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Class news as Kilkenny school gets green light for exciting expansion plans

By Kilkenny Now 11th May 2021 Post a comment

A school in a small county Kilkenny town has been given the green light for its plans to expand. Kilkenny County Council has approved the application from the Board of Management at Stoneyford National School to create three new classrooms. As part of the plans, an existing 110sqm prefab on the grounds of the school […]

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Zero burglaries reported in two Kilkenny areas for whole of last year

By Kilkenny Now 21st April 2021 0

Two Garda stations in county Kilkenny reported zero burglaries in 2020, a new report reveals. The survey by Phonewatch confirms burglaries in across the city and county plummeted by more than a third last. Data supplied to Phonewatch by the Central Statistics Office Recorded Crime Index for 2020 shows burglaries in Kilkenny fell from 314 […]

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County Kilkenny school unveils major new expansion plans

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2021 0

A school in a small county Kilkenny town has unveiled new expansion plans after it applied for permission to build three new classrooms. The Board of Management at Stoneyford National School recently lodged the plans with Kilkenny County Council. Under the plans, an existing 110sqm prefab on the grounds of the school would be demolished […]

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Almost €7 million paid for Kilkenny’s biggest property transaction last year

By Kilkenny Now 1st February 2021 0

Close to €7 million was paid out in the biggest residential transaction in county Kilkenny in 2020. The €6,881,057 was paid out for sites 1-28 inclusive at Nuncio Park, Deansground in Kilkenny City. The transaction occurred at the end of November and was the largest deal in the county but quite a distance last year. […]

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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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Council gives green light for giant 100ft telecoms tower in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 25th December 2020 0

The local authority has granted approval for a giant 100ft telecommunications mast planned for Coillte-owned  land in county Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council has given the green light for Cignal Infrastructure Ltd application to erect a new 30-metre telecommunications structure at Knockadrina, between Knocktopher and Stoneyford. The new 100ft plus multi-user lattice

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Three Kilkenny properties fetch over €1m this year

By Kilkenny Now 18th December 2020 0

Three properties in Kilkenny sold for over €1 million year despite the pandemic. A house in Thomastown topped the list after it exchanged hands for €1,420,000. At the other end of the scale, a house in Graiguenamangh sold for just €10,000. The Residential Property Price Register shows another property in Kilkenny city and a house […]

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Kilkenny GAA club to move home as exciting new plans are given green light

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2020 0

A Kilkenny GAA club has been granted planning permission for its ambitious new development. The plans will see Carrickshock GAA moving from its tradition home in which will see the club leave its traditional home in Hugginstown to Ballcoam in Stoneyford. Carrickshock GAA made the application In January of this year. At the time the […]

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More giant 100ft telecoms towers planned for county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 26th November 2020 0

Kilkenny County Council has received yet another planning application to build a new 30-metre telecommunications structure in the county. Cignal Infrastructure Ltd wants to construct the 100ft plus multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes, at a site on Coillte lands at Knockadrina, between Knocktopher and Stoneyford. The new

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Kilkenny kids from same village scoop top prizes in prestigious art competition

By Kilkenny Now 4th November 2020 0

Two talented Kilkenny students have won the top prizes at this year’s prestigious Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Stoneyford appears to be something of a cradle for local creative talent, with both young artists hailing from the village. Five-year-old Eleana Hughes from Stoneyford National School won first prize in Category F (6 years and younger) – […]