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Work on new fire station in Urlingford to begin this year as design contract is signed

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2019 0

THE construction of the new fire station in Urlingford will begin this year, Kilkenny County Council has confirmed. The contract for the design team for the new fire station for Urlingford was officially signed by Council CEO Colette Byrne and Martin Peters, of Martin Peter and Associates Consulting Engineers yesterday. The Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County […]

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Kilkenny soprano Sinéad Blanchfield returns home to take up key new role

By Kilkenny Now 29th March 2019 0

RENOWNED Irish soprano, recording artist, vocal coach and music educator Sinéad Blanchfield has been appointed to the role of Music Generation Development Officer for Kilkenny. In a statement issued today, Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) said Sinéad will “develop and oversee an affordable, accessible programme of performance music education for

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Two ‘undiscovered’ Kilkenny towns to receive €500,000 tourism funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2019 0

TWO “undiscovered” county Kilkenny towns are set to receive up to €500,000 in funding to boost their tourist potential. Kilkenny County Council has been given the green light to bid for funding to develop towns that have the potential to become a ‘destination town’ for visitors. A total of 62 towns across the country will […]

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A new era: Minister turns first sod on landmark housing scheme in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2019 0

THE first sod has been turned on a major development that will see the construction of up to 3,000 housing units and three schools in the city. Minister of State for Local Government John Paul Phelan and Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council Eamon Aylward dug in for the photo op today to mark the beginning […]

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Major new water works to disrupt supplies and traffic in Kilkenny city for weeks

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2019 0

RESIDENTS and businesses in Kilkenny city face more major disruption as significant works get underway to replace old cast iron water mains. The works to decommission the cast iron water mains will begin this morning on James’s Street and are set to continue for the next two months. Irish Water warned the works “may involve […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny Council plan to deploy mobile cameras along River Nore to combat illegal dumping

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 Post a comment

THE River Nore is suffering from its highest ever level of illegal dumping, a Kilkenny councillor has claimed. Cllr Patrick O’Neill has called for CCTV to be installed at access points along the river in a bid to combat the growing problem. The Fine Gael Carlow-Kilkenny General Election candidate told KilkennyNow.ie: “The levels of illegal […]

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Kilkenny councillors set to be given more powers to determine how much property tax we pay

By Kilkenny Now 19th March 2019 Post a comment

KILKENNY councillors are set to be given more powers to decide what levels of property tax to charge homeowners across the city and county. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has signalled the Government will cede more powers to local authorities as part of a series of measures to prevent a massive hike in local property tax (LPT) […]

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WATER WARNING: Homes and businesses in city and county face outages

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2019 Post a comment

HOUSEHOLDERS and business in parts of the city and county have been warned they face disruptions to their water supplies today and tomorrow. Some homes in Callan and surrounding areas have been without water since 7am this morning as leak detection works get underway. Irish Water warned “supply may take 2-3 hours to fully return to […]

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65 hit with fines as Kilkenny Council deploys drones to combat litter louts

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2019 0

KILKENNY County Council issued 65 fines to local litterbugs in January, new figures reveal. The council today confirmed a total of 65 fixed penalty fines were issued by Environment Enforcement Officers in the first month of the year. These fines were issued for offences such as littering around bottle banks, discarding cigarette butts from car […]

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Spring Clean Campaign: community groups unite to keep Kilkenny litter free

By Kilkenny Now 7th March 2019 0

OVER 75 local community groups have registered their support for the National Tidy Towns Spring Clean Campaign. There was huge support for the initiative at the first Tidy Towns Forum for 2019 in Kilkenny recently. Kilkenny County Council said the overwhelmingly positive response was a strong demonstration of our local communities’ commitment to keeping Kilkenny […]