Kilkenny’s food and drink producers are being urged to get involved in a new programme to help them make it big on the national and international stages. Kilkenny Local Enterprise Office has issued a call out to food and drink producers across the county to join its successful Food Academy programme. Now in its eighth-year, […]
Kilkenny retailers could be opening their doors within a matter of weeks and a support workshop is being organised to help them set up again. It comes as Government figures indicated there are moves towards reopening non-essential retail next month. In response to this, Kilkenny’s Local Enterprise Office (LEO) is hosting a Kilkenny Retail Support […]
A 33-metre telecommunications tower has been given the go-ahead to be built on public lands overlooking a Kilkenny village. Kilkenny County Council has approved Cignal Infrastructure Limited plans to erect the 100ft tall structure on Coillte lands at Coolehill Upper, Windgap, Co Kilkenny. The council had raised concerns over the construction of the tower, the […]
Plans for ‘mobile coffee trailer’ at a popular local walkway have been lodged with the local authority. The coffee trailer is planned for the Nore Valley River Walk in Ballyredding outside Bennettsbridge. The Nore Valley Walk between Kilkenny city and Bennettsbridge has become increasingly popular with walkers in recent months.
The national planning authority is considering plans for a major housing development of more than 100 new homes in Kilkenny. An Bord Pleanála received a Strategic Housing Development (SHD) application from developers Denis Treacy Construction Limited to build 115 new homes at Margaret’s Field on the Callan Road in Kilkenny. The national planning authority gave […]
A development of large family homes is planned for the grounds of a late 17th century mansion on the outskirts of Kilkenny. The development at Kilcreene Lodge in the west of the city would see nine homes built on an area of more than two-heactares within the curtilage of the protected structure. The building on […]
A bridge that will connect a county Kilkenny town to a major tourist attraction is one step closer to completion. The construction contract for the Castlecomer footbridge has been signed and work is expected to get underway on the long-anticipated structure in the early summer. It is expected work on the bridge will be completed […]
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 […]
Thieves in Kilkenny have taken the term ‘recycle’ to a whole new level after stealing bikes from a waste disposal centre. The bikes were stolen from the Kilkenny County Council operated Dunmore Recycling and Waste Disposal Centre near Hennebry’s Cross sometime on Saturday, April 17. The thieves broke through a fence at the rear of […]
A county Kilkenny town is to get a brand new state-of-the-art Library and the government has committed more than €2.5 million for its development. The money has been made available for the new Thomastown Library building through the Government’s Rural Development and Regeneration fund which is aimed at revitalising rural towns and villages and rural […]