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Kilkenny businesses urged to apply for Covid Restart Grant as deadline looms

By Kilkenny Now 27th October 2020 0

Kilkenny businesses who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic are being urged to apply for council support to kick-start their operations as the deadline looms at the end of this week. Kilkenny County Council’s Business Restart Grant Plus scheme is a direct grant aid of anywhere between €4,000 to €25,000, based on a business’s […]

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Kilkenny company’s Covid kits to play key role in Ireland’s testing strategy

By Kilkenny Now 10th October 2020 0

A Kilkenny -company has launched an accurate and quick Covid-19 antigen diagnostics test kit to the Irish market which is set to become a fundamental pillar in Ireland’s testing strategy. MyBio, which is based in the Kilkenny Research and Innovation Centre at St Kieran’s College, has created a rapid antigen test to see if you […]

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Rapes, sexual assaults and murder threats rose sharply in Kilkenny during lockdown: report

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2020 0

The number of rapes and sexual assaults recorded in the Kilkenny-Carlow Garda Division have almost tripled in a year, new figures reveal. Threats to murder and people being caught driving while under the influence of drugs have also increased significantly, according to crime statistics for published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today. They show […]

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Tánaiste and Finance Minister restricting movement following close contacts with positive Covid-19 cases

By Kilkenny Now 23rd September 2020 Post a comment

Former Taoiseach and current Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is restricting his movements after returning a negative Covid-19 test result, following a close contact with a positive case. Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is also restricting his movement until this weekend after being in close contact with the French Finance Minister Bruno le Maire, who it has emerged […]

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Kilkenny publicans to host coffee mornings as part of new campaign to reopen doors

By Kilkenny Now 5th September 2020 0

Pub owners in Kilkenny are set to ramp up their activities in an effort to get their businesses back open again. Publicans across the county this week received an email from the Chief Executive of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, (VFI) Padraig Cribben, informing them of the new campaign. In the email – seen by […]

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Second school in Dublin reports positive Covid-19 result among students

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2020 Post a comment

A second school in Dublin has had to send students home after a positive Covid-19 test was confirmed. Parents of the students in the school were yesterday afternoon informed about the case via an email from the Principal. It is understood that all necessary procedures are in place to deal with the case. All close […]

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Two out of three Kilkenny pubs closed due to Covid-19 could be out of business by 2021: report

By Kilkenny Now 24th August 2020 0

Two-thirds of Kilkenny’s pubs that have not yet re-opened due to the Covid-19 pandemic believe they will not be in business next year if they are not allowed to open their doors soon. These are the stark findings of a survey of pub-owners outside of Dublin published the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI). The survey […]

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Kilkenny residents targeted in elaborate Covid-19 tracking scam

By Kilkenny Now 14th July 2020 0

Kilkenny residents are being targeted by nasty online scammers trying to extort money by preying on people’s Covid-19 fears. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has had to come out and issue a public information alert due the extent of the scam which sees people being contacted by phone or text, being told they have been […]

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A pint of pain: Lack of guidelines leaves 94 Kilkenny pubs in the dark just days before they are due to re-open

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2020 Post a comment

With just 11 days to go until pubs are allowed to reopen in Kilkenny, publicans have called on the government to publish the guidelines under which they are allowed turn on the taps again, and say time is running out to be able to implement the changes. Of the close to 160 pubs in county […]

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Glass half empty: More than 4,500 of Kilkenny’s pub workers in danger of losing their job: report

By Kilkenny Now 8th July 2020 0

More than 4,600 jobs are at risk in Kilkenny’s pubs and hospitality sector after it emerged that consumer demand for the pub will be lower due to the impact of Covid-19. These startling figures were revealed in a report released by Drinks Ireland, an umbrella group consisting of the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA), Vintners Federation […]