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Kilkenny multinational gets green light to develop massive innovation centre

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY AN KILKENNY multinational making huge waves in the global financial sector has been given the green light to build a massive innovation centre in the city. Kilkenny County Council has granted The Taxback Group planning permission for a near 5,000 square meter research and innovation centre to be built in the IDA […]

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Smiles all round: €140 million Kilkenny cheese manufacturing facility one step closer

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

A HUGE €140 million development by a Kilkenny multinational company is one step closer to becoming a reality. Glanbia and Dutch dairy partner, Royal A-ware have lodged plans with the local council seeking permission for a continental cheese manufacturing plant in Belview, Co Kilkenny. The Kilkenny based multinational lodged the application under the name of […]

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Dreaming of a green Christmas: Festival to transform city through art and recyling

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY SAY it quietly – Chrismas is coming. And this year a Kilkenny festival is trying to turn the festive season green, rather than red. Yulefest Kilkenny is asking the public to think about sustainability in the run-up to Christmas and aims to brighten up the city with festive shopfront transformations, all made […]

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Why the long face? Thieves steal horse blanket from county Kilkenny property

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

THIEVES broke into a property in South Kilkenny and made off with a horse blanket. The theft occurred at Roscara, Johnswell Road, Glenmore sometime between 8am on Tuesday, September 24 and Saturday, September 28. A Garda spokesperson said: “The blanket was taken from the injured party’s garden.” Potential eyewitnesses or anyone who may have noticed […]

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WEATHER WARNING: Batten down the hatches – Hurricane Lorenzo IS coming

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY HURRICANE Lorenzo will hit Ireland – and it will be “quite ferocious, very dangerous” a Government taskforce has warned. Lorenzo, the strongest ever storm recorded this far east in the Atlantic at this time of year, is due to hit Ireland’s west coast early tomorrow morning before turning east and making landfall. […]

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Thieves in the woods: Gardai probe bizarre theft at county Kilkenny woodlands

By Kilkenny Now 1st October 2019 0

GARDAI are hunting for thieves who stole firewood from a well-known county Kilkenny woodland area over a four-month period. The firewood was stolen from Trenchmore Woods outside Callan between May 1 and August 31. However, the bizarre theft only recently came to light. A local Garda spokesperson said: “The off cuts that were set aside […]

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Huge cost of childcare ‘financially crippling’ many Kilkenny parents, says local TD

By Kilkenny Now 1st October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY CHILDCARE in Ireland is a “broken” system that is “financially crippling” many parents in Kilkenny, a local TD said today. Deputy Kathleen Funchion, who is also Sinn Fein spokesperson for children, has called for “a complete restructuring of the childcare and early years system”. Figures released by the Department for Children and […]

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Could it be you? EuroMillions hits €190m tonight

By Kilkenny Now 1st October 2019 109

A LUCKY punter from Kilkenny could be the winner of a record EuroMillions jackpot tonight. As there was no winner of the €190 million prize in last Friday’s draw, people in nine countries across Europe will be hoping its them this evening. It is only the fourth time in history that the jackpot has reached […]

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Kilkenny quartet benefit from Arts Council funding

By Kilkenny Now 1st October 2019 0

By COLIN FOUR Kilkenny arts groups are to benefit from €350,000 grants to assist in their production of high-quality arts events. Music in Kilkenny, Historical Harp Society of Ireland, Barnstorm Theatre Company Ltd and Monkeyshine Theatre are among those to receive the funding through the Arts Council’s  Arts Grant Funding scheme. Barnstorm Theatre Company Ltd […]

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Waste processor plans to double the size of its Kilkenny facility

By Kilkenny Now 1st October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY based company which takes domestic waste and separates it into alternative fuels, compostable material and recoverable raw and recyclable materials, is looking to double the size of its operations. Glanway Ltd, which is based in Belview Port, South Kilkenny is looking to nearly double the size of its waste sorting […]