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Come to Kilkenny! New group aims to lure Dublin businesses to South East

By Kilkenny Now 25th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY  A MAJOR event is taking place, targeting businesses to start, relocate or expand into Kilkenny and the South East. The event ‘Perfectly Placed:Business, Talent, Funding and Living,’ take place at Trinity College, Dublin tomorrow evening. It is aimed at investors, startups, scale-ups, small and medium enterprises and multi-national

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Region’s biggest employers urge Kilkenny students to choose career in engineering

By Kilkenny Now 24th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A NEW industry group formed by some of the biggest employers in the region wants bright young Kilkenny students to consider a career in engineering. Engineering the South East has been formed to address skills needs, promote careers in engineering and advance engineering in the region. Some of Kilkenny’s large indigenous industries […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why Waterford’s airport will never be a high flier

By Kilkenny Now 19th June 2019 0

IF you live in the county of Kilkenny, let me offer you my congratulations. You are to become the part-owner of an airport. Well, to be accurate, you are to become the part-owner of an airport runway. Kilkenny council, along with the local authorities of Waterford and Wexford, is contributing €2 million to help extend […]

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WEATHER FORECAST: Will we see glimpses of Summer in Kilkenny this weekend?

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 0

WE may finally see some signs of Summer next week, but for the moment we’ll have to content ourselves with the odd glimpses of sunshine in between heavy showers and unseasonably cool temperatures over the coming days. Met Éireann this morning said the weather in Kilkenny and throughout Leinster will remain unsettled over the weekend. […]

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Kilkenny V Galway – Cody has something to smile about as top Cats return

By Kilkenny Now 7th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Cats face their biggest challenge of the year so far this weekend against Galway, but Brian Cody will at least have a much stronger stack to play with this time around. The Kilkenny coach will be relieved to have some of his biggest names who have been side-lined through injury in […]

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Roadworks and traffic delays driving Kilkenny motorists car-azy

By Kilkenny Now 6th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY ROADWORKS and traffic diversions across Kilkenny city and county are driving many local motorists around the bend. Several frustrated drivers took to Twitter over the past 24 hours to vent their fury after they became stuck in traffic jams in different parts of the county. The loudest online groans came from motorists […]

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Kilkenny farm received €230,000 in CAP payments last year

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2019 0

COUNTY Kilkenny’s O’Shea’s Farms received the second highest payment under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) last year, newly released figures reveal. The Piltown farm, which recently secured a major contract to supply Aldi with potatoes received €229,633.96 in CAP payments last year. This was second on the list top CAP payments behind representatives of Nicholas […]

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EURO ELECTIONS: Battle for Ireland South to drag on for up to four more weeks

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

THE final list of elected candidates for the Ireland South constituency will not be known until June 21 after Sinn triggered a full recount in the European Parliament election. The recount will begin at 9am next Tuesday morning in Cork and could cost the State up to €1m. The recount decision was made after it […]

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Glanbia paid Kilkenny farmers €168m for milk last year: AGM

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

FARMER suppliers in Kilkenny received €168 million in milk payments from Glanbia last year. The huge economic contribution of dairy farming to the rural economy was highlighted at the Glanbia Co-op AGM in Kilkenny this week. The AGM heard that in 2018 the Kilkenny-based company paid approximately €1 billion, including VAT, for milk directly to […]

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Hero Garda who drowned in diving tragedy buried tomorrow

By Kilkenny Now 27th May 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE funeral will take place tomorrow of the Waterford-based Garda who died in tragic circumstances over the weekend. Garda Dave Hearne (46) died after a freak accident during a recreational dive some 15km off Hook Head on Saturday evening. He was diving at the time with Hook Sub Aqua Club, of which […]