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Leading Kilkenny artisan producers win big at Irish Food Awards

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IT was a good weekend for Kilkenny artisan food producers with two of them picking up awards at what are described as the ‘Oscars’ of Irish Food. Truffle Fairy and Kilkenny Food Company picked up best producer awards at Blas na hÉireann, the Irish Food Awards, which were held in Dingle, county […]

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Kilkenny company producing sustainable new foods to feed the planet

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY company is part of a ground-breaking new project aimed at producing new sustainable foods needed to feed the planet going into the future. Beotanics, based in Stoneyford, is an integral part of the new EU project to develop new alternative proteins that will be launched in January 2020. The new-protein […]

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A huge draw! Crowds flock to city for Kilkenny Animated festival

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY is set to draw a huge crowd this weekend for an event visitors have had pencilled in for a while now. Kilkenny Animated, the world’s foremost animation festival, is taking place around the city and county this weekend and has drawn its guests from the leading lights in the industry globally. […]

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Kilkenny multinational gets green light to develop massive innovation centre

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN KILKENNY multinational making huge waves in the global financial sector has been given the green light to build a massive innovation centre in the city. Kilkenny County Council has granted The Taxback Group planning permission for a near 5,000 square meter research and innovation centre to be built in the IDA […]

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A ‘fresh’ start: Aldi unveils new, greener store in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 28th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY INTERNATIONAL retail giant Aldi has just thrown open the doors of a state-of-the-art and greener supermarket to Kilkenny consumers. Aldi’s Hebron Road store in the city has undergone an extensive redevelopment as part of the group’s “Project Fresh” initiative. This has seen the store completely refurbished as part of Aldi’s €160m investment […]

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Kilkenny people wanted to share their local knowledge with visitors

By Kilkenny Now 25th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY FÁILTE Ireland is looking for Kilkenny people to help grow the local economy and become a local tourism expert. Over 80 individuals and representatives from the Kilkenny tourism and hospitality sector are already part of Fáilte Ireland’s KNOW Kilkenny Local Experts Programme. The national tourism board is hosting another workshop aimed at […]

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Glanbia looking to extend research and development capability in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY GLANBIA Ireland is looking to future proof the company by investing massively in a new Research and Development (R&D) facility in county Kilkenny. The Kilkenny based global agrifood giant has lodged a planning application with Kilkenny County Council for a huge extension to its R&D facility at its headquarters in Ballyconra, Ballyragget. […]

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Glanbia announces grain prices for 2019

By Kilkenny Now 23rd September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’S multinational food producer, Glanbia Ireland, has confirmed its harvest 2019 grain pricing. Glanbia Ireland will pay €141 per tonne for green barley and €148 per tonne for feed wheat delivered by co-op members during harvest 2019. This price includes an extra €3 per tonne co-op bonus to all members and is […]

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Redevelopment of Kilkenny city-centre street to ease traffic congestion

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY A CITY-centre street will be transformed in an effort to make it more people and business friendly, while also easing traffic congestion in the area. Ormonde St will become a one-way street for traffic, removing the pinch point that occurs at its junction with Patrick Street. Kilkenny County Council plans to make […]

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Leading Kilkenny company wins prestigious national award

By Kilkenny Now 21st September 2019 0

A LEADING Kilkenny company has been named overall winner of a prestigious national award. TransferMate was the winner of the first annual Deloitte Financial Services Innovation Awards, which took place in Dublin yesterday. The Kilkenny company was also named the winner of the product or service category for its ‘Global Invoice Connect’ solution. TransferMate is