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Kilkenny County Councillor goes back to school to learn about the climate crisis challenge

Kilkenny Green Party Councillor Maria Dollard was one of a group of Irish County Councillors to successfully complete a new third level course specifically designed for them. The level 7 UCC course called The Climate Crisis and Local Government, was ...

03 Oct 2022 at 14:00

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Met Éireann releases potato blight advisory warning

A potato blight advisory warning has been released by Met Éireann following a night of heavy rainfall. According to Met Éireann, weather conditions conductive to the spread of blight developed in parts of Ulster and Leinster yesterday and will ...

16 Aug 2022 at 10:56

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Say Cheese - Ireland ranks very high for worldwide cheese production

Chef's Pencil has released a new report on the top cheese producing nations in the world. The report is based on the latest available cheese production figures for 2021. Ireland ranks third worldwide among the countries with the highest ...

27 Sept 2022 at 15:00

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Local Ireland welcomes move to 0% VAT for news publishers

Local Ireland, the association representing 32 weekly paid-for newspapers around the country, has welcomed today’s decision by the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe to remove VAT on newspapers. President of Local Ireland Declan ...

27 Sept 2022 at 16:30

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Supporting each other - Shop Local campaign launched in Kilkenny

A group of Indian people living in Kilkenny have launched a ‘shop local’ campaign to encourage everyone to keep small, local shops alive. Last week, some locally based members of the organisation gathered at Joe Lyon’s fruit and ...

30 Sept 2022 at 16:50

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Kilkenny reaches temperature of 30.6° C this afternoon

It is officially hotter today than yesterday, according to local weatherman Niall Dollard of Kilkenny Weather, who has recorded a scorching temperature of 30.6° C this afternoon at 15.45. The hot temperatures are forecast to ...

12 Aug 2022 at 18:02

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'This is hugely positive' - Local Improvement Scheme funding for roadworks across Ireland doubled

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys , has today (Monday August 8) announced that she is doubling the funding available this year for the upgrade of rural laneways and non-public roads to ...

08 Aug 2022 at 12:39

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Made Local, Made to Last launched by DDCI - Kilkenny Live

Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) will launch its Made Local initiative next month, for the third year in a row, with a new campaign highlighting mindless consumption - ‘Made Local, Made to Last’ – with a ...

23 Sept 2022 at 16:20

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Thomastown Creative Arts Festival back in full swing in south Kilkenny for 2022

Thomastown Creative Arts Festival is back in full swing for 2022 and welcomes audiences to gather and celebrate great art on show in multiple venues in and around Thomastown from August 5 - 14. This year's ...

06 Aug 2022 at 08:00

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Local Enterprise Office launches ‘IDEAS Kilkenny’ competition for innovative Tech start-ups

The inaugural ‘IDEAS Kilkenny’ competition will open for entries from March 7th during this year’s Local Enterprise Week. The competition is open to people in Kilkenny with a Tech related business idea or ...

03 Mar 2022 at 09:00

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'It is a legal requirement' - Revenue to contact 300k property owners over late tax returns

Three hundred thousand property owners in Ireland will be contacted in the coming weeks about overdue Local Property Tax (LPT) returns. According to Revenue, property owners were due to submit their LPT ...

28 Mar 2022 at 13:31

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New campaign aims to see many more women contesting next local elections

In an ambitious new goal, Women for Election have said that it aims to identify, support and encourage at least 1,000 women to contest the next local elections in 2024, including a significant increase ...

06 Feb 2022 at 14:34

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