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‘Outdoor dining is here to stay’ – funding to enhance Kilkenny streets and shop fronts

By Kilkenny Now 6th August 2021 0

Kilkenny will receive a total of €260,000 to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts in rural towns and villages as part of a new €7 million national fund. The Streetscape Enhancement Initiative launched by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, this week will provide funding to property owners to improve the […]

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Hot Schools Meals Programme extended to 567 pupils in four schools in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2021 Post a comment

The Hot School Meals Programme has been extended to provide a nourishing meal in four primary schools in Kilkenny city. The announced was made by local Fine Gael TD John Paul Phelan. Deputy Phelan said: “The Covid-19 pandemic presented everyone with many challenges over the past 12months, including our schoolchildren here in Kilkenny and especially […]

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Living with Covid: €575,000 granted to five Kilkenny community projects

By Kilkenny Now 8th January 2021 0

Almost €575,000 has been allocated to projects aimed at helping towns and villages across county Kilkenny adapt to life under Covid-19 restrictions. Five towns and villages around the county will receive between €100,000 and €175,000 as part of the Government’s Town and Village Renewal Scheme unveiled by Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphreys earlier

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Six Kilkenny projects get €166,000 to help communities respond to pandemic

By Kilkenny Now 11th September 2020 0

Kilkenny will receive €166,000 to fund six key projects to help local communities respond to the pandemic. The funding is part of a €3.3 million funding package for 120 projects across the country under the second round of the enhanced Town and Village Renewal Scheme. It comes on top of the €2.8 million that was […]

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Safety in numbers: Kilkenny city eligible for €40,000 funding based on population

By Kilkenny Now 20th August 2020 0

Kilkenny city is now eligible for up to €40,000 in funding made available to respond to the new challenges associated with COVID-19 and support its economic and social recovery. The Marble City can now avail of a special tranche of payments being made available through the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The projects that can […]

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‘Downright insulting’ – Minister’s comments about musicans hits bum note with guitar-playing Kilkenny Council leader

By Kilkenny Now 5th August 2020 0

The chairman of Kilkenny County Council, Andrew McGuinness, has strongly criticised controversial comments made by Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys in which she suggested that professional musicians who find themselves out of work would have to “retrain” and get new jobs. Cllr McGuinness is also a keen musician and has spent many years performing as

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COVID-19: Calls for people not to stockpile fall on deaf ears as Kilkenny supermarket shelves empty

By Kilkenny Now 12th March 2020 0

Kilkenny people are being urged not to stockpile items or panic buy in the aftermath of the emergency measures to combat the spread of coronavirus announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this morning. However, this advice seems to have been largely ignored with massive queues forming in supermarkets and shelves being cleared of what the public […]

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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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New body for beef industry could end protests at Kilkenny meat plants – Minister

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE creation of a new way of regulating the relationship between all stakeholders in the beef crisis could bring to an end the blockade of meat processing plants in Kilkenny. The Government, according to Junior Minister and Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan, is looking at ways of creating a body that will […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’ for 2019

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

THE city and county’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’ for 2019 – along with a €50,000 investment fund for winners –  were announced at an awards ceremony hosted by Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny last night. The initiative is part a nationwide search launched by Minister Heather Humphreys and Minister Pat Breen to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneurs […]