Almost €575,000 has been allocated to projects aimed at helping towns and villages across county Kilkenny adapt to life under Covid-19 restrictions. Five towns and villages around the county will receive between €100,000 and €175,000 as part of the Government’s Town and Village Renewal Scheme unveiled by Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphreys earlier
Kilkenny Council has been busy this week trying to arrange compulsory buying orders on a portfolio of buildings across the city and county. The local authority this week made 10 applications to An Bord Pleanála for compulsory buying orders on the buildings. The properties the council are seeking orders are located in: Barna, Freshford 60 […]
Plans are already in motion for the collection and composting of Kilkenny’s Christmas trees. Kilkenny County Council has set nine temporary tree drop-off locations around the county. Trees can also be dropped off at the local authority’s two civic amenity sites at Dunmore and Grannagh. The temporary sites will be opened from January 4 to […]
The local authority has granted approval for a giant 100ft telecommunications mast planned for Coillte-owned land in county Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council has given the green light for Cignal Infrastructure Ltd application to erect a new 30-metre telecommunications structure at Knockadrina, between Knocktopher and Stoneyford. The new 100ft plus multi-user lattice
Kilkenny County Council has been busy this week trying to arrange compulsory buying orders on a portfolio of buildings across the city and county. The local authority this week made 10 applications to An Bord Pleanála for compulsory buying orders on the buildings. The properties the council are seeking orders are located in: Barna, Freshford […]
Water tankers are mobilising as Kilkenny city and Freshford prepare for almost a full day without supplies tomorrow. The 22-hour outage affecting the city and its environs is due to “essential upgrade” works on the water supply network at Talbotsinch on the Freshford Road. A spokesperson for Irish Water said: “There will be a temporary […]
A Kilkenny man is raffling off his dream home in a bid to raise funds to help his daughter during her battle with leukaemia. Mark Keoghan, who is now living and working in the UK with his family, took the difficult decision after his seven-year-old daughter Mollie was diagnosed with the disease earlier this year. […]
A new development of family homes in the centre of a Kilkenny town, which has been in the offing for a number of years, can finally go ahead after getting the green light from planners. Developer Cliondha O’Reilly had initially received planning permission from Kilkenny County Council to build 14 homes on a 0.83 hectare […]
More than €200,000 has been awarded to seven projects that will help local communities to adjust to life in the face of the pandemic. Kilkenny city, Callan, Freshford, Piltown and Ballyhale are among the more than 100 towns and villages across the country that will benefit from €4.25 million in funding under the Government’s enhanced […]
Thieves climbed up a telephone pole and proceeded to cut off 400 metres of cable before making their escape in the night. The near-shocking theft occurred at Frankford, Gatabawn, not far from the M8 motorway exit at Urlingford sometime between 5pm on Saturday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 15. Gardai are investigating the theft. They […]