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Eight Kilkenny libraries get €112,000 in technology funding

By Kilkenny Now 11th May 2019 0

EIGHT public libraries located across Kilkenny city and county have benefitted significantly from a technology investment to support local people to learn and develop digital skills, Minister John Paul Phelan has said. Last July funding of over €8 million was approved by Minister for Community and Rural Development Michael Ring to invest in technology for […]

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20 rural Kilkenny communities to get more affordable broadband service

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2019 0

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is teaming up with rural communities across the county to help them prepare to turn their broadband ‘not spots’ into high-speed ‘hot spots’ with a far more affordable broadband service. A series of roadshows will get underway from May 14 targeting 20 rural Kilkenny communities identified as ‘Blue Areas’ in the […]

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Kilkenny Family Resource Centres to benefit from €18m funding boost

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 0

FAMILY Resource Centres in Kilkenny and across the county are to get an extra €1.5 million for the coming year, Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan has confirmed. The extra funding brings to €18 million the overall allocation to the Family Resource Centre Programme for 2019 – the largest in 10 years. In Kilkenny, […]

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Kilkenny’s got talent! Urlingford siblings to light up TV family talent show tonight

By Kilkenny Now 14th April 2019 0

A TALENTED county Kilkenny brother-and-sister act are set to light up a TV family talent show broadcast tonight. Shane and Ciara McCormack, from Urlingford, will perform on TG4’s hit Sunday night entertainment series, Réalta agus Gaolta, as the search continues for Ireland’s most talented family. Shane and Ciara will head-to-head against other family acts as […]

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Driven to success – JJ Kavanagh & Sons celebrate 100th anniversary

By Kilkenny Now 13th April 2019 0

IN 1919 JJ Kavanagh & Sons was established by James and Mollie Kavanagh, who began operating a bus service twice a day from Urlingford and Kilkenny. Today, as it celebrates its 100th anniversary, the company runs 300 daily services, carrying a total of 3.5 million passengers last year alone. In the 1940’s, James and Mollie’s […]

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Work on new fire station in Urlingford to begin this year as design contract is signed

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2019 0

THE construction of the new fire station in Urlingford will begin this year, Kilkenny County Council has confirmed. The contract for the design team for the new fire station for Urlingford was officially signed by Council CEO Colette Byrne and Martin Peters, of Martin Peter and Associates Consulting Engineers yesterday. The Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County […]

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Young Kilkenny farmer is named Teagasc Student of the Year

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2019 0

A YOUNG farmer from Urlingford has been named as the Teagasc/FBD Insurance Student of the Year for 2018. Paul Bowden completed the Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agricultural (Dairy Herd Management) with Distinction at Teagasc Kildalton Agricultural College. Presenting the award, Minister Michael Creed said: “The panel of judges have informed methat the standard was […]

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PICTURE SPECIAL: Thousands join in the St Patrick’s Day festival fun across Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 0

KILKENNY was buzzing in more ways than one today as an estimated 15,000 people thronged the city-centre for the 2019 St Patrick’s Day Parade. The city was a riot of colour, albeit mostly a shade of green, as people of all ages joined in the festival fun. Hero cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan led the […]

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ST PATRICK’S DAY: Your guide to all of today’s fun events throughout Kilkenny city and county

By Kilkenny Now 17th March 2019 0

MET ÉIREANN has some good news for the thousands of people expected to turn out for the St Patrick’s Day parades in Kilkenny city and county today. Kilkenny is set to avoid rain and showers forecast for elsewhere in the country, with spells of sunshine and just a few scattered showers in parts of the […]

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What a buzz! Your complete guide to St Patrick’s Weekend in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2019 0

KILKENNY will be buzzing in more ways than one on St Patrick’s Day as the humble bee is adopted as the county emblem for this year’s bank holiday festivities. The chosen theme, ‘Bring Back the Bees’, aims to highlight how important bees are to our everyday life. The black and amber bee will be honoured […]