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Kilkenny LEADER partnership; connecting communities

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks through a series of regional workshops across County Kilkenny beginning in Freshford on Tuesday, October 25, culminating with a joint

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Kilkenny communities taught to develop their own green power projects

By Kilkenny Now 28th November 2021 0

By Joshua Cullen Independent energy agency 3cea is hosting a free online webinar on the development of renewable energy projects for community groups in Kilkenny and Carlow. The webinar, which will take place from 9.30am on December 2 with the support of the Kilkenny LEADER Partnership, will discuss specific steps organisations need to take to […]

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Minister’s cock-a-hoop about fantastic new county Kilkenny community park

By Kilkenny Now 11th August 2021 0

Residents in a county Kilkenny town and the local authority came together to create a fantastic new recreational space for the whole community to enjoy. Justice Minister Heather Humphreys visited Thomastown recently to officially open the Thomastown Recreational/Park Amenity. The outdoor multipurpose amenity is located near the centre of the town and has been a […]

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Kilkenny’s ‘smart villages’ – community groups invited to attend special free event 

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2020 3

Kilkenny is counterbalancing the EU-wide focus on ‘Smart Cities’ with a ground-breaking ‘Smart Villages‘ initiative which kicks off this month. The initiative aims to help small businesses, community activists and groups to ‘Think Smart’ about the future options for rural communities. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) wants to help towns

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€95,000 awarded to four community projects in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd April 2020 0

Four community projects and initiatives enhancing the lives of Kilkenny residents are to receive a near €100,000 boost. Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, the Fox and Goose Community Shop and Tearooms, Trail Kilkenny and County Kilkenny Leader Partnership are to share over €95,000 under the latest round of leader funding. Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club gets €12,237 For […]

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Kilkenny communities under microscope in €193,000 competition

By Kilkenny Now 26th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY IT’S a big week for communities in Kilkenny as they will be examined as part of an enterprise competition with a total prize fund of €193,000. Judging is taking place around Kilkenny this week for the National Enterprise Town Awards 2019. Kilkenny city is first to come under the microscope this afternoon, […]

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BREAKING: Thomastown gets €2m as part of major regeneration programme

By Kilkenny Now 15th February 2019 Post a comment

THOMASTOWN will receive more than €2 million as part of a major regeneration programme. And €60,000 will be invested by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership in community shops across the county, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan confirmed this morning. Thomastown has been granted a total of €2,080,486 as part of a significant Town Regeneration project. […]