Most Kilkenny businesses will not have to pay commercial rates for the six months as part of new measures to help local companies recover from the pandemic. Kilkenny County Council confirmed the six-month waiver will apply to “all commercial rate payers impacted by Covid-19”, except a small number of businesses that fall into “specific excepted […]
Locks-down but prices up! Hairdressers set to reopen early but costs expected to rise to pay for PPE
The Government is set to bring forward the phased reopening of hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons to the end of this month. The move, which will come as a major boost to the sector, expected to be agreed at today’s Cabinet meeting. It follows a recommendation by the National Public Health Emergency team (NPHET) that hairdressers […]
When my younger brother and I were small, before our sister arrived into this world, and we would get one of those many childhood ailments, my mother would send for the doctor, having created a bed downstairs for whoever was laid low, by way of two armchairs facing each other, offering a temporary cocoon. The […]