UNSCRUPULOUS rogue operators in Kilkenny are openly flaunting the city’s ban on the sale of bituminous ‘smoky’ coal undermining legitimate traders, it was alleged at the monthly meeting of Kilkenny Borough Council on Monday night. Cllr Joe Malone (Fianna Fáil) claimed that some illegal operators had exploited the downturn in the economy by selling imported […]
KILKENNY’S Prevent Poverty Action Group (PPAG) has condemned the decision to cut the Widows’ Pension in last week’s Budget. Minister Brian Lenihan proposed a cut of 8% in the Widows’ and Widowers’ pension, as part of widespread cuts in the country’s social welfare payments. Chairperson and founder of the PPAG, Teresa Mullen, was strongly critical […]
THE COUNTRY’S largest trade union, SIPTU, have attacked the Budget’s proposals to massively cut the wages of public servants. Speaking to the Kilkenny People, SIPTU’s Kilkenny branch organiser, Denis Hynes, said that the union was “very disappointed, to put it mildly” and heavily criticised local TDs and the Government for voting in favour of “absolutely […]
PUBLICANS in Kilkenny have welcomed the moves to cut excise duty on alcohol proposed in last week’s Budget, but believe that cuts in social welfare and pay for public servants mean tough times ahead for high street traders. Pat Crotty, a former Fine Gael member of Kilkenny Borough Council and proprietor of Paris Texas Café […]
FIANNA FÁIL TD for Carlow-Kilkenny John McGuinness has defended thesevere cuts to social welfare and public sector pay to be introduced following last week’s Budget. McGuinness did, however, express regret that the Budget did not contain a greater stimulus package for job creation. The Kilkenny city-based politician conceded that the Budget was a “very difficult […]
KLIKENNY’S candidate for the presidency of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has expressed concern that last week’s Budget confirmed cuts to major programmes promoting development in the agricultural sector. John Bryan, a suckler farmer and cattle finisher from Inistioge was disappointed with cuts to the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) and the halving of grants […]
THE Kilkenny-based charity Kilimanjaro Direct is continuing its drive to raise funds for the construction of a new school in a remote part of Tanzania. Construction on the project has already begun in the town of Moshi, at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, with significant progress reported. Through the charity has previously funded the construction […]
A CAPACITY crowd filled Dalton House Day Care Centre in Gowran last Wednesday evening, 2nd December, for the launch of a book titled Life Through Our Viewfinder. The book details the stories, life experiences and anecdotes of over fifty attendees of the day care centre, and was produced over twenty months. Though the contributors might […]
TWO Kilkenny hurling legends were among the winners at An Garda Síochána’s 16th annual Coiste Siamsa Sportstar Awards, held recently in Hotel Kilkenny. Eddie Brennan scooped the award in the hurling category for the sixth time, while Frank Cummins was the winner of the Hall of Fame award. Cummins’s award was offered in recognition of […]
AMID the doom and gloom of dark evenings and bitterly cold weather, the people of Skeoughvosteen, Graiguenamanagh, The Rower and Inistioge will have something to smile about this festive season as Rackard Cody’s annual Christmas party returns to the Springhill Court Hotel this Sunday, 13th December. Chief among the attractions on the day will be […]
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