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Burst water main cuts off supply to county Kilkenny town and several villages

By Kilkenny Now 13th February 2020 0

A burst water mains has cut off the water supply to more than a thousand homes in county Kilkenny this morning. Irish Water and Kilkenny County Council are currently carrying out repairs to a burst water main near Thomastown. The necessary works mean there is no supply to most parts of Dangan, Carrickmourne, Inistioge, Thomastown […]

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STORM CIARA AFTERMATH: Homes in Kilkenny among thousands without power

By Kilkenny Now 9th February 2020 0

ESB crews are battling to restore power to a number of homes in county Kilkenny after Storm Ciara battered the country early this morning. A Status Orange wind warning t expired an noon, but a Yellow rain alert remains in place throughout the country until 3pm. Ten thousand homes and businesses were left without power, […]

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Two Kilkenny water sources supplying 16,000 back on stream after pollutants cleared

By Kilkenny Now 5th February 2020 0

TWO water sources serving 16,000 people in Kilkenny abandoned last year after dangerously high levels of environmental pollutants were discovered in the water have been restored. The Inistioge and Kilkenny City (Troyswood) water supplies, shutdown when dangerously high levels of trihalomethanes were discovered in the water last July have been given the all-clear by the

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New café and holiday apartments puts Kilkenny village in spotlight once again

By Kilkenny Now 30th January 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s most picturesque locations is set to be reinvigorated by the creation of a new café and holiday apartments in the centre of the village. The famous building and restaurant known as Circle of Friends in Bank House on Inistioge’s High Street is set to undergo a major transformation which will include the […]

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€10m works to improve drinking water in Kilkenny town and village finally complete

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

Marathon works to improve the quality of drinking water for up to 4,000 people living in Thomastown and Insitioge have finally been completed. Irish Water, working in partnership with Kilkenny County Council, confirmed it has completed a €10 million investment to provide clean and safe drinking water in the south Kilkenny areas. The upgrade and […]

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Large haul of builders’ tools stolen during break-in at county Kilkenny site

By Kilkenny Now 11th January 2020 0

Thieves made off with a valuable haul of construction equipment after breaking into a building site in county Kilkenny. Gardai confirmed the thieves broke into the site in Clonamery, Inistioge, sometime between 2pm last Saturday and 10am on Wednesday. The thieves made off with an expensive Jefferson generator, two blue Makita drills, sets of drill […]

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Lust for life: Kilkenny activity and tourism projects share €82,000 windfall

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

A windfall of more than €82,000 will be shared between five Kilkenny projects aimed at getting people out and while targeting tourism to their areas. The funding is part of the Government’s 2019 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, which will see €1.8 million shared by 109 projects nationwide. Activity tourism is becoming hugely important to the […]

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Pride of Place: country’s top community groups flock to Kilkenny for awards

By Kilkenny Now 30th November 2019 0

Hundreds of unsung heroes from across the island of Ireland will descend on Kilkenny today for the 2019 Pride of Place awards. The Pride of Place awards is an annual competition organised by Co-operation Ireland and sponsored by IPB Insurance, which promotes and celebrates the best in community development. The awards recognise the selfless efforts […]

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SPONSORED: How Thomastown Credit Union helps beat the loan sharks

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2019 0

THE Department of Finance is studying submissions from a consultation on licensed moneylenders. When it launched the process three months ago there were 39 of these moneylenders operating with the authorisation of the Central Bank. They were charging annual interest rates which ranged from a frightening 152 per cent to a horrifying 287 per cent. […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny’s tidiest towns and villages

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY towns and villages picked up a gold medal and two silver medals at the 2019 Tidy Towns Awards announced this morning. Kilkenny city won a gold medal, while the beautiful villages of Tullahought and Inistioge picked up silver awards at the national awards ceremony held in Dublin. Kilkenny city, the 1985 […]