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Kilkenny hotel price survey: Rooms cost up to €1,007 for weekend stay this summer

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2021 0

Hotels and guesthouses throughout the city and county finally reopened for business today. And it appears it will be a thriving staycation season with something on offer for every pocket, a KilkennyNow.ie price survey reveals. As expected, prices in the sector have soared as people scramble for accommodation as the tentative start of foreign travel […]

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5-Star Kilkenny hotel gets green light for major expansion

By Kilkenny Now 25th November 2020 0

A 5-star Kilkenny hotel has been granted approval for ambitious plans to create a further 32 rooms to cater for extra guests. The Lyrath Estate Hotel recently applied to Kilkenny County Council to amend previously approved planning for the hotel to develop a new building which was to be used to house staff. On top […]

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5-Star Kilkenny hotel to transform staff quarters into new guest accommodation

By Kilkenny Now 2nd November 2020 0

A 5-star Kilkenny hotel is looking to change approved planning it had previously received and amend it to develop a further 32 rooms to cater for extra guests. In 2018 the owners of the Lyrath Estate Hotel on Kilkenny’s Carlow Road applied for permission to develop an accommodation block for staff, beside the main carpark […]

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Coronavirus: Christy Moore cancels Kilkenny gig

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2020 0

Christy Moore’s gig scheduled for Kilkenny tonight has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The hugely popular Kildare folk singer was due to take to the stage in the Lyrath Estate Hotel this evening but called off the gig late last night. In a statement on his website, Christy Moore said: “Dear Listeners, it […]

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Kilkenny city named Ireland’s most enterprising town

By Kilkenny Now 6th December 2019 0

Kilkenny City has been named Ireland’s most enterprising town for 2019, beating off stiff competition from 78 other entrants. Along with winning the overall prize at the Bank of Ireland National Enterprise Town Awards, Kilkenny picked up the regional and national awards for towns with a population over 12,000 people, a trophy and a cash […]

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Three local communities in running to be named Ireland’s Enterprise Town tonight

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2019 0

Three very enterprising areas of Kilkenny are hoping their endeavours have been enough to grab their share of a coveted national prize. Kilkenny city, Callan, and the KBK Village Renewal Group – consisting of Knocktopher, Ballyhale and Knockmoylan – will battle it out against 76 other towns from across the country for the title of […]

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Yulefest Kilkenny: All the fantastic festive events in the city and county this week

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2019 Post a comment

Yulefest Kilkenny is a bumper six-week inclusive Christmas festival that welcomes visitors and locals to enjoy and participate in a range of high quality, festive events in Kilkenny City and County throughout the festive season. It has quickly emerged as a go-to Christmas festival for all the family and received a listing in Skyscanner’s Guide to […]

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Europe’s top software developers in Kilkenny for major tech conference

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2019 0

A hugely influential conference that will see some of Europe’s leading names in coding and App development will be launched in Kilkenny this evening. NodeConf EU takes place at the Lyrath Estate over the next three days and will play host to 250 of the leading tech developers in Europe. Industry leaders and Node.js (Javascript) […]

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Leading business and education conference comes to Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2019 0

A conference discussing how to make connections and collaborations between business and third-level research and development is being held in Kilkenny this week. Amplitude is an annual conference led by the technology transfer offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow, which aims to break down barriers between business and research and

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Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan premieres new show in his home town

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY’s Dancing With The Stars champion John Edward Nolan is bringing a little bit of Hollywood home today as he launches his spectacular new live show “Putting on the Ritz”- a show featuring iconic songs and dance performances inspired by the golden age of Hollywood cinema, is ready to dazzle audiences in […]