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Budget 2023 cuts the cost of education for families – Phelan

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2022 Post a comment

Budget 2023 cuts the cost of education to help pupils, students, and their families, according to Fine Gael TD, John Paul Phelan. Speaking as the Budget was announced, Deputy Phelan said: “Budget 2023 is a Cost of Living Budget, designed to help you and your family, with measures for the most vulnerable and the squeezed […]

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€13bn tax battle: Apple and Ireland win appeal against EU ruling

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2020 Post a comment

Apple and Ireland have won their appeal against the European Commission’s €13.1 billion tax ruling. The case arises from the European Commission’s 2016 direction to Ireland to recover €13.1 billion in unpaid taxes from the US tech giant. The disputed taxes cover an 11-year period between 2003 and 2014, as well as €1.2 billion in […]

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Leading Kilkenny blogger cooks up a storm at ‘Cook Off’ with top model Roz Purcell

By Kilkenny Now 1st March 2020 0

As Storm Jorge was raging across the country, a leading Kilkenny blogger was cooking up a different type of storm under the watchful eye of top model and nutritionalist Roz Purcell. Laura Warren, who runs the website http://www.elitelivingnutrition.com which specialises in health and nutrition coaching, was one of five contestants chosen to take part in […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Here’s my Christmas SOS – Save Our Shops

By Kilkenny Now 27th November 2019 0

The Christmas shopping splurge marks a new round of hostilities in a war that has been raging for a decade or more over the future of the retail industry. It has been a pretty one-sided affair, with store after store waving the white flag while online traders occupy their territory. Well, not literally. For online […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Boris beware, history has a warning for you …

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2019 Post a comment

Boris Johnson has got the general election he wanted and goes to the country buoyed by opinion polls which suggest he could score a landslide victory over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. Be careful what you wish for, Mr Johnson. Theresa May thought she was heading for a landslide when she called a snap election in […]

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Breakthrough in Brexit talks as EU gets green light for last ditch talks with UK

By Kilkenny Now 11th October 2019 0

THERE has been first real sign of a breakthrough in the marathon Brexit negotiations aimed at prevent a disastrous ‘no-deal’ scenario. This evening it has emerged the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been given the green light from the 27 member states to go into intense negotiations with the UK this weekend. The announcement followed […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: The grape that got banished by royal command

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

FRANCHE Comté is a region of Burgundy close to the border with Switzerland. For centuries, control swung between France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Philip II of Spain was the man in charge back in the mid-sixteenth century and he took a strong exception to the Pinot Blanc style of grape from which they […]

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Ireland finally answer the call to trounce France and set up Six Nations decider against Wales

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2019 0

Ireland 26 France 14 EASILY the best Irish performance of the Six Nations campaign saw Joe Schmidt’s team completely dominate France and set up a mouth-watering title decider against unbeaten Wales next week. Ireland have dragged themselves back into contention for the Six Nations championship following the disastrous opening-day defeat to England at the […]