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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Dear old Ireland is pricing itself out of the market

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2021 0

It may be a decent summer, after all, for the tourist industry in rural and coastal Ireland. But summer in the city is going to be pretty quiet. That’s the verdict of Fáilte Ireland, which gave a briefing last week on its projections for the season. “It’s going to be a bit of a year […]

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Public can have their say on development of one of Kilkenny’s busiest roads

By Kilkenny Now 26th May 2021 0

Kilkenny residents are being invited to have their say on the layout of one of the county’s busiest roads. Kilkenny County Council, working in partnership with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), are developing a road scheme to improve the N25 between Waterford and Glenmore and are now seeking the public’s input. This project will complete the […]

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Bids start at €35,000 for unfinished house with spectacular views of rural Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2021 0

A substantial, unfinished property with views of the unspoilt and spectacular scenery of rural Kilkenny is among the properties listed for Youbid.ie’s next online auction. The 250sq mts, four-bed house in the townland of Brownstown, near Tullogher village, will go to auction on May 27 with an Advised Minimum Value (AMV) of €35,000. It is […]

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Over 4,000 car parking tickets issued in Kilkenny since pandemic: report

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Kilkenny County Council dished out more than 4,000 parking tickets to motorists throughout the pandemic, new figures reveal. The figures are revealed in a report published in the Irish Independent, which found local authorities across the country fined motorists more than €6.6 million after handing our over 168,000 parking tickets since last March. Kilkenny accounted […]

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Kilkenny Garda warning as kids as young as three hospitalised after eating ‘cannabis sweets’

By Kilkenny Now 19th May 2021 0

Children as young as three-years-old have been taken to hospital after they consumed cannabis infused sweets, Kilkenny gardai have confirmed. Local gardai seized another batch of cannabis sweets during a planned search of a house in Carlow last week. This follows a similar earlier seizure in Kilkenny. Gardai said there has been “a noted increase […]

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Council seeks new partner for Ferrybank’s €500m North Quays development

By Kilkenny Now 18th May 2021 0

The future of the €500 million North Quays Development in Ferrybank hangs in the balance after the developer failed to fulfill its contractual obligation with Waterford City & County Council. The council has confirmed it will now seek out new partners to develop the project and insists it still hopes to begin construction on site […]

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Notorious road accident blackspot in county Kilkenny closed after vehicle overturns

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2021 0

A main road in county Kilkenny has been temporarily closed off this morning after a vehicle overturned. The accident occurred on the N24 Waterford to Limerick road outside Mooncoin. The vehicle overturned at a bend on the road where several accidents have taken place already this year. Emergency services and gardai are at the scene […]

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Council says developer can’t stump up cash for €500m North Quays in Ferrybank

By Kilkenny Now 14th May 2021 0

Fears are growing for the future of the landmark North Quays project in Ferrybank after a local authority chief said the developer has failed to show they have the cash needed to progress the €500 million regeneration scheme. The CEO of Waterford County Council Michael Walsh said the massive development, which would have created thousands […]

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Campaign to reopen disused Kilkenny railway line on track

By Kilkenny Now 12th May 2021 0

Calls are growing to reopen a railway line in county Kilkenny that has been closed over a decade. The Waterford Council of Trade Unions (WCTU) have called for the reopening of the Waterford to Rosslare (Wexford) rail line, to coincide with the European Union’s year of Rail. The line runs for about 10km in county […]

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Kilkenny students graduate from regional college, WIT President says new University can become one of world’s best

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2021 0

More than one in every 10 students that graduated in Waterford Institute of Technology this week hails from Kilkenny. Of the 2,552 graduates who were conferred at the higher education campus last week 275(11%) are from Kilkenny In total, 72% of the class of 2020 were from the south east counties of Waterford, Carlow, Wexford, […]