Recently, Kilkenny and Carlow Chambers held a joint event with Amber Women's Refuge, highlighting the impact of domestic abuse on the workplace.  Communications Officer Naoimh Murphy offers practical tips and advice to assist business owners, managers and teams in a...

Our first face to face Chamber Chat in two years took place in the Pembroke Kilkenny Hotel on 24th February.  Our CEO John Hurley made a brief presentation on Chamber activities, and the methods and benefits of good networking. It was great to see some old faces and...

Kilkenny Chamber met with local representatives on Thursday 30th September, to brief them on its pre-Budget submission. Using the 5 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) signed up to by the Chamber network of Ireland: Gender Equality; Decent Work and Economic Growth;...

Our last Chamber Chat before the summer took place on Thursday 1st July. This was a timely event, as businesses prepare to re-open and welcome both employees and customers back to their workplaces. Emer Gaffney from Carraig Safety talked us through what we need to do...

Laurence Conroy, from Security Risk Advisors, gave an excellent presentation on the risks of Cyber Crime and how small businesses can reduce these risks.  You can find a recording of the event here.

Kilkenny Chamber held its Annual General Meeting via Zoom on Thursday 22nd April.   Below is the address which President Colin Ahern, General Manager of Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, made to the attendees.   I’d like to offer a very warm welcome to you all, for our...

The aim of the Outdoor Dining Scheme for Businesses is to provide support to individual independent hospitality and tourism businesses towards the cost of equipment to provide additional outdoor seating and facilitate these businesses to increase their outdoor dining...

Following a meeting of Chamber CEOs, Kilkenny Chamber yesterday (30 March 2021) calls on Government to use the time wisely and ensure we can plan for a sustainable reopening. Kilkenny Chamber Chief Executive John Hurley said, “With this lockdown lasting much longer...

Mary Cullen, HR Consultant with Insight HR, gave a timely presentation to our  members and non members who attended this month's Chamber Chat, covering the areas of Remote Working (right to request, right to disconnect etc), vaccination issues and other considerations...

Kilkenny Chamber submission to City & County Development Plan 2021-2027 12th March 2021 Kilkenny is a great place in which to live and do business and the County Council and Planners are to be commended for the many good decisions they have made over the years...