Kilkenny’s oldest animal welfare organisation is staging a street fundraiser across the county on Saturday, October 2, and is appealing for the public for donations. Kilkenny SPCA, which was originally founded in 1882 by the Marchioness of Ormonde, will be doing street donations in Kilkenny city and the Market Cross Shopping Centre, the post office, […]
Two Kilkenny animal welfare groups will share €24,000 in funding after a record grant scheme from the government this year. A Dog’s Like in Glenmore and the Kilkenny Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received the funding from Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue as part of a €3.2 million package for 101 animal welfare organisations […]
Gardai in Kilkenny have urged people to think twice before they give an animal a home in the countdown to Christmas. It comes after local gardai – backed up by animal welfare groups, the Kilkenny SPCA and Kilkenny County Council -intervened in several cases of animal neglect and cruelty cases over the past six months. […]
Three animal welfare groups in Kilkenny are to share €22,000 in grant aid from the government to assist with their work for animals in need. The announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed as part of a record funding awards of €2,906,000 to 106 animal welfare organisations throughout the country. The Kilkenny organisations benefitting […]