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Emergency meeting to be held on animal cruelty on Friday

An emergency meeting will take place this Friday to address ongoing concerns in relation to animal cruelty in the city. The meeting is being organised by Mayor Martin Brett after a request from Cllr Eugene McGuinness. At a recent meeting of the ...

16 Jan 2020 at 13:33

Kilkenny City

Cartoon Saloon-inspired road sweepers rolled out in Kilkenny

Kilkenny County Council was recently awarded funding for projects under the Anti-Dumping Initiative for 2022 and has been busy putting it to use. One of the most recent projects they have embarked on involved them working alongside Cartoon ...

04 Jan 2023 at 15:34

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Callout for animal welfare groups in Kilkenny

Chair of Kilkenny’s Animal Welfare Committee, Councillor Andrew McGuinness is advising animal welfare organisations to apply for a new grants programme that has been opened this week. The Animal Welfare Grants Programme is aimed at ...

10 May 2024 at 11:30

Drag cabaret in Kilkenny for animal rescue 'out the door' with abandoned dogs

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Drag cabaret fundraiser in Kilkenny for animal rescue 'out the door' with abandoned dogs

My Lovely Horse are holding a not-to-be missed fundraiser with a difference on Friday November 11 in the Pembroke Hotel, Kilkenny to raise vital funds for the more than 800 animals they are responsible for. At any one time they ...

05 Nov 2022 at 13:30

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Hollywood superstar spotted in the South East

A well-known Hollywood superstar has been spotted under the watchful eye of a 'matriarch' meerkat in a County Wexford animal enclosure. The 21 Jump Street, Foxcatcher and Magic Mike actor, Channing Tatum, was spotted in Wells ...

12 Apr 2022 at 17:03

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Animal welfare top of the agenda at Kilkenny City Municipal meeting

The issue of sulky racing at Kilkenny's Linear Park, an area overlooked by residents of Riverside Drive in the city, will be tackled at this months meeting of Kilkenny City Municipal District. Councillor Andrew McGuinness ...

06 Apr 2017 at 10:00

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Sulky byelaws in Kilkenny are not enforceable - Garda chief

Byelaws introduced to clamp down on sulky racing are not enforceable according to Chief Garda Superintendent Dominic Hayes. The comments were made during a Joint Policing Committee meeting at County Hall last Wednesday ...

21 Sept 2017 at 15:33

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Huge vet bills and staffing issues force animal shelter that serves Kilkenny to close

PAWS Animal Rescue have had to make the difficult decision not to take in any more animals 'for the forseeable future'. The Mullinahone-based rescue centre confirmed the news recently in a statement on social media. ...

11 Nov 2022 at 16:23

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MEP seeks to change ‘excessive’ live animal transport proposals

“The next two weeks are crucial in the campaign to protect the ability of Irish agriculture to transport and export live animals,” says Fianna Fáil MEP and member of the Committee on Animal Transport, Billy ...

12 Jan 2022 at 16:00

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Man jailed for “shocking” animal cruelty loses sentence appeal

A Carlow man whose farm was “strewn with skeletal remains” has lost an appeal against the severity of his three year prison sentence for “shocking” levels of animal cruelty. James Kavanagh (48) pleaded ...

10 Apr 2019 at 14:15

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Kilkenny residents to hold meeting on animal cruelty

A group of concerned residents are holding a meeting this evening (Wednesday) to discuss a number of recent incidents of animal cruelty. STEMFA Neighbourhood Watch, which includes the areas of St ...

09 Aug 2017 at 13:51

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Kilkenny Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Kilkenny S.P.C.A) Annual General Meeting

Kilkenny Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Kilkenny S.P.C.A) will hold their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday October 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Pembroke Hotel, Patrick St, ...

20 Sept 2022 at 20:00

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