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Famous Kilkenny bar to upgrade facilities to cater for ‘new normal’

By Kilkenny Now 22nd February 2021 0

An award-winning Kilkenny bar and restaurant is looking to extend its premise and improve work conditions for its staff. Paris Texas on Kilkenny’s High Street has made an application to Kilkenny County Council to convert an existing storage area at the back of the building into staff facilities and a modernised storage area. The owners […]

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€600,000 funding to retrofit 22 social homes in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 21st February 2021 0

More than €600,000 has been allocated to retrofit social housing in county Kilkenny. The money has been awarded as part of the €45 million Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for Social Housing scheme announced by the Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The €601,706 programme will upgrade 22 social housing units in the county to […]

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Kilkenny Council to rule on plans for large new housing development

By Kilkenny Now 19th February 2021 0

Plans for a large new housing development in county Kilkenny are back on track. Last July Dunmore Property Development Co Limited lodged an application with Kilkenny County Council seeking permission to build 40 new homes at Rathculliheen, beside the existing Abbeygate estate in Ferrybank. In September the local authority reverted to the developer with a […]

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Pandemic puts brake on new 48-home estate in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2021 Post a comment

Plans to build 48 new homes in a Kilkenny village have hit a further snag because of the pandemic. Developer John Staunton lodged an application with Kilkenny County Council in July seeking permission to build the housing development at Moate Road in Ballyragget. Late in October, the local authority returned to Mr Staunton requesting more […]

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Kilkenny school to build temporary classrooms to cater for students

By Kilkenny Now 18th February 2021 0

A school in county Kilkenny is seeking to build new temporary classrooms to cater for its students. The Board of Management Colaiste Eamann Ris on the Kilkenny Road in Callan has made the application to Kilkenny County Council seeking planning for the temporary structure. The school wants to erect a detached single-storey temporary demountable building […]

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For the prose: Submissions sought for Kilkenny’s popular poetry publication

By Kilkenny Now 17th February 2021 0

A popular publication that gives writers from across Kilkenny a platform for their work is seeking submissions for its latest book. The Kilkenny Poetry Broadsheet is now in its 21st year and is growing in popularity with local writers and literature lovers. Last year a total of 47 writers sent in 91 poems for consideration […]

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New boutique hotel for Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2021 0

Plans to build a new boutique hotel in the centre of Kilkenny city have been given the green light. Kilkenny County Council has approved an application from developers Kevin Moore Building Ltd seeking permission to create a 23-bedroom hotel in the city-centre. The hotel will be located between Lower John’s Street and Horse Barrack Lane, […]

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Bridging finance: €17m funding for vital road works in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2021 0

Improvement works to three bridges in county Kilkenny and the upgrade of a busy street in the city are among local projects that have been allocated almost €17 million. A total of €16.795 million has been set aside for road maintenance and improvement of the road network in cit and county. It will also fund […]

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How to Keep Well under lockdown: Kilkenny libraries launch new online events

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2021 0

Kilkenny County Council Library Service has unveiled an innovative new programme of online events to support communities’ health and well-being as the lockdown continues. The 2021 Healthy Ireland at your Library programme is part of the national Keep Well campaign. As Covid restrictions remain in place, the programme of events will focus on online talks […]

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Award-winning Kilkenny trout farm seeks more time to complete modernisation plans

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2021 0

A highy successful Kilkenny business that has been operating for 60 years is looking to modernise some of its facilities. Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Jerpoint, Thomastown, has applied to Kilkenny County Council for an extension to planning permission that was previously approved. The multi award-winning business, which has been run by the Kirwan family since […]