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Kilkenny coffee lovers urged to expresso support for reusable cups

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2021 0

A new campaign has been launched to encourage Kilkenny coffee lovers to use reusable cups. Several businesses have joined the Conscious Cup campaign, which was launched by Kilkenny Mayor, Cllr Andrew McGuinness at the Market Cross Shopping Centre this week. Cllr McGuinness said: “It’s great to see the range of premises that are already registered […]

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Two well-known stores in Kilkenny to close in latest retail blow for city

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Two well-known stores in Kilkenny have closed with immediate effect in the latest retail blow to the city. It comes after Dixons Carphone, the owners of Carphone Warehouse which has outlets at the MacDonagh Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre, annoucned it is ceasing operations. Some 486 workers are being made redundant across the […]

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SPONSORED: Sweet, savoury … and safe! Kilkenny’s House of Pretzels launch new ‘click and collect’ and delivery service

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2020 Post a comment

Kilkenny first dedicated pretzel store has launched an innovative new collection and delivery service to keep its growing customers base safe. The House of Pretzels, located in the Market Cross Shopping Centre in the heart of the city, has also unveild some fantastic new deals which you can order online at the click of a […]

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Gardai probe overnight smash-and-grab raid at popular Kilkenny city shopping centre

By Kilkenny Now 10th January 2020 0

Gardai are on the hunt for four men who broke into a popular shopping centre in Kilkenny city in the dead of the night in a bid to steal valuable tech items. The thieves managed to gain access to Market Cross Shopping Centre on Kilkenny’s High Street at around 2am this morning. Once inside, the […]

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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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Craic’d Festival: Kilkenny comes together for World Mental Health Day

By Kilkenny Now 11th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A festival promoting positive mental health being held to coincide with World Mental Health Awareness Day is being held in Kilkenny this weekend. Craic’d – letting the Light In, Lifelinkk‘s festival is a collaborative project and is a celebration of positive mental health. The festival and awareness programme takes place in Kilkenny […]

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It’s the vinyl countdown! Top local buskers prepare for sing-off live in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By SHANE DORAN SOME of our most talented buskers will be reaching for the high notes as they battle it out live in the city-centre tomorrow. Two of our top troubadours will compete for the Golden Discs ‘Golden Buskers’ crown at the Market Cross Shopping Centre, with the winner taking home a much sought after […]

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UPDATE: Top coffee chain Insomnia opens new store in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th June 2019 0

POPULAR coffee chain Insomnia’s new store in the Loughboy Shopping Centre in Kilkenny opened for business this morning. The store, located beside Supervalu, is the chain’s second store – after Insomnia at the Market Cross Shopping Centre – in the city. Insomnia Coffee Company, one of Ireland’s leading coffee brands, started in 1997 and now […]

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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 […]