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Raising the bar! Renowned Kilkenny pub named best in the entire region

By Kilkenny Now 19th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A FAMOUS Kilkenny bar will represent the South East region at the Irish Pub Awards. Paris Texas Bar has just been announced as the Best Innovative Pub in the region. It is the second Kilkenny pub representing the South East in the Irish Pub Awards after Malzards Bar in Stoneyford was recently […]

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Enterprising Kilkenny company ‘One to Watch’ after collecting national award at Ploughing Championship

By Kilkenny Now 17th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY company has won a prestigious annual agri-business award at the National Ploughing Championships. Beotanics Ltd, based in Stoneyford was announced as the ‘One-to-Watch’ award winner at the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards 2019. The Kilkenny company leads the way in the development of niche food crops such as Sweet Potato, […]

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Aldi opens new ‘Project Fresh’ green store in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A REVAMPED supermarket in Kilkenny – powered by 100% green electricity – has just opened its doors. Aldi’s store on the Waterford Road has been redesigned to be more eco-friendly under it’s  ‘Project Fresh’ store initiative.  The store received a makeover which involved a new easier lay-out, installation of energy-efficient hi-spec

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Kilkenny’s ‘Reign of Terror’ has ended – unless a new insurer is found

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN EVENT which attracted people from all over the world to county Kilkenny has been cancelled for the second year running due to rocketing insurance cover. The ‘Reign of Terror’ mud run, held in Kells for two years from 2016, this week confirmed it has been forced to cancel this year’s event […]

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Car-azy! Kilkenny motorists among hardest hit by parking charges

By Kilkenny Now 3rd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council raked in more than €2.3 million from car-parking charges last year. Newly published figures reveal Kilkenny took one of the highest sums of money from motorists compared to other local authorities outside of the capital. The €2.3 million collected by Kilkenny Council is the fourth-highest figure nationwide outside Dublin, […]

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Kilkenny cafés named in new national Top 100 ‘retail excellence’ list

By Kilkenny Now 25th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO popular Kilkenny cafés have been recognised for their commitment to quality, innovation and customer service. Cakeface Patisserie in Irishtown and Insomnia in the Market Cross Shopping Centre have both made the AIB Merchant Service Top 100 retail excellence list for 2019. The awards recognise, reward and celebrate outstanding performance and vision by

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One-in-eight business units in Kilkenny now lying vacant

By Kilkenny Now 23rd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE number of vacant commercial units in Kilkenny continues to rise. Stark new figures reveal one in every eight commercial units in the city and county are now lying empty. There are currently 527 vacant commercial units in Kilkenny, up from 515 in 2018. The 527 vacant units represent 12.6% of all […]

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‘Filthy’ Kilkenny takeaway shut down by food safety chiefs

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A TAKEAWAY in county Kilkenny, shut down for being ‘filthy’ posed an unacceptable risk to the public a damning report published today found. An inspection by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found no evidence of a food safety management system and found a lack of adequate facilities, cleaning, storage conditions, […]

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Glanbia will pay farmers 29.5 cents per litre for milk in July

By Kilkenny Now 12th August 2019 0

GLANBIA will pay its farmers 29.5 cents per litre, including vat, for July, the Kilkenny-based company confirmed today. Glanbia Ireland (GI) will pay a base milk price for June of 29 cpl including VAT, for manufacturing milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is a reduction of 1 cpl from the June base price. […]

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Kilkenny multinational up for prestigious global innovation award

By Kilkenny Now 11th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ONE of the success stories of the Kilkenny business community has been nominated for a prestigious international financial award. Immedis, a specialist in global payroll, has been shortlisted in the Forum for Expatriate Management APAC(Asia-Pacific region) EMMAS for Banking, Tax or Financial Services Innovation of the Year The FEM EMMAs (Expatriate