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Nice work: More and more Kilkenny people returning to employment

By Kilkenny Now 6th June 2021 0

More than 200 people signed off the Live Register in Kilkenny last month as lockdown restrictions eased. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal a total of 2,671 people in Kilkenny signed on at the end of May. This is down from the 2,873 people recorded signing on at the end of […]

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Good job: Live register figures continue to tumble in Kilkenny – report

By Kilkenny Now 11th May 2021 0

More than 70 people signed off the Live Register in Kilkenny last month, despite the lockdown restrictions still being in place. New figures published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal a total of 2,873 people in Kilkenny signed on at the end of April. This is down from the 2,947 people recorded signing on […]

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High Court rules €140m cheese plant in Kilkenny can proceed

By Kilkenny Now 20th April 2021 0

An Taisce has failed in its bid to prevent a €140 million cheese processing plant being developed in county Kilkenny. The decision not to uphold the independent environmental body’s objections on environmental grounds was reached in the High Court in Dublin in the last few minutes. Both Kilkenny County Council and An Bord Pleanála had […]

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Big drop in number of Kilkenny people claiming pandemic payment: report

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2021 0

The number of people in Kilkenny receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has dropped by more than 30% from the highest point of the pandemic, new data reveals. According to the latest Labour market report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), some 11,556 people in Kilkenny city and county were claiming the PUP last May. […]

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Jobs boost for Kilkenny as studio seeks talent to work on new Netflix series

By Kilkenny Now 10th March 2021 2

Success breeds success, and one of Kilkenny’s greatest success stories is now adding to its team of internationally renowned animators. Cartoon Saloon has again received multiple global award nominations for its latest feature Wolfwalkers, whcih is set in medieval Kilkenny. And rather than rest on its laurels, the agency is instead embarking on a major […]

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Jobs boost for Kilkenny as new manufacturing facility gets green light despite objections

By Kilkenny Now 26th February 2021 Post a comment

Twenty new jobs will to be created in Kilkenny a health food company wwas given the go ahead to set up a manufacturing facility here. An Bord Pleanála this week approved plans by Virginia Health Foods to create a manufacturing facility on the site of an equestrian centre in Wallslough outside the city. The company, […]

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Global banking leader gets green light for massive expansion in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2021 0

A global banking company is showing its faith in Kilkenny as a destination to work as it embarks on a significant expansion plan. Kilkenny-based global banking and financial services giant State Street has been granted planning permission for its project to significantly expand its campus in the city. State Street International (Ireland) Ltd applied to […]

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Green light for large new supermarket in county Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 10th February 2021 0

Supermarket giant Aldi has been granted planning permission by Kilkenny County Council to build a new store in Castlecomer. The store will be located on the site of the town’s former Creamery in the centre of Castlecomer. It will be Aldi’s sixth store in Kilkenny city and county. The former Glanbia site, which has lain […]

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Good job! Fewer people signing on in Kilkenny now than when pandemic hit

By Kilkenny Now 4th February 2021 0

There are fewer people signing on the Live Register in Kilkenny now than when the pandemic hit last year. And there are just a handful more people claiming unemployment payments in the county now compared to the end of 2019, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal. The latest figures show there are 3,036 […]

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Kilkenny now has lowest unemployment rate in country: report

By Kilkenny Now 26th January 2021 0

Workers in Kilkenny have been the least affected by job losses throughout the pandemic, despite the crippling impact of Covid-19 on the local tourism sector. However, figures published this week also reveal that one out of every seven workers in Kilkenny is now claiming some form of government assistance. The figures were compiled by the […]