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Objection stalls popular Kilkenny pub’s plans to create outdoor dining area

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2020 0

Plans to create an outdoor dining area at a well-known county Kilkenny pub have been put on ice. Last month Kilkenny County Council approved Torca Developments’ plans to transform an outdoor area at Carroll’s Public House, a protected structure in the centre of Thomastown. However, a member of a residents’ group living in the area […]

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Cheers! Popular Kilkenny gastropub gets green light for new outdoor dining plans

By Kilkenny Now 30th October 2020 0

A well-known south Kilkenny pub has been given the go-ahead for its innovative plans to overhaul its premises to ensure customers can dine in comfort and in the open as we battle to cope with changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Kilkenny County Council has approved Torca Developments plans to transform an outdoor area […]

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Controversial major housing development for Kilkenny city dealt fatal blow

By Kilkenny Now 18th September 2020 0

Controversial plans to build 120 new homes on the site of a formers Bishop’s Palace in Kilkenny have been rejected. An Bord Pleanála have decided to refuse Torca Developments application to construct 36 houses and 84 apartments at the Sion Hermitage on Sion Road on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. The national planning authority felt […]

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Living with Covid: Popular Kilkenny pub wants to build ‘dining space’ for bar customers

By Kilkenny Now 16th September 2020 Post a comment

A well-known south Kilkenny pub is planning to overhaul its recently renovated premises to ensure its customers can dine in comfort under the new Covid-9 regulations. Torca Developments has applied to the local authority for planning permission to carry out the works at Carroll’s Public House, which is a protected structure, in Thomastown. The long […]

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Kilkenny residents vow to fight special housing development on former Bishop’s Palace

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2020 0

A group of Kilkenny residents say they are extremely concerned about the scale, density and height of a proposed 120-unit development at Sion Hermitage, the former Bishop’s Palace of the Diocese of Ossory. The Sion Road Residents group say a proposed development by Torca Developments “is in contravention of the Kilkenny County Development Plan 2014-2020 and […]

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Covid-19 crisis puts halt to major new housing development in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2020 0

The Covid-10 emergency has put the brakes on plans for a large housing development in a much sought after location on the outskirts of Kilkenny city. Torca Developments had applied directly to An Bord Pleanála to construct 36 houses and 84 apartments at the Sion Hermitage on Sion Road. As the Sion Hermitage development has […]