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27/06/2024

Lovely piece in the national media about this great Carlow Arts Festival Carlow County Council Community Information event in association with Carlow Sports Partnership. Get booking!

Families and leisure cycling enthusiasts with an interest in culture and the arts are being urged to get on their bikes and join the rescheduled ‘Cycles’ event in Carlow this July.

13/06/2024

📢 KLP LEADER WEBINAR - 25th June 2024! 📢
Registration is open: https://bit.ly/4dYEGoR

Are you looking for funding for a LEADER project? Do you have a business idea? Join us on Tuesday, 25th of June for an exclusive LEADER Webinar!

🌟 What’s in it for you? 🌟

Introduction to the New LEADER Programme: Discover the opportunities it offers.
Guidance and Advice: Learn all the steps involved in applying for LEADER funding.
EOI and Application Process Simplified: Get detailed insights on how the EOI and Application process.
Q&A Session: Have your questions answered by our LEADER panel.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet the LEADER team, network with like-minded individuals, and kickstart your application process.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 25th June
🕒 Time: 1PM - 2PM
📍 Location: Online via Zoom

Registration is essential. Please use the link below to register with Eventbrite or scan the QR code to go to Eventbrite.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4dYEGoR

We look forward to seeing you there!

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11/06/2024

The countdown has begun. Lots and lots to look forward to at this year's 10th Birthday celebrations as Comeraghs Wild Festival nears.
Tune in to WLR FM around 10.30am for more.

Waterford’s Comeraghs Wild Festival is celebrating its 10th birthday in style and across the first two weekends in July, starting with an open-air concert at Curraghmore House and Gardens on July 6 and concluding the following weekend with sumptuous Feast in the Forest featuring the very best in l...

23/05/2024

Love it when a campaign comes together. Thanks RTÉ for this amazing piece on Smithwick's Ireland

The Smithwick's Experience visitor centre in Kilkenny has launched a new tour designed to teach participants more about the ale once brewed in the city and the role played by the Smithwick family in the evolution of that drink.

02/05/2024

Well done to Aileen Drohan and the team at Walton Institute for promoting STEM among traditional crafters and working together to produce an e-textiles pattern which is now free for everyone to use.
Thanks to Irish Farmers Journal for spotlighting their work!

A group of knitting and crochet enthusiasts have recently explored integrating wearable technology through the ‘Yarning Connections’ project, writes Grace Hanna.

24/01/2024

More fabulous coverage for Lorimat Jewellers Kilkenny

A multi award-winning Kilkenny-based jewellers has marked their fourth decade of trading by moving their entire business online.

24/01/2024

And so a new chapter begins for Lorimat Jewellers Kilkenny
It's been some journey so far and looking forward to what the future brings for Rita and the team.

The transition coincides with the beginning of a fourth decade of operations

20/11/2023

Further details available in Store or call 0861713985 after 4pm

20/11/2023

🚨 | Beat are hiring! Are you interested in becoming our next News & Sports Editor? 🚨

Check out the full details here 👇

https://www.beat102103.com/jobs/beat-102-103-news-sports-editor-1116832

20/11/2023

We're recharging the batteries for the first time this year - back open December 1. 🥰

09/11/2023

Families across Kilkenny and visitors to the city and county are encouraged to log on to the Kilkenny Science Festival now and book their places for a host of FREE, family-focused and fun events as part of this year’s programme of free events which begins this Saturday, November 11.
You’re asked to log on to www.stemkilkenny.ie now and book your FREE places for events which include:
- Mark the Science Guy: Smash Your goals event at the Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle
- An online Science Scavenger Hunt with Steve Sherman, international edutainer and Chief Imagination Officer of livingmaths.com
- Bubbly Science with Caroline Ainslie, again at Kilkenny Castle
- A jaw-dropping science of the circus extravaganza with Dr Ken where he eats fire, cracks whips, juggles and explores the scientific principles behind skilful circus tricks and dangerous stunts. It's time for some entertaining circus science experiments - all in the name of science.
Kilkenny Science Week is brought to us by CALMAST at SETU with the support of Science Foundation Ireland, Glanbia, Kilkenny County Council and the EPA. For more, log on to www.StemKilkenny.ie

Kilkenny Science Festival Kilkenny Science Festival will place from 11-19 November 2023 Coordinated by Calmast STEM Engagement Centre, South East Technological University in partnership with schools, industry, Kilkenny County Council and other groups. It

27/10/2023

Wan de spud

18/09/2023

Great to partner with Carlow Arts Festival for the first time on this project. Thanks Conor Kane for your support again.

A new cycling and arts event taking place this Sunday in Carlow aims to explore language, history, landscape and cycling.

01/08/2023

Kudos to Kilkenny LEADER Partnership for organising this workshop on August 10 to help and support towns in the county become inclusive, sustainable and self-sufficient into the future.
The free event is an absolute must for community activists and young people who want their voices to be heard.

Community-focused individuals and groups interested in building better, more inclusive communities are being invited to register for an information and training workshop on Thursday, August 10, which focuses on the future of towns across the county and the services they provide.   Kilkenny Lead...

10/06/2023

Another great new addition to this year's Comeraghs Wild Festival programme. Tickets on sale now.

RENOWNED TV chef and wellness advocate, Aisling Larkin, will be cooking up a feast for all of the senses with carefully selected local produce when she appears for the very first time on the action-packed Comeraghs Wild Festival programme. The Waterford native, who is back home and living between th...

