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Plan for exciting new outdoor music venue in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2021 0

Kilkenny County Council is considering plans for a new outdoor music venue in the city. Under the scheme, the local authority would also invest in “street furniture” to maximise use of outdoor facilities in the city and county. The mooted new outdoor performance space would be located beside the Watergate Theatre. Council leader and musician […]

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Woah there! New law to ban horses from Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Horse exclusion zones and stable conditions are the main areas covered by new equine bye-laws to be introduced in Kilkenny in the coming weeks. Kilkenny County Council have today adopted new ‘Control of Horses’ bye-laws which will see horses banned from 26 streets and public areas of the city. The new laws come into effect […]

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Green machines: Kilkenny students cycle to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

By Kilkenny Now 9th March 2021 0

As schools begin to reopen across the county, a call has gone out to students urging them to make ‘green journeys’ to school on St Partick’s Day. Cycle Kilkenny is encouraging families to green their journey to school and, where possible, to walk, cycle or scoot school journeys next week. The initiative is being led […]

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Greenday: Two popular Kilkenny trails get €400,000 funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2021 9

Two local Kilkenny outdooor have been awarded government funding of almost €400,000 under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The Moat Field Nature & Heritage Trail within Westcourt Demesne, Moat, Ballylarkin has been awarded €193,500, while the Woodstock Estate Trail Development in Inistioge has received €200,000. The scheme provides funding for the

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Pride of place: Kilkenny’s tidiest estates revealed

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2021 0

By Jayde Maher Kilkenny County Council has announced the winners of the 2020 Tidy Estates Competition. Fairview in Graiguenamanagh is deemed to be the cleanest large estate in the county. De La Salle Place in Kilkenny city took the tidiest ‘medium sized estate’ accolade, while Mullinavat’s St Patrick’s Close in was named the county’s cleanest […]

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‘Kilkenny County Council was part of that failure’ – local authority apologises for role in Mother and Baby home scandal

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2021 0

Kilkenny County Council has issued a formal apology to the deceased, the survivors and the relatives of former residents at a local Mother and Baby Home. St Columba’s Hospital, formerly known as Thomastown County Home prior to 1957, was one of four County Homes that featured in the recently published report by the Mothers and […]

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Light, cameras … Christmas! Festive lights to set Kilkenny city aglow this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2020 0

The pandemic may have put a damper on this year, but the spirit of Christmas lives on in Kilkenny. And this weekend the city will bask in festive cheer as the Christmas lights are turned on to mark the countdown to the big day. Although crowds are not permitted due to Covid restrictions, everyone living […]

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Savour this: Kilkenny food festival assembles country’s top chefs for 2020 event

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2020 0

Savour Kilkenny have assembled some of the country’s leading chefs to deliver a special series of online winter warmer recipes for food lovers everywhere. The special virtual event will replace Savour’s traditional annual gathering of more than 50,000 people in the heart of the medieval city. Kilkenny favourites Edward Hayden and his long-term collaborator Anne

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€110m invested in Ferrybank’s North Quays to ‘transform’ south Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2020 0

The €110 million government investment in the landmark North Quays development in Ferrybank will have a “transformative” impact on south Kilkenny and the South East, a local TD has said. Kilkenny TD and Ferrybank resident John Paul Phelan said the investment can “unlock the potential” of the entire region. Deputy Phelan said: “This will

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Gardai come to rescue of yet another horse found in distress in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 4th September 2020 0

Gardai in Kilkenny have come to the rescue of yet another horse in Kilkenny city. This poor pony, named ‘Lydia’ by her adopted carers, was discovered with a trap attached to her by Sergeants Burke and Goode while on the beat in the city yesterday. After inspecting the animal, the pony was taken into protective […]