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Kilkenny TD unveils new plan to make it much easier to vote

By Kilkenny Now 27th December 2019 0

Kilkenny TD and Government minister John Paul Phelan today unveiled a series of new proposals to modernise Ireland’s voter registration system. The Ferrybank resident, who is also Minister for Local Government and Electoral Reform, said the new measures about making the registration process “more user-friendly and similar to the way people interact with other

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Christmas election averted as Government narrowly survives Dáil vote

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

A Christmas general election has been averated after the Government scraped through a Dáil vote of no confidence in Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy last night. The Fine-Gael minority Government narrowly won the vote with the support of a handful of Independent TDs. Opposition TDs were scathing in their criticism of Fine Gael’s record on tackling […]

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‘Most young people in Kilkenny can only dream of owning their own home’ – TD unveils plan to combat housing crisis

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2019 0

Kilkenny County Council must be given back the power – and the resources – to tackle our deepening housing crisis, a local TD has claimed. Deputy Kathleen Funchion spoke out as she today unveiled a basic three-step plan to combat the chronic shortage of social and affordable housing in Kilkenny and Carlow. The Sinn Féin […]

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Housing crisis: Just two apartments completed in Kilkenny so far this year

By Kilkenny Now 15th November 2019 0

The Government is failing to meet its housing targets in Kilkenny in relation to apartments. New figures reveal just two apartments have been completed in Kilkenny up until September 30. As part of the Government’s Ireland 2040 plan, Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, put apartment building at the centre of the plan to house the population, […]

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BREAKING: Major breakthrough for Ferrybank’s North Quays project, Government commits €39m for new train station

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

Waterford will get a new railway station as part of the North Quays Development project in Ferrybank after the Government committed to fund a brand new terminal. Waterford TD David Cullinane today announced that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has agreed to fund the relocation of train station away from Rice Bridge […]

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Kilkenny rural water schemes to benefit from €1.8m investment

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 2

By COLIN BARTLEY NEARLY €2 million has been earmarked for upgrading water services in county Kilkenny. The money will be invested over the next three years, with the first €500,000 being spent in the next 12 months. Kilkenny’s Junior Minister John Paul Phelan confirmed the funding as part of a €55 million new capital investment […]

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WEATHER WARNING: Lorenzo to hit Ireland hard, fears of flooding and power outages in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY PEOPLE in Kilkenny are being told to prepare for Tropical Storm Lorenzo as it will cause damage. Lorenzo, which has just been downgraded from a Hurricane to a Tropical Storm, will still bring very high winds and heavy rain to Kilkenny and could cause flooding, power outages, fallen trees and damage to […]

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WEATHER WARNING: Batten down the hatches – Hurricane Lorenzo IS coming

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HURRICANE Lorenzo will hit Ireland – and it will be “quite ferocious, very dangerous” a Government taskforce has warned. Lorenzo, the strongest ever storm recorded this far east in the Atlantic at this time of year, is due to hit Ireland’s west coast early tomorrow morning before turning east and making landfall. […]

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Near 20% increase in Kilkenny homeless since start of the year

By Kilkenny Now 9th September 2019 0

By Colin Bartley THE amount of people homeless or living in emergency accommodation in Kilkenny continues to rise. Homelessness in Kilkenny city and county has increased by 18% since the turn of the year. And this trend is set to continue if a solution to the private rental market shortage in Kilkenny isn’t addressed according […]

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Kilkenny’s age friendly project receives national recognition

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council has received a nomination for a national award in recognition of its efforts to make the city age-friendly. Chambers Ireland, in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government today revealed the shortlist for the Excellence in Local Government Awards 2019. The council has been nominated in […]