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Irish Postmasters Union warns hundreds of post offices could go out of business this summer
The IPU wants the government to bring in a payment scheme of €17 million to help keep them in business.
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‘Very disappointed and despondent’ says one local publican as pubs across Carlow, Kilkenny & rest of the country mark a year of closures
Vintners are marking a year since the country's 7,100 pubs closed due to the pandemic.
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Designers and craftspeople living in Carlow and Kilkenny offered chance to see their work go global
Design and Crafts Council of Ireland has announced an open call for applications to the Portfolio Programme 2021 and 2022.
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Taoiseach starts three days of virtual events with the US ahead of St Patrick’s Day
It's as the St Patrick's Festival Kilkenny turns the county green while Glór Cheatharlach's Seachtain na Gaeilge festivities continue
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€28 million funding for Carlow and Kilkenny welcomed by local chamber representatives
Both counties have been awaiting such significant allocations
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More students across Carlow and Kilkenny return to the classrooms this morning
All primary age and fifth years in secondary are back
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No Covid-19 related deaths recorded for the first time this year
The incidence rate too is also down, as are the numbers of latest cases locally with none in Kilkenny and...
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Ireland’s vaccine regulator has received reports of blood clots following AstraZeneca Jab
Ireland's vaccine regulator says it has received a 'small number' of reports of blood clots following vaccination with the AstraZeneca...
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Carlow Cllr wants to rename the local train station after Kevin Barry
A Carlow Cllr wants to rename the local train station, in line with other stations across the country. Cllr John...
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New water works in Kilkenny have led to a daily saving of 900,000 litres of water
A vital Kilkenny resource has been secured for the future of city residents. Recent works on an outdated pressure regulation...
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