […]
By COLIN BARTLEY CARS could be banned from Kilkenny city centre under the Government’s new climate action plans. The move to ban cars from city-centres is part of the Government’s 180-point Climate Action Plan to have zero carbon emissions by 2050. According to the plan, no new petrol or diesel engine cars will be sold […]