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Kilkenny LEADER partnership; connecting communities

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks through a series of regional workshops across County Kilkenny beginning in Freshford on Tuesday, October 25, culminating with a joint

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Five Kilkenny towns and villages to get outdoor makeover

By Kilkenny Now 24th August 2021 0

Five towns and villages across Kilkenny will benefit from a new €7 million fund to upgrade their streetscapes and shopfronts. Thomastown, Mullinavat, Castlecomer, Goresbridge and Urlingford have all been selected for the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative, which is to make our rural towns and villages more attractive to live, work and visit.  Initial details of the […]

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Kilkenny solar farm given five more years to complete development

By Kilkenny Now 24th February 2021 0

A solar farm in county Kilkenny has been granted an extra five years to complete the development. Kilkenny County Council granted Power Capital Renewable Energy the significant extension to develop the 5MW solar farm on lands at Grange Lower in Goresbridge. Power Capital originally received planning for their renewable energy project in 2016, but the […]

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Burglars make off with huge haul of valuable goods after breaking into Kilkenny farm

By Kilkenny Now 7th January 2021 0

Burglars broke into a farm yard and made off with a large haul of power tools and goods. A double-axel for a Ifor Williams trailer was also stolen during the break-in, which occurred at a farm in Lower Grange, Goresbridge, sometime between 6pm on Tuesday and 9am the following morning. A Garda spokesperson confirmed: “A […]

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BREAKING: Man (40s) killed in county Kilkenny road tragedy

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2020 0

A man in his forties has been killed in a fatal road accident in county Kilkenny. The tragedy occurred after the man’s van collided with a tree outside Goresbridge on the R705 to Bagenalstown in the early hours of this morning. Gardai in Thomastown are investigating the incident. A Garda spokesperson said this morning: “A […]

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Distraught Kilkenny woman returns home to find home ransacked and cash stolen

By Kilkenny Now 7th November 2019 0

A county Kilkenny woman returned home to discover her home had been broken into and some cash in foreign currenty had been stolen while she was away. The break-in occured at a house in Pollagh, Skeoughvosteen, Goresbridge, sometime between 9.40am last Saturday and 5.30pm on Sunday. A local Garda spokesperson confirmed: “The homeowner returned to […]

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Burglars break into site of new Kilkenny home, large quantity of slates stolen

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2019 0

THIEVES broke into the site of a new home in county Kilkenny and made off with a large quantity of slates. The incident occurred on the site of the new build at Court Na Boughilla, Goresbridge, some between 11.30pm on Wednesday and 8.30am on Thursday. A local Garda spokesperson said: “The injured party reported that […]

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How Kilkenny towns can hook up to the high-speed broadband highway

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

TOWNS across Kilkenny are being given the opportunity to set up their very own community broadband services. But they only have until the end of this month have until May 31 to qualify for up to €30,000 in supports for a business plan, Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) has announced. KLP CEO Declan Rice said advisory […]

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Broadband roadshows roll into Kilkenny communities this week

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE Kilkenny LEADER Partnership community broadband roadshows kick off this week. Information meetings will be held at the Freshford Community Hall tomorrow night, with another event at Mullinavat Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Both meetings begin at 8pm. KLP has teamed up with internationally-renowned fibre expert, John Graves, for the Blue Town Initiative which

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]