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‘We need more social housing now,’ demands Kilkenny TD as over 10,000 confirmed homeless

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

FAR more social and affordable homes need to be built to combat the deepening housing crisis in Kilkenny, local TD John McGuinness said today. The Fianna Fáil TD spoke out as new figures reveal the number of people in emergency accommodation across the country has exceeded 10,000 for the first time. The number of adults […]

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‘He served with distinction’ – Taoiseach leads tributes to former TD John Browne

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has led tributes to former Carlow-Kilkenny TD John Browne following his death at the age of 82. The Fine Gael TD served the constituency for 13 years until his retirement ahead of the 2002 general election. Mr Browne was Fine Gael’s health spokesman for a period in the 1990s. He also spent time […]

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Show some muscle: TJ Reid invites people to help lift 500,000kg for Teac Tom charity

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

THE people of Kilkenny are being urged to throw their weight behind an innovative new fundraising drive. TJ Reid Health and Fitness is hosting a LIFT 4 LIFE event at their gym in Cíllín Hill on Saturday to raised much needed funds for Teac Tom, the locally-based based suicide intervention and bereavement support charity founded […]

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Scam callers pretending to be Revenue officials targeting Kilkenny householders

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged local householders to be beware of bogus callers posing as Revenue officials. Several people throughout Kilkenny have reported receiving calls from 051 and 01 numbers from scamsters who purporting to work for the Revenue Commissioners and other companies. The callers tell the householders that they are entitled to a tax rebate […]

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BREAKING: €90,000 grants towards repair of fire-damaged Bridge House

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

BRIDGE House, Rothe House,  St Canice’s Cathedral and The Thatched House in Clogh in Kilkenny will receive a total of €165,000 in grand aid funding, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan has confirmed. They have been confirmed as 2019 recipients of the Government’s Built Heritage Investment Fund & Historic Structures Fund. The biggest grant is […]

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Watergate Theatre chief sets the stage for exciting events planned over coming months

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

WATERGATE Theatre Executive Director Joanna Cunningham will give a rundown of all the exciting events the venue is planning to stage at this month’s ‘Chamber Chat’. Ms Cunningham will host the event at the Watergate this evening at 6pm. All local businesses are invited to attend. The Chamber Chats are an informal networking opportunity open […]

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Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce shortlisted for two national awards

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

KILKENNY Chamber of Commerce has been shortlisted in two categories in the national 2019 Chamber Awards. The Chamber, which recently celebrated its 70th anniversary, has been recognised for its collaboration with Kilkenny County Council on the Age Friendly Initiative (pictured below). And it has been shortlisted in the Most Innovative Project category for its involvement

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‘The best job I’ve ever had’ – Kilkenny man Phil Hogan wants another term as EU Commissioner

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner, the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan, has described his current role as “the best job I’ve ever had”. The EU Agriculture Commissioner also confirmed he wants serve for a second term, but that the decision is out of his hands. Speaking to KCLR presenter Sue Nunn in an interview broadcast from Strasbourg, […]

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Vital Kilkenny health projects won’t be delayed over children’s hospital overspending fiasco: HSE

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

TWO vital local hospital projects will not be delayed as a result of the overspending on the National Children’s Hospital, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed. The minister was responding to a parliamentary question from Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward. Fears had been publicly expressed that the refurbishment, renovation and new building works at […]

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ALERT: Thieves posing as ‘power-washers’ clean out home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged homeowners to beware of two thieves posing as ‘power-washers’ who literally cleaned out one home in the city. Two males, driving a white van, have been going around to houses in the city offering to clean the properties with power-washers. In one incident, the pair stole a sum of cash and […]