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Kilkenny based company at centre of Government’s ambitious 2030 renewable energy plans

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2020 0

A Kilkenny based company looks set to play a central role in Ireland’s renewable energy future which the government hopes will provide 70% of our power needs by 2030. Two renewable wind farm projects off the east coast of Ireland, being developed by Kilkenny based company Innogy Renewables Ireland, have been deemed ‘relevant projects’ by […]

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Government signs off National Broadband Plan, 17,000 Kilkenny homes to get connected

By Kilkenny Now 19th November 2019 0

The Government has just signed off on the €3 billion National Broadband Plan contract it hopes will bring high-speed broadband to the entire country. Kilkenny is set for a €71 million investment, which will give 17,000 homes in the county the ability to connect to high-speed broadband. With the contracts, signed it is hoped work […]

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17,000 Kilkenny homes set to benefit from €71 million broadband investment

By Kilkenny Now 30th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny is set for a €71 million investment which will give 17,000 homes in the county the ability to connect to high -speed broadband. This investment is part of the new National Broadband Plan, which the Government expects to complete sign off on, in the coming months. The preferred bidder, National Broadband […]

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Car free Kilkenny city-centre part of Government plan to slash carbon emissions

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 Post a comment

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 […]

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Kilkenny’s net loss: yet another delay in roll-out of National Broadband Plan

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

RURAL parts of Kilkenny still without high speed internet access face another delay before the roll-out of the crisis-plagued National Broadband Plan (NBP). The latest setback came as Communications Minister Richard Bruton confirmed the NBP will not go before Cabinet today. It had been previously suggested by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the matter would be […]