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Kilkenny to serve up one of Ireland’s tastiest ever food festivals

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2024 0

Kilkenny is prepping for the mother of all food festivals. With just 28 days remaining until Savour Kilkenny Food Festival kicks off, excitement is building for the culinary-packed October bank holiday weekend. Now in its 16th year, Savour Kilkenny is set to be bigger and better than ever, boasting over 100 market stalls showcasing Artisan Food Producers […]

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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5-star Kilkenny resort’s golf course plans back on track as objection is withdrawn

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2020 Post a comment

A development at one of Kilkenny’s most exclusive golf resorts can now go ahead after an objection lodged against the plans was withdrawn. The owners of Mount Juliet Estate in Thomastown, MJBE Investments 3 Limited, made an application for the retention of planning permission that allowed them to remove the putting green course at Mount […]

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Out of bounds: Irish Open set to be switched from Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet due to quarantine rules – report

By Kilkenny Now 11th August 2020 0

Kilkenny looks set to miss out on this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open following reports that it being switched to Northern Ireland to circumvent quarantine rules in the Republic. It “now appears likely” that the showpiece event will be moved from Mount Juliet to the Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort over the weekend of […]

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Kilkenny five-star venue named in new list of Ireland’s Top 10 hotels

By Kilkenny Now 19th January 2020 0

Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet Estate & Golf Club has been named in a new list of Ireland’s Top 10 hotels. The sprawling estate on the outskirts of Thomastown came in fifth place in the Irish Independent Reader Travel Awards for 2020. County Limerick’s Adare Manor topped the list, followed by the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. Asford […]

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Mysterious green object spotted in skies above Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2019 0

A GIANT fireball was spotted streaking over Kilkenny’s sky yesterday. Some were baffled by what they saw, while others wondered if it signaled the end of the world? The huge green fireball illuminated the early evening sky and was spotted all the way from West Cork and North Mayo, to the tip of Northern Ireland, […]

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Irish Open returns to Kilkenny as Mount Juliet secures tournament

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2019 0

MOUNT Juliet will host next year’s Irish Open. It has just been announced the 2020 Irish Open will return to the Thomastown course for the first time since 1995. Next year’s Irish Open has been moved to a May slot, earlier than usual, as the golf calendar tries to work around the Olympics 2020. Gold […]

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‘An unholy mess’ – EU Commissioner and ex Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan on UK crisis

By Kilkenny Now 24th April 2019 0

EU Agriculture Commissioner, the former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan, today described the deepening political crisis engulfing Britain as an “unholy mess”. Ireland’s Commissioner was speaking to reporters as he attended the announcement of a new €1 million investment by Kilkenny-based food crop company Beotanics at Mount Juliet. When asked about his view on where things […]

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Kilkennny food crop company announce €1m investment, 10 new jobs

By Kilkenny Now 24th April 2019 0

A KILKENNY company that is making waves internationally for innovation in niche food crop production today announced a major €1 million investment in a new Research & Development centre. The investment by Beotanics, which includes a plant science laboratory, plant quarantine and R&D greenhouse at its headquarters in Stoneyford, was announced at an event at […]

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Kilkenny venues named in new ‘Fab 50’ list of Ireland’s best places to stay

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 Post a comment

TWO very different type of accommodation providers in Kilkenny have been listed in a new Fab 50 list of Ireland’s best places to stay. Mount Juliet and it’s Thomastown neighbour Legan Castle Farmhouse (pictured above) were named in separate categories in the annual Fab 50 list, compiled by the Irish Independent in association with Fáilte […]