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Kilkenny was well represented at the Irish National Boxing Championships by a talented team from Paulstown Outside of the city, major developments in Paulstown were flagged, with the publication of a masterplan for the area. Proposing that the plan go on public display, municipal district chairman Cllr Michael Delaney said that Paulstown has the potential to be a ‘mini city’ with the traffic that comes off the motorway there. News for the south side of the county was not as good, when it was revealed a Callan care home was to close. A petition was launched to keep the Aperee Living facility open, but it did eventually close, with all residents moving to other facilities.
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On a visit to Kilkenny, then Taoiseach Simon Harris ‘photobombed’ newlyweds Amanda and Francis It now only happens every two years, so there was great excitement in Kilkenny, in April, when a new Kilkenny Rose was chosen. Castlecomer’s Lisa O’Rourke was crowned, in Kilkenny, by reigning International Rose of Tralee, New York Rose Roisín Wiley. The village of Ballyragget was also in focus in April when Kilkenny County Council began consultation for a masterplan of the area that aims to bring vibrancy back to the town. “This will be a living, breathing document that will bring changes to Ballyragget, which is such a fabulous town,” local councillor Pat Fitzpatrick said. It was announced that other areas of the county were also to benefit from infrastructure funding. Just under €18 million was allocated to Kilkenny County Council from the Department of Transport for local road projects, with 49 specific allocations listed.Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Kilkenny County Council announced the signing of a new construction contract to upgrade the drinking water supply in Gowran, Goresbridge and Paulstown.