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50,000 foodies to descend on city this weekend to Savour Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY UP to 50,000 people will get a taste of what Kilkenny has to offer as they flock to the Marble City this weekend for one of Ireland’s biggest and most popular food festivals. Now in its 13th year, Savour Kilkenny’s jam-packed programme will bring an aroma to the air and a buzz […]

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Up-and-coming Kilkenny writers to be mentored by Ireland’s best authors

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TWO Kilkenny writers with the potential to create great works of literature have been selected to receive professional mentoring. Local writers Orla Mackey and Billy Fenton have been selected by Words Ireland to receive professional mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice. Just 21 writers […]

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Matter of fact: project teaches Kilkenny students to source historic documents

By Kilkenny Now 24th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A WORKSHOP for  Kilkenny’s Leaving Certificate students, demonstrating how to use primary sources for history projects, is being rolled out around the county. Kilkenny Library has enlisted the help of Finbar Dwyer, creator of the highly informative and popular “Irish History Podcast” to deliver the workshops. Being run as part of the […]

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Kilkenny Council is one of the country’s best performing local authorities: report

By Kilkenny Now 22nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council continues to be regarded as one of the best performing local authorities in the country, a new report reveals. Just 27 social houses in Kilkenny were vacant at the end of 2018, while it took less than five months to move in new tenants to vacated local authority houses. […]

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Plans to build 25 new homes in Kilkenny village

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2019 0

PLAN for a development of 25 new homes in Kilkenny village have been received by the council. The new development in Dangan townsland, beside Kilmacow, would create living space for over 70 people. Dunkitt Properties Ltd submitted the planning application to the council last week for the construction of the houses close to both the […]

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Huge new development to create homes for over 350 people in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY PLANS to create a large 98-home development in county Kilkenny have been submitted to the local authority. Michael Doyle Civil Engineering Limited, based in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, has applied to Kilkenny County Council to construct housing for over 350 people at Abbeylands, Ferrybank. The planning application is for the construction of 36 […]

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New Kilkenny city bus service could be rolled out in four weeks

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Kilkenny City Bus Service could be up and running in the next four weeks. The new service will see 41 locations in Kilkenny serviced by the buses. It’s expected buses will run every half-hour. Fares and timetables will be revealed within the next few weeks. It’s expected free-travel-passes will be accepted […]

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Kilkenny Council get tuff with owners who don’t license their dogs

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Council is set to crackdown on dog owners who don’t license their pets. The council has added more staff to their dog license inspection unit to make sure the city and county is compliant with the Control of Dogs act. Anyone unable to produce a dog license when asked by […]

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REVEALED: Three former Kilkenny councillors to get €144k in ‘retirement’ payments

By Kilkenny Now 16th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY THREE former Kilkenny county councillors who chose not to seek re-election or who failed to regain their seat in the recent local elections will receive a total of €144,000 in ‘retirement gratuity payments’, new figures reveal. Councillors who did not return to the local authority chamber are entitled to a payment, which […]

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New ideas to shape the future of shopping in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Kilkenny County Council is asking business owners and retailers to come up with innovative new ideas that will shape the retail strategy of the city and county, in an effort to make it a more attractive shopping destination. The council’s call is in response to a survey filled out by 550 consumers […]