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Kilkenny LEADER partnership; connecting communities

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2022 Post a comment

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks through a series of regional workshops across County Kilkenny beginning in Freshford on Tuesday, October 25, culminating with a joint

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Kilkenny broadband company to create 50 jobs in new recruitment drive

By Kilkenny Now 24th September 2020 0

Efforts to make Kilkenny Ireland’s first digital county are underway. Survey and design work on the National Broadband Plan continuing at pace across the county and key parts of the country, according to locally-headquartered contractors and partners, entegro. They’ve grown significantly since entegro was launched in October 2019 and as surveying of premises in

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Kilkenny’s ‘smart villages’ – community groups invited to attend special free event 

By Kilkenny Now 1st August 2020 3

Kilkenny is counterbalancing the EU-wide focus on ‘Smart Cities’ with a ground-breaking ‘Smart Villages‘ initiative which kicks off this month. The initiative aims to help small businesses, community activists and groups to ‘Think Smart’ about the future options for rural communities. Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) wants to help towns

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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK: Completely refurbished county Kilkenny farmhouse to meet all your modern living needs

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 0

The address: Pottlerath, Kilmanagh, county Kilkenny  The lowdown: Converted three-bedroom traditional farmhouse with separate studio/office/granny flat   The price: €225,000 ______________________________________________ Did you ever dream of owning your own sprawling farmhouse? If so, this wonderfully kept home located just outside the village of Kilmanagh could be the

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10 rural ‘hubs’ in Kilkenny to get high-speed broadband in 2020

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2019 0

High-speed broadband will be delivered to 10 rural ‘hubs’ across Kilkenny in 2020. The news comes after the Government yesterday announced it will invest €72 million to deliver high-speed broadband to 18,092 locations in Kilkenny by 2025. Fine Gael Councillor Patrick O’Neill defended the cost of the project, saying the rollout of high speed broadband […]

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How Kilkenny towns can hook up to the high-speed broadband highway

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

TOWNS across Kilkenny are being given the opportunity to set up their very own community broadband services. But they only have until the end of this month have until May 31 to qualify for up to €30,000 in supports for a business plan, Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) has announced. KLP CEO Declan Rice said advisory […]

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Broadband roadshows roll into Kilkenny communities this week

By Kilkenny Now 13th May 2019 0

THE Kilkenny LEADER Partnership community broadband roadshows kick off this week. Information meetings will be held at the Freshford Community Hall tomorrow night, with another event at Mullinavat Community Hall on Wednesday evening. Both meetings begin at 8pm. KLP has teamed up with internationally-renowned fibre expert, John Graves, for the Blue Town Initiative which

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]