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Brewery Site: Delays in the handover and the park won’t be built on contaminated soil
At a meeting people questioned whether part of the site that had been previously been affected by an oil-spill containing...
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Kathleen Funchion says independents should be allowed vote how they want on abortion legislation
She was speaking to KCLR ahead of Mick Wallace's proposal of a bill that would allow for abortions in the...
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Chernobyl Children are arriving in Ireland today – some of them are staying in Carlow and Kilkenny
Local families are preparing to open their homes to the children and young adults
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Could the Scottish vote keep UK in the EU? Kilkenny man there thinks it could.
Polling stations close in the historic referendum at 10 o'clock tonight.
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20 new houses to be built in Tullow
Planning permission has now been granted for the new housing estate.
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Local INTO rep says teachers shouldn’t be paid less just because they qualified after 2011
Teachers employed after 2011 earn 14% less than teachers employed before that because of emergency legislation brought in at the...
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Respite Services: HSE’s contract with Carlow provider to end next year
Families have been contacting KCLR stressing the urgent need for an overnight service locally.
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Carlow Senator says certain people should be exempt from pay-by-weight bin charges
Carlow Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor is calling for a compromise on the pay-by-weight bin charges controversy. The Fianna Fáil woman...
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There’s hope yet for the Kilkenny City Bus service
A petition to save Kilkenny City Bus service has already gathered almost 200 signatures. It was revealed earlier this week...
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Rainbow flag to be raised in Kilkenny in memory of Orlando shooting victims
A gunman killed 49 people in a gay nighclub last Sunday week, before being killed by police.
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