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Plans to resume mining in Kilkenny face setback

A State agency responsible for rivers and lakes has thrown a spanner into the works of a plan to recommence mining in Kilkenny at Galmoy. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against the Kilkenny County Council ...

02 Aug 2022 at 13:47

Local News

Bomb scare - city store evacuated after hoax call

Here's what made the front page of the Kilkenny People on October 15, 1971 - 50 years ago this week Goods Drapery store on High Street was cleared of customers and staff on Friday morning after an anonymous telephone caller had warned that a bomb ...

15 Oct 2021 at 18:01

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Castlecomer Discovery Park is making its rich coal mining heritage accessible online

As we celebrate Heritage Week, its an opportune time to look at how Covid-19 has impacted the way we access heritage. The pandemic has indeed severely impacted the arts, cultural and heritage sector worldwide: with many museums having to shut ...

14 Aug 2021 at 16:33

Features

Archive - Kilkenny jobs at risk as fate of coal mine hangs in the balance (1971)

The fate of Ballingarry coal mines hangs in the balance. Almost 250 miners, many with young families, must now wait and hope that their only source of employment does not disappear. Not only are the miners unemployed - they are up to their ...

17 May 2023 at 17:42

Arts

Short film on the old Deerpark mines to be screened in Kilkenny

Artist, Sarah Lincoln and Clogh writer, Willie-Joe Meally have been creatively exploring histories around the old Deerpark Mine in Castlecomer as part of an ArtLinks-funded collaboration. On Thursday (August 17) the pair will launch the ...

14 Aug 2023 at 15:28

North Kilkenny

Green light given for the recommencement of mining at Kilkenny site

Planning permission has been granted that will allow for the recommencement of underground mining at the former Galmoy Zinc and Lead Mine in County Kilkenny. Proposed works at the site, planned by 'Shanoon Resources Ltd', include an ...

04 Jul 2022 at 17:08

National News

‘Bespoke energy scheme’ could be introduced to help Tara Mines, says Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said a “bespoke energy scheme” could be introduced for Tara Mines following the temporary closure and up to 650 job cuts at the site in Co Meath. Mr Varadkar described the closure as “very serious”. He ...

14 Jun 2023 at 15:07

National News

Tara Mines CEO says company was facing ‘tremendous unsustainable losses’

The CEO of Tara Mines in Co Meath has said the decision to temporarily close and lay off up 650 workers was done in the face of “tremendous unsustainable losses”. The mine will be placed under care and maintenance after winding ...

14 Jun 2023 at 09:34

Features

Archive - Kilkenny jobs at risk as fate of coal mine hangs in the balance (1971)

19 May 2023 at 16:53

North Kilkenny

Efforts to resume mining at Galmoy Mine receive planning boost - Kilkenny Live

A mining company has been granted permission to extend underground mining operations on the Laois side of the Galmoy Zinc and Lead Mine that straddles the Kilkenny-Laois border. Plans to resume mining on the Kilkenny side ...

31 Jan 2023 at 15:50

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Kilkenny writer delivers a sizzler of a second novel

A Kilkenny writer is being lauded as ‘a fresh new voice in Irish writing’ following the publication of his second novel. A literary take on the classic chase movie, How To Be Nowhere is the sequel to Tim MacGabhann's ...

11 Sept 2020 at 17:28

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There's gold in them thar Kilkenny hills

People living in dozens of townslands around Kilkenny could be sitting on precious minerals, including gold and silver — and the keen prospectors are on their way. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action, ...

22 Feb 2017 at 17:27

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