Archive - Price of a pint in Kilkenny will be 18p on draught or 22p for a large bottle! (1973)

PRICE OF THE PINT

In a shock move this week an order was made by the Minister of Industry & Commerce to control the price of drink in Kilkenny, Waterford and Galway.

Under the Order, the price of a pint of stout in Kilkenny will be 18p on draught or 22p for a large bottle. The price of a half pint of stout or ale will be 9½p on draught or 11½p in bottle.

Under the Order draught lager will be 23p per pint as 12p per half pint.

Thriving cafe for sale in Kilkenny

£25 MILLION CO-OP

A new £25 million Agricultural Co-Operative Society, Avonmore Farmers’ Ltd, has been established following the merger of 19 societies in counties Kilkenny, Carlow, Kildare, Laois and Tipperary.

The merger became effective on September 1 and means that in future a single Co-Op Society, with a range of milk processing facilities and stores outlets, will service the large area stretching from Dublin Airport to South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford.

At Ballyragget, Avonmore Farmers’ Ltd has the majority shareholding in the biggest and most modern milk processing complex in Ireland which produces butter, cheese, casein, milk powder and whey powder.

The Society is Ireland’s largest producer of butter and holds a major share of the home market with its Avonmore brand.

Avonmore Farmers is also the majority shareholder in the long established Miloko Co-Op Society, which produces casein and chocolate crumb, in Carrick-on-Suir.

Avonmore Farmers Ltd will have one of the strongest management teams in the Irish Dairy Industry, with Mr Redmond Brennan as Chief Executive and Mr Patrick O’Neill as Financial Controller and Secretary.

The existing multi-million pound stores trade in the Avonmore region will be further expanded and streamlined.

By bulking purchasing power, equipment and personnel resources a constant control will be maintained over farm input costs while existing and new farm services will be greatly expanded.

Port refused permission for development in Kilkenny

CITY IS THRIVING

‘A thriving centre with a wealth of architectural and historic intent’.

That is how the judges in the Tidy Towns competition described Kilkenny City in their report.

Among the points raised included the fine facade of Lawlor’s pub on the Dublin Road, derelict sites on the Thomastown Road, the fine riverside walks and better litter control.