Government funding has been allocated to two popular county Kilkenny walking trails. Brandon Hill in Graiguenamanagh and the South Leinster Way are among 31 trails chosen for funding under the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ programme. Under the scheme, which was announced by Rural Development Minister Heather Humphreys this week, funding is provided to farmers
A total of 4,434 recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) were due to recieve a Christmas bonus today. The festive payments to Kilkenny PUP recipients amounts to €1,399,398. Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan welcomed the payments and said he hopes the money will be invested in the local economy in the countdown to Christmas. […]
There have been no further deaths, but 14 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening. It means the overall death toll as a result of the virus remains at 1,764. There are now 25,942 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]