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Kilkenny’s hurling success adds a bit of spice to local studio’s search for first Oscar

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s sucesss in bagging All-Ireland hurling titles has added an extra bit of pressure on the internationally-renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon to finally land an Oscar. Speaking after Cartoon Saloon’s latest critically acclaimed feature Wolfwalkers became the local studio’s latest Oscar nomination, director Ross Stewart said: “Kilkenny

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Green light for new housing development on Kilkenny’s Ring Road

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2021 0

A new residential development on the outskirts of Kilkenny city has been approved by the local authority. Kilkenny County Council has granted permission to developer Patrick O’Brien’s plans to to construct eight houses at Middleknock, just off Kilkenny’s Ring Road. All the homes will be two-storey, two-bedroom houses built on the site, which is located […]

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Woah there! New law to ban horses from Kilkenny city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Horse exclusion zones and stable conditions are the main areas covered by new equine bye-laws to be introduced in Kilkenny in the coming weeks. Kilkenny County Council have today adopted new ‘Control of Horses’ bye-laws which will see horses banned from 26 streets and public areas of the city. The new laws come into effect […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 575 new cases of virus, no further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

No new coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded but 575 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 4,534. There have now been 227,316 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public Health Emergency […]

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Restoration of historic church among €250,000 funding boost for Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

The Government has allocated €57,000 for vital restoration works at St Mary’s Church in Callan. The funding is part of an overall €7 million investment in projects across the country under the Government’s Historic Towns Initivative 2021. The grant for St Mary’s Church will enable the completion of specialist conservation works to iron and masonry […]

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REST IN PEACE: Kilkenny Death Notices

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Richard (Dick) DUNNE Kells Road, Kilkenny City Richard (Dick) Dunne, The Bronx, New York and formerly of Kells Road, Kilkenny, 1936-2021. Dick passed away peacefully in New York on Friday 12th March 2021. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife June (nee Colman), his son John, daughter Colleen, grandchildren and his extended family […]

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BREAKING: Kilkenny film lands Oscar nomination

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

The critically acclaimed Kilkenny animation feature Wolfwalkers has been nominated for an Oscar. Wolfwalkers tells the story of a young apprentice hunter and her father as they journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumoured to transform into […]

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Lidl gives detailed response to concerns over plans for new supermarket and housing development in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 2

Plans to build a new supermarket along with a housing development in Kilkenny city are back on track after the developers responded to a series of concerns the local authority had about the plans. Last September Lidl Ireland made an application to Kilkenny County Council requesting permission to build a new store on the site […]

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Kilkenny-based design agency hosts first Irish events of landmark EU project

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Industry webinars hosted by the Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) are taking place to explore how Ireland can benefit from a landmark new initiative that will shape the future of Europe. The New European Bauhaus project by the European Commission is a cultural movement that aims to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050 and to […]

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Kilkenny gets €18m funding boost to ‘transform’ city-centre

By Kilkenny Now 15th March 2021 0

Kilkenny’s landmark city-centre regeneration project has been given a massive €11.46 million boost in Government funding. The Abbey Quarter development has been allocated the money as part of the Government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The Kilkenny City Enhanced Liveability Project received a further €6.64 million as part of the latest