26/04/2023

Proud and privileged to work on this €663 million project with the Southern Regional Assembly. This programme will be utterly transformative for the 18 counties involved.

A multi-million euro programme has been launched to help create jobs, "transition to low carbon" in the southern, eastern and midland region.

29/03/2023

Delighted to work on this campaign with the brilliant team at Tirlán. A multitude of incredible opportunities for graduates await.

Tirlán, formerly known as Glanbia Ireland, has launched its new graduate programme with a wide range of opportunities and career progression prospects.

21/03/2023

Tickets on sale now for Kilkenny LEADER Partnership's first in a series of Global Kitchen events in Kilkenny. Kudos to the team for making all of our communities feel welcome in the city and county.

Cultural diversity with a culinary theme will be celebrated in Kilkenny from next month, with a series of events highlighting different foods and traditions.

24/10/2022

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks.
Free workshops explaining how its done run from 7.30pm to 9pm in:
• Freshford Community Hall on Tuesday, October 25;
• Fennelly’s of Callan on Wednesday, October 26;
• Kilmacow Community Centre on Tuesday, November 1;
• Gowran Parish Hall on Tuesday, November 8;
• Castlecomer Enterprise Centre on Tuesday, November 15.
All members of the community interested in benefiting from the service and helping out are strongly encouraged to attend.
Pre-booking is not required. Booking for the seminar in Piltown Community Centre on Saturday, November 19, is free and can be made through www.cklp.ie

21/10/2022

Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) is supporting rural communities struggling with cripplingly slow broadband speeds and is encouraging them to consider setting up their own community owned and operated future proofed broadband networks.

A series of regional workshops run across Kilkenny to show communities how it is done. It’s all designed to help local community and voluntary groups to “take charge of their digital future” as Smart Villages, in line with the EU’s evolving policies on rural areas.
The free workshops run from 7.30pm to 9pm in:
• Freshford Community Hall on Tuesday, October 25;
• Fennelly’s of Callan on Wednesday, October 26;
• Kilmacow Community Centre on Tuesday, November 1;
• Gowran Parish Hall on Tuesday, November 8;
• Castlecomer Enterprise Centre on Tuesday, November 15.
All members of the community interested in benefiting from the service and helping out are strongly encouraged to attend.
Pre-booking is not required. Booking for the seminar in Piltown Community Centre on Saturday, November 19, is free and can be made through www.cklp.ie

20/10/2022

A fabulous opportunity for people across the south east to support local designers and makers and visit one of the region's most iconic, historic Kilkenny city centre buildings.

Butler Gallery’s first ever Craft Fair runs from November 4 to 6 inclusive and offers discerning shoppers from across the South East and visitors to the region a unique opportunity to support local designers and makers and invest in hand-made Irish jewellery, craft, textiles and so much more. ...

14/10/2022

Another great week and some very positive news coming out of the south east. Thanks to all my former media colleagues for the support on this one, and so many others this week.👍

Telecommunications company Entegro will host a week-long recruitment roadshow later this month to help meet growing demand for its fixed services contract.

23/09/2022

Thanks so much to Alanna and Derek McCabe for putting your trust and faith in us. An epic campaign. And thanks for the kind words. 😍

08/09/2022

Great to see Fence De-Fence getting more coverage ahead of the National Ploughing Association National Ploughing Championships in two weeks.

Alanna McCabe's 'Fence De-Fence' won't give you an electric shock and she hopes it will wow at the National Ploughing Championships.

10/08/2022

It's been a hectic few months so we're taking a bit of a break.
Back on Monday, August 22.

13/07/2022

13/07/2022

With a heavy heart I confirm, it's a wrap for 2022! Thank you to everyone for making this year such as special Comeraghs Wild Festival To the voluntary committee, to Waterford Council and the teams at Visit Waterford and Waterford Greenway a huge thanks for putting your trust and faith in me. It was pure magic - from start to finish. A mega thanks to all of the media - truly appreciate your support.

Mary Coughlan was wowed by the setting of Crotty’s Lake, where she performed on Friday last as part of the Comeraghs Wild Festival. Photos: Patrick Browne THE 2022 Comeraghs Wild Festival, held last weekend, has been described as the best yet by organisers, with a large number of events sellin

05/07/2022

It's the only festival I work on - all of my other work is Corporate. But this festival is incredibly special, so authentic and its all driven by an absolutely amazing, voluntary team. For more, check out www.comeraghswild.com
The forecast is perfect and events run from Thursday through until Sunday. It's gona be Wild! Mary Coughlan Waterford GreenwayKilmacthomas Village & Community Group Dungarvan Tidy Towns Coach House Coffee Kiersey's Bar & Tearoom Visit Waterford Curraghmore House Nell's Farmhouse WLR FM Beat 102 103

23/06/2022

There are good days at work and there are great days at work. And when you're working with Pat Browne and Mary Browne, from the Patrick J Browne clan, every job is a great job. Thanks again!

07/06/2022

Couldn't possibly ask for a better start to the comms campaign launch for this year's Comeraghs Wild Festival. An authentic, fabulous festival in the great outdoors that showcases the rugged and beautiful Comeraghs, Copper Coast and Nire Valley regions.
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2022/0607/1303410-comeragh-festival/

A wildlife-themed festival celebrating the scenic Comeragh Mountains and their hinterland returns next month after a Covid-enforced break with four days of events planned to highlight the unspoiled region.