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30 new homes for elderly to be built near Kilkenny supermarket

By Kilkenny Now 30th November 2023 Post a comment

A developer has been given the green light to build 30 new homes in Kilkenny city. Tallywood Limited was granted permission by the local authority council to build the houses on a .65 hectare site on the Hebron Road, near the Aldi supermarket. The homes are expected to accommodate the elderly and those in need […]

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SPONSORED: Education, Excellence, Opportunity – Waterford College of Further Education opens the door to a world of opportunity

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2023 0

‘Education, Excellence, Opportunity’ is the motto of Waterford College of Further Education (WCFE) and it fully lives up to those three ideals, providing first class education, by excellent teachers, which opens the door to a world of opportunity for its students. The college, located in the heart of Waterford city, offers the largest range of […]

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SPONSORED: Grace declares war on waste: MEP sets her sights on a greener, cleaner future

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2022 0

Delegates to COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, heard stark evidence this month about the change in the world’s climate and the deterioration of our environment. Irish representatives joined others in promising to mend our ways and take urgent steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But the fear of environmentalists is that, […]

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An internationally renowned chef and an award-winning nutritionist are joining forces in a competition to encourage not just healthy eating but family eating.

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2022 Post a comment

An internationally renowned chef and an award-winning nutritionist are joining forces in a competition to encourage not just healthy eating but family eating. Gennaro Contaldo, the Italian maestro and mentor of Jamie Oliver, and Laura Warren, the woman behind Elite Living Nutrition, are judges of the Family Cook-Off. Families are asked to plan and cook […]

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Kilkenny author’s book highlights State’s struggle to combat domestic abuse

By Kilkenny Now 22nd November 2022 0

A new book by a Kilkenny-based author has detailed the State’s struggle to combat Ireland’s deepening domestic abuse problem. In Safe, journalist Shane Doran tells the story of one mother and daughter’s long struggle to escape from their abuser before setting up a frontline organisation dedicated to helping others in similar situations. In July 2016, […]

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SPONSORED: Child maintenance reforms will make ‘significant difference’ to lone parent families in Kilkenny and Carlow

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2022 0

Sinn Féin TD for Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has welcomed the publication of the report by the Child Maintenance Review Group which was established in 2020. The report concluded that child maintenance is in need of immediate and radical reform, urgency the local Sinn Féin TD says she has repeatedly sought from Government on this issue. These reforms will […]

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Dog of Kilkenny woman killed by tree branch stayed by her side

By Kilkenny Now 21st November 2022 0

A tragic Kilkenny farmer was killed after she was pinned by a falling tree branch. The body of Mary O’Shea, who was in her early 60s, was found at her home in Raheen, Piltown on Saturday evening. However, she was last seen on Friday morning and it is believed she died later that day. According […]

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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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Phelan hails €10m fund to help community groups combat soaring energy costs

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan has welcomed a new €10 million fund to help community and voluntary groups across the country to meet soaring energy costs. The fund was announced recently by Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphrey. The local Fine Gael TD said of the initiative: “The Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme […]

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SPONSORED: Grace declares war on waste: MEP sets her sights on a greener, cleaner future

By Kilkenny Now 16th November 2022 0

Delegates to COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, heard stark evidence this month about the change in the world’s climate and the deterioration of our environment. Irish representatives joined others in promising to mend our ways and take urgent steps to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But the fear of environmentalists is that, […]