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Kilkenny cafés, restaurants and salons to benefit from VAT cut ‘within 100 days’

By Kilkenny Now 9th November 2024 0

The 2024 General Election campaign got into full swing today with Taoiseach and Fine Gael promising to permanently cut the VAT rate for the food-based hospitality, entertainment and hairdressing sectors to 11% if returned to power. Despite refusing to bow to pleas for a VAT cut from the sector in last month’s Budget, Taoiseach and […]

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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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Popular Kilkenny restaurant opens new quality takeout premises in city

By Kilkenny Now 15th April 2021 0

One of Kilkenny’s best known restaurants has opened a new market produce and take-away premises. La Rivista this week opened its doors at its new location on 17 Parliament Street, offering customers a wide range of new produce as well as traditional favourites. The restaurant said the new premises will cater for the growing demand […]

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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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REVEALED: What Kilkenny people spend on takeaways and dining out

By Kilkenny Now 22nd August 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN KILKENNY consumers dish out an average of just under €80 a month on a restaurant and takeaways, according to a new survey. The survey of monthly spending habits of AIB customers reveals people in Kilkenny spend an average of €79.22 a month eating out or on takeaways. This is less than €10 […]