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Revealed: 14 Kilkenny festivals to share €89,000 in council funding

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has set aside €89,000 to support 14 festivals being held across the county this year. The money is going towards festivals the council has identified as having the potential to attract tourism and add to Kilkenny’s tourism industry. Council Cathaoirleach Peter “Chap” Cleere said: “These festivals represent a significant part of

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Kilkenny community finally gets playground after six years of campaigning

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

After more than six years of campaigning, a Kilkenny community is finally getting the playground it has long wished for. Kilkenny County Council has finally the green light for the playground to be built in the village of Bigwood in the south of the county. The Bigwood Children’s Playground Committee applied for a social inclusion, […]

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Another walk on the wild side: Second charity hike across Ireland’s longest bridge spanning Kilkenny and Wexford on cards

By Kilkenny Now 23rd January 2020 0

Organisers of a charity walk over the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy bridge linking Kilkenny and Wexford are looking into the possibility of holding a second event. The original charity walk across Ireland’s longest bridge spanning the River Barrow at Pink Point organised for this Sunday, January 26, sold out within two days after it was announced […]

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Kilkenny All-Star hurler seeks to expand fitness business

By Kilkenny Now 22nd January 2020 0

One of Kilkenny’s most popular gyms – TJ Reid Health & Fitness  – is looking to expand its premises. The gym, co-owned by Kilkenny All-Star TJ Reid, has lodged a planning application to increase the size of its fitness centre at Cillin Hill, Leggetsrath by 230 sq/m. The proposed makeover will require a change of […]

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Kilkenny County Council gives go ahead for 25 new social homes

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2020 0

A social housing development which will provide accommodation for 25 families in a Kilkenny town is ready to go to the planning stage. The new local authority houses that are to be built at Lady’s Well in Thomastown got the go-ahead at the January meeting of Kilkenny County Council yesterday evening. The development will consist […]

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Kilkenny Council extends office hours to help voters get on electoral register

By Kilkenny Now 21st January 2020 0

With the General Election fast approaching, so is the deadline to register to vote. Kilkenny County Council is extending its office open hours to help people who want to cast theirs. The council will keep its doors open until 6.30pm today and tomorrow evening to allow people to come in and get themselves on the […]

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Kilkenny Council’s ‘lightbulb moment’ shortlisted for national community award

By Kilkenny Now 18th January 2020 0

A lightbulb moment by Kilkenny County Council staff has been shortlisted for a prestigious national community award. The local authorities ‘Streetlight LED Retrofit Pilot Project’ has been nominated in the Best Energy Smart Initiative at the the All Ireland Community and Council Awards Now in its 14th year, the All Ireland Community and Council Awards, […]

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Kilkenny’s Rivercourt Hotel gets green light to redevelop historic building in city

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2020 0

A hotel in the heart of medieval Kilkenny has been given the go ahead for its plans to expand. The Rivercourt Hotel at the bridge on John’s Street will now create a further 19 rooms for the complex between the existing building and the adjoining protected structure, McCourts Townhouse. The hotel will change the layout […]

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Health food company plans new plant for Kilkenny city, but it has a hurdle to jump

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 Post a comment

A highly successful health food company which supplies some of Europe’s largest supermarkets is looking to create a manufacturing facility in Kilkenny creating 20 jobs in the process. Virginia Health Foods has identified a site just outside of Kilkenny city, which they say is the perfect location for their new facility as it fits into […]

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Less than a week left to register to vote in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2020 0

Kilkenny people yet to register to vote in the upcoming general election are being reminded that they have less than a week to do so. Kilkenny County Council has issued a reminder that the closing date for the supplement to the Register of Electors is Wednesday, January 22. There is some confusion surrounding voter registration […]