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Three Kilkenny libraries launch new Wi-Fi service for students

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2022 11

Three Kilkenny libraries have launched a new internet Wi-Fi service for local students. It comes as Kilkenny County Council Library Service announced the launch of eduroam Wi-Fi in Ferrybank, Thomastown and Callan Libraries as part of the eduroam Everywhere initiative. eduroam stands for education roaming and provides secure and easy-to-use Wi-Fi access in thousands of

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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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Jobs boost as Aldi seeks 32 new staff for its eight stores in Kilkenny and Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

Supermarket giant Aldi Ireland is looking for new staff to bolster its headcount at its stores in county Kilkenny. Aldi is seeking to recruit 32 new employees across its eight outlets in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow. The supermarket chain also announced it is increasing its minimum wage rate to match the Living Wage Technical Group’s […]

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Class news! 10 Kilkenny schools to undergo major improvement works

By Kilkenny Now 25th November 2019 0

Ten Kilkenny  schools will undergo major improvement works next Summer, it was revealed today. The funding is being provided by the Government as part of the 2020 Summer Works Scheme. Education Minister Joe McHugh has announced a total of 405 schools across the country will receive more than €30 million for projects that will be […]

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Eight Kilkenny libraries get €112,000 in technology funding

By Kilkenny Now 11th May 2019 0

EIGHT public libraries located across Kilkenny city and county have benefitted significantly from a technology investment to support local people to learn and develop digital skills, Minister John Paul Phelan has said. Last July funding of over €8 million was approved by Minister for Community and Rural Development Michael Ring to invest in technology for […]

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Fine Gael unveils experienced line-up to contest next local elections

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2019 0

FINE Gael has unveiled an experienced team to contest the next local elections in Kilkenny. Minister John Phelan, who was recently appointed Fine Gael’s national Director of Elections, said the party has selected candidates with a strong track record and “deep roots” in their respective communities. In the south of the county, specifically in the […]

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Words on wheels – Kilkenny’s mobile library is coming to a school near you

By Kilkenny Now 15th January 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council’s mobile library is on the move – visiting several schools in the south of the county earlier today. The mobile library rolled into Knocktopher Vocational School at 9.30am this morning, before driving down the road to Ballyhale National School at 10.45am. Then it was back to Knocktopher for lunchtime before visiting Hugginstown […]