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Kilkenny’s rivers among most polluted in country: damning report

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2021 0

The rivers running through and border county Kilkenny are among the most polluted in the country, a new report has found. Nitrogen levels in the Rivers Nore, Suir and Barrow are now at a level that can “put human health at risk”, according to the latest report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the […]

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Kilkenny village’s water finally safe to drink again after four years on danger list

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2021 7

Residents in a  Kilkenny village have been told their water is safe to drink after nearly four years being told their supply could pose serious risk. The Glenmore Water Supply Scheme was removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Remedial Action List this week, a list it was originally placed on October 2017. At that […]

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Stuff it! Kilkenny secondary school students wanted for environmental competition

By Kilkenny Now 20th January 2020 0

Young people in Kilkenny are being encouraged to think about how their decisions can have a positive impact on the environment in a competition organised by the Environmental  Protection Agency (EPA). The Story of Your Stuff is aimed at secondary school students and seeks to empower young people to make environmentally conscious decisions about their […]

Food & Drink News

Talking turkey: Sandwiches are our favourite way to mop up Christmas leftovers

By Kilkenny Now 26th December 2019 0

After the great Christmas Day food splurge … come the leftovers! It will probably come as no great shock to people in Kilkenny that most of us prefer making sandwiches (65%) with our leftover turkey and ham at Christmas, a new survey from the Environmental Protection Agency has found. The EPA also  found that the […]

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Relief as 4,600 Kilkenny householders told it’s finally safe to drink from taps again

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2019 3

More than 4,600 people in county Kilkenny have had been told their water is safe to drink again. This morning the Bennetsbridge water supply was removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s remedial action list. Since the drought associated with the hot summer of 2018 enforced a hosepipe ban, people in Bennetsbridge have had to endure […]

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Water disgrace! 1,400 Kilkenny residents forced to endure SIX-MONTH boil notice

By Kilkenny Now 11th September 2019 4

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY water supply was under a boil-water restriction for to almost six months last year. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water Report 2018 revealed the Ballyragget public water supply had a boil notice placed on its water from early February 2018 to the end of July 2018. The Ballyragget water […]

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Volunteer group build Kilkenny’s first home composting site

By Kilkenny Now 25th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of 40 volunteers with an interest in the environment has built Kilkenny’s first home composting demonstration site. This past weekend, 40 graduates of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) master composting course built Kilkenny’s first home composting demonstration site in Inistioge. The programme, funded by the EPA’s ‘Stop

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New EPA monitor in Thomastown tracking Kilkenny’s air quality

By Kilkenny Now 13th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THOMASTOWN is the first area in the whole of the South East to have its air monitored as a part of a national programme tracking air quality. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today confirmed that an air quality monitor has been installed in the South Kilkenny town. The results of the air […]