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Plans for new community leisure centre in heart of Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2020 0

A community group in a county Kilkenny town is pushing ahead with plans to create a major leisure development for local residents. Gowran on the Move, a community group set up last year, has applied to Kilkenny County Council to build the leisure and sports development on lands in the Clover area, close to the […]

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Home truths: how Kilkenny tenants can save €5,000 a year by buying their own place

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2020 Post a comment

Renters in Kilkenny could save more than €5,000 by getting themselves on the property ladder. The latest rental price report from Daft.ie reveals people in Kilkenny renting one, two, and three bedroom properties are paying up to more than double the mortgage payment the landlord pays on that property. It’s not all good news for […]

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Popular Kilkenny hotel gets green light for major new expansion

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2020 18

A popular Kilkenny hotel has been given the green light for a major expansion that will provide a major boost for local tourism and business. Kilkenny County Council has approved The Springhill Court Hotel plans to build 45 new rooms onto the existing hotel which is located on the Waterford Road. The hotel currently has […]

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Rents in Kilkenny tumble as result of pandemic: report

By Kilkenny Now 14th May 2020 Post a comment

A long period of rising rents in Kilkenny has come to an end, new figures reveal. Rents in Kilkenny showed a year-on-year increase of more than 6% but have tumbled since the Covid-19 crisis set in. The latest report from Daft.ie finds that, even before the Covid-19 crisis, rents nationally had started to fall. It follows […]

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Locals urged to ease up on water as dry spell puts Kilkenny supply under pressure

By Kilkenny Now 12th May 2020 0

People in Kilkenny are being urged to conserve water as much as possible as fears rise of a water shortage as we enter summer and more and more people return to work. Irish Water has confirmed that there has been a significant increase in household water usage, with people adhering to government advice and staying […]

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Highest number of homes built in Kilkenny since Celtic Tiger era

By Kilkenny Now 7th May 2020 2

More new residential units were completed in Kilkenny city and county in the first three months of this year than at any time in the previous decade, new figures reveal. Some 110 new builds were completed in the city and county in the first quarter of 2020, according to figures published today by the Central […]

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Local developer gets green light to finally complete ‘Celtic Tiger’ estate in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2020 0

Plans to complete a housing development which was partially built during the Celtic Tiger construction boom of the 2000’s have been approved by Kilkenny County Council Treacy Construction Company Limited has been given permission to build seven new family homes at the Ardilea Estate at Lower Newpark on Lovers Lane in Kilkenny city. Director, Brendan […]

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Landmark Kilkenny hotel unveils ambitious plans to revamp building

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2020 0

A Kilkenny hotel which recently received permission to increase its bedroom count has unveiled ambitious plans to revamp the landmark buliding in the city-centre. The Rivercourt Hotel on the junction of Bridge Street and John Street, which is owned by the Neville Hotel Group, is seeking permission to build a four-storey extension to the existing […]

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Relief for Kilkenny renters as RTB says levels have dropped off – but only by €1!

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2020 0

Rental prices appear to have leveled off in county Kilkenny, even recording a slight drop in the last quarter of 2019 a new report has revealed. The standardised average rent in county Kilkenny dropped by €1 or 0.01% in the final quarter of 2019 according to new figures published in the latest Rent Index report […]

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Kilkenny ‘Celtic Tiger’ housing estate gets green light to finally complete development

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2020 0

An unfinished housing estate which had fallen into receivership after the financial crash over a decade ago will finally be completed. The Weir View Development at the Weir on the Castlecomer Road in Dunmore was close to being completed before the housing market collapsed more than ten years ago, with just one phase of the […]