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Cheers! Kilkenny pubs and restaurants urged to claim enhanced funding

By Kilkenny Now 26th July 2021 0

Kilkenny restaurants and pubs who reopened for indoor dining again from today have been urged to make a claim for enhanced support funding. As of the plan to return to reopen hospitality, pubs and restauarants are entitled to make a claim for an enhanced restart Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) payment. The restart payments are […]

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‘Another twist’ – delay to reopening of indoor dining and drinking confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2021 0

People who are fully vaccinated will be able to avail of indoor hospitality in the coming weeks, however, thousands of people in Kilkenny not vaccinated yet have been left out in the cold as has many of those in the restaurants and pubs sector. Taoiseach Michéal Martin addressed the country this lunchtime about the further […]

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LATEST: 508 new cases of virus confirmed, Kilkenny bars won’t have to serve €9 ‘chicken nugget’ meals

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 7

A further 358 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening as the number of patients being treated for the virus in hospitals across the country remains steady. The Department of Health reported just 101 people are being treated for the virus in hospitals with 38 in Intensive Care Units, both down just one on […]

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Level 3 lockdown will cause ‘incalculable damage’ to Kilkenny’s pubs, restaurants and hotels: industry group

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2020 0

The Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions that came into effect from midnight last night will have a devastating impact on Kilkenny’s pubs, restaurants and hotels, in industry group has claimed. The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) has severely criticised the Government’s decision to move the entire country to Level 3 as it published a new […]

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Kilkenny publicans to host coffee mornings as part of new campaign to reopen doors

By Kilkenny Now 5th September 2020 0

Pub owners in Kilkenny are set to ramp up their activities in an effort to get their businesses back open again. Publicans across the county this week received an email from the Chief Executive of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, (VFI) Padraig Cribben, informing them of the new campaign. In the email – seen by […]

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Pubs in Kilkenny to remain closed, possibly until the end of September

By Kilkenny Now 28th August 2020 0

Pubs in Kilkenny that do not serve food will not reopen next week and could have to wait until at least the end of September to open their doors. The announcement was made by the Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn  who intimated the wet pubs, as they are being called, could remain shut for […]

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A pint of pain: Lack of guidelines leaves 94 Kilkenny pubs in the dark just days before they are due to re-open

By Kilkenny Now 10th July 2020 Post a comment

With just 11 days to go until pubs are allowed to reopen in Kilkenny, publicans have called on the government to publish the guidelines under which they are allowed turn on the taps again, and say time is running out to be able to implement the changes. Of the close to 160 pubs in county […]

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REVEALED: Full extent of rural pub closures in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A TOTAL of 34 pubs in Kilkenny city and county have been forced to call time over the past decade. New figures published today reveals the extent of pub closures in Kilkenny since 2005. According to the figures released by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI), one out of every eight […]

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MARBLE CITY NIGHTS: Sinéad Connolly’s going-out guide to Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 0

DON’T let the weather rain on your parade this weekend – there’s plenty to fun to be had in Kilkenny’s hot-spots to keep you distracted over the next few nights. Kick off your Friday night with the Papa Zitas in the Left Bank at 10pm or check Evan & Phil at the Dylan Whiskey Bar, […]