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Two well-known stores in Kilkenny to close in latest retail blow for city

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Two well-known stores in Kilkenny have closed with immediate effect in the latest retail blow to the city. It comes after Dixons Carphone, the owners of Carphone Warehouse which has outlets at the MacDonagh Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre, annoucned it is ceasing operations. Some 486 workers are being made redundant across the […]

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Kilkenny disability groups urged to apply for new training and employment fund

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Community and voluntary groups in Kilkenny who work with people with disabilities helping to improving their employment opportunities can now avail of up to €200,000 in support funds. Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has urged groups who qualify to apply as soon as they can to avail of the new €5 million scheme announced by […]

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An Taisce considers further legal action to block €140m Kilkenny cheese plant

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Kilkenny-based food giant Glanbia Ireland has welcomed the High Court decision to dismiss an application from An Taisce which tried to block the construction of a €140 million cheese production facility in the south of the county. The independent environmental body is now considering whether or not to take further legal action to halt the […]

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High Court rules €140m cheese plant in Kilkenny can proceed

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

An Taisce has failed in its bid to prevent a €140 million cheese processing plant being developed in county Kilkenny. The decision not to uphold the independent environmental body’s objections on environmental grounds was reached in the High Court in Dublin in the last few minutes. Both Kilkenny County Council and An Bord Pleanála had […]

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Kilkenny studio scoops SIX new awards in final countdown to big night at the Oscars

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

Kilkenny’s world renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon has picked up no fewer than six new awards. Wolfwalkers, the mythological feature film set in Kilkenny, picked up five Annie Awards over the weekend, while Cartoon Saloon picked up another award for a short they made in collaboration with Greenpeace. The Annie Awards are handed out annually […]

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Number of house sales across Kilkenny tumble

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2021 0

There was a sharp drop in house sales in Kilkenny in 2020, according to newly published data. The latest Residential Price Property Index released by the Central Statistics Office reveals there was 141 fewer houses transactions in Kilkenny city and county last year than in 2019. Just 847 homes were sold in 2020, a drop […]

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Lotto luck: Celebrations at Kilkenny store after €12.7m Lotto windfall

By Kilkenny Now 17th April 2021 0

The store that sold the winning €12.7 million Lotto tickets in Kilkenny on Wednesday night were toasting their success this morning. National Lottery bosses revealed the Circle K Garage on Kilkenny’s Waterford Road was the seller of one of the biggest jackpots in the more than 30 years history of the draw. It has now […]

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Epic feature set in medieval Kilkenny scoops first gong of awards season

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2021 0

The new feature film from Kilkenny’s globally renowned animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, has finally broken its duck at for this season’s film awards, picking up ‘Wolfwalkers’ first gong. Wolfwalkers won Best Animated Feature at the PETA Oscats last night where it picked up a Golden Feline. Every year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals […]

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2021 0

Locally-based food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 34.6 cent per litre (cpl) for March. Glanbia Ireland said it will pay a base milk price for February of 34.18 cpl (including VAT) for creamery milk at 3.6% fat and 3.3% protein. This is an increase of 1.5 cpl from the […]

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Cheers! Award-winning Kilkenny bar gets green light for expansion

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2021 Post a comment

An award-winning Kilkenny bar and restaurant has been given approval to extend its premises. Kilkenny County Council has given Paris Texas permission to convert an existing storage area at the back of its bulding on High Street into staff facilities and a modernised storage area. The well-known building is a protected structure and is located […]