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Covid-hit Kilkenny businesses urged to avail of €5m online retail scheme

By Kilkenny Now 4th May 2021 0

Kilkenny businesses are being urged to apply for funding under the new round of the Government’s Online Retail Scheme. The initiative aims to help Irish businesses upgrade their websites and improve their competitiveness and visibility online. The latest round of the Covid-19 Online Retail Scheme worth €5 million was launched by Minister for Business, Employment […]

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Workshops for Kilkenny retailers preparing to open their doors

By Kilkenny Now 24th April 2021 0

Kilkenny retailers could be opening their doors within a matter of weeks and a support workshop is being organised to help them set up again. It comes as Government figures indicated there are moves towards reopening non-essential retail next month. In response to this, Kilkenny’s Local Enterprise Office (LEO) is hosting a Kilkenny Retail Support […]

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No short cuts: Hairdressers and essential retail in Kilkenny to remain shut until May

By Kilkenny Now 11th March 2021 0

In a blow to Kilkenny businesses, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar today said it is unlikely non-essential retail will re-open before late April or early May at the earliest. Construction, limited outdoor gatherings, sports team training and the easing of the 5km travel restriction could happen in early April, the Enterprise Minister confirmed. The Tánaiste said the […]

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SPONSORED: Market Cross Shopping Centre – vital part of modern city and an elegant reminder of our past

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

KILKENNY was a boom town in the early fourteenth century. A wealthy merchant class had made it the largest inland town in Ireland. It bustled with traders and dealers and there was a brisk trade in wine, salt, wool, hides. timber, metals and all sorts of foodstuff. In 1335, the Market Cross was erected as […]

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Blow for city-centre as book store to close after quarter of a century in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 20th May 2019 0

DUBRAY Books, which has traded in Kilkenny for 25 years, has announced it has been forced to shut its store in the Market Cross Shopping Centre. The announcement is the latest blow to the city-centre’s retail sector. Assistant Manager Kevin Power said the store has endured very difficult trading conditions in recent years. He told […]