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Kilkenny hosts concert to mark World Homeless Day

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEXT Thursday is World Homeless Day and a Kilkenny organisation is holding a concert to raise awareness about homelessness and raise money to help its efforts of creating accommodation. The Rafter Family and Friends of the Good Shepherd Choir are hosting two concerts in St Canice’s Cathedral to highlight homelessness and raise […]

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STORM UPDATE: Fresh warning for Kilkenny as Lorenzo hits, local charity offers shelter to homeless

By Kilkenny Now 3rd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY WITH the worst of Tropical Storm Lorenzo yet to come, Met Éireann has issued a fresh storm warning for Kilkenny and the South East – it could be worse than previously thought. With this warning, a Kilkenny city charity is reaching out to those who would be seriously affected by Storm Lorenzo. […]

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‘We need more building, we need more affordable homes’ – Kilkenny campaigner

By Kilkenny Now 12th September 2019 14

By COLIN BARTLEY A SHRINKING rental market and people not having access to mortgages are driving the homeless crisis in Kilkenny a local campaigner has said. Noel Sherry, Manager of the Good Shepherd Centre in Kilkenny, believes the lack of access to private rental accommodation in Kilkenny is worrying and the homeless issue will only […]

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A small Kilkenny team battle homelessness on Dublin’s streets

By Kilkenny Now 20th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A GROUP of five Kilkenny concerned citizens have been helping the homeless on the streets of Dublin for the past two and a half years. Every two weeks ‘Kilkenny Helping the Homeless’ travel to the capital to provide hot food and clothes to people living on the streets. The team, Mary Pierce, […]

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Local charity on track to hit homeless housing target this year

By Kilkenny Now 18th July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY A LOCAL organisation that houses people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in and around Kilkenny has provided around half of their targetted houses in the first six months of the year. The Good Shepherd Centre,  an organisation that works with homeless men, women, families and those at risk of […]