Mayor Andrew McGuinness with Sean Leahy and David Fitzgerald at the KKB welcome home celebration
The KKB team with Kilkenny Mayor Andrew McGuinness at the Clubhouse following a historic National overall Tidy Towns win for Kilkenny City
Celebration of Flowers on the River Nore
Sean Leahy holds the National Tidy Towns award Trophy 2014 and the Overall Large Urban centre award 2014
Kilkenny Castle in the soft evening sun on the day of our win
Kilkenny castle and the river Nore
Congratulations to Irish Rail for the high standard of our City Railway Station. The assessors noted the following in their recent report:
Kilkenny Train Station – Exterior: Grade A. This was an excellent site – not only was there a complete absence of litter but the overall presentation was very fresh e.g. railings, steps, entrance, signage and visitor information, and planter boxes.
Kilkenny Train Station – Interior: Grade A. The interior of the station had some interesting historical notices and photographs, almost museum / gallery like – a lovely feature. Bins, seating, planting, signage and flooring were all in excellent condition – a real credit to the station staff.
Members of KKB celebrate with Kilkenny railway station Staff. Kilkenny Ibal No.1 in Ireland.
Kilkenny has achieved a No.1 result again in the latest Ibal survey .
This result reflects the hard work put in by the City Authorities and all our Voluntary groups over the last number of months. The assessors noted;
“Kilkenny has cemented its position as Ireland’s cleanest city – all sites surveyed got the top litter grade. What sets Kilkenny and other continuously high ranking towns apart is not just the lack of litter but the efforts put into the presentation of the environment e.g. High Street had beautiful new paving and a couple of years ago the approach to Kilkenny Castle was redesigned. The surveyor noted that Kilkenny Train Station (Interior) was almost museum like with historical photographs / notices – a lovely feature.”
Kilkenny courthouse on Parliament street
Our new sustainable Roundabout at Hebron is currently looking magnificent.
The plants and flowers create waves of colour which welcome visitors to our city when driving from the Motorway.
The annual Tidy Towns Judging is currently under way. Our City is showing its best side to the many thousands of tourists and visitors whom we welcome to Kilkenny.
Marble City Barbers, A cut above the rest!
The new Callan road city pop up park development has commenced. There is a 2 year programme of works and events planned. Invasive weeds are being removed. An insect reserve and wild flower garden area is to be protected. A survey of existing plants has been undertaken. Initial grass cutting of access paths and cleaning took place on mid summers day and this was followed by a KKB pop up BBQ!
As part of the KKB pilot estate development project Sycamores and Aylesbury residents association hosted a planter basket demonstration undertaken by Stuart Day of the KKB. The estate was recipient of the overall KKB Tidy Towns Estate award in 2013. Congratulation to all who took part in arranging the event.
Andrew getting the artwork right
before work started
The filling station is now pumping flower power!
KKB going Nationwide!! Check out the popular RTE program Wednesday 7th May at 7pm starring……………Kilkenny. Celebrating our amazing recent win as Failte Ireland’s top tourism town. We look forward to seeing you.
Mary Kennedy of RTE Nationwide with David Fitzgerald KKB Chairman and Nora Darcy KKB