Hopes Thomastown library funding will be approved
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Funding for the ambitious new library project in Thomastown is hoped to gain approval early this year.
To facilitate the work the library will be temporarily moved from its current location into the space beside the Community Centre in Thomastown.
At the recent Callan Thomastown Municipal District meeting, director of services Mary Mulholland said a new funding application had to be submitted for the project because the library plan is now bigger than the original version.
“The new library will be over 500 square metres in size and will be future proofed,” Ms Mulholland said.
Roger Bloor, from Clayhanger Press, with the poetry book
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Twelve poets from around the UK have been commissioned by a Staffordshire printer to create short poems inspired by an image of Stoke-on-Trent.
Kilkenny to have new anti-social behaviour housing policy as complaints rise
Rising number of complaints, which vary in seriousness from drugs, threats and violence, to parking, refuse and noise issues
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Complaints over anti-social behaviour in local housing estates increased steeply last year and are continuing to do so this year during the pandemic lockdowns.
The number of complaints received by the council has been on the rise, going from 135 in 2015 to 428 in 2019. The council expects the number to be far higher for 2020 exacerbated by Covid restrictions which have seen public order issues in estates and houses. There were 46 complaints this October alone.