Carlow County Council invites applications for the post of Heritage Officer.
I'm delighted to see one of our last counties without a heritage officer now filling the post. This will be an immense asset to Carlow -...
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Recent news & updates
Here, you'll find updates on my progress as Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform and T.D. for Carlow-Kilkenny. Click on the categories below to filter my posts for the issues you're interested in.
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Malcolm Noonan
Dec 19, 2020
Minister Noonan speaks to Kilkenny students on Politics and Society
Earlier in the week I met with the 6th Year Politics and Society class of the Loreto Secondary School in Kilkenny. Mostly we spoke about...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 7, 2020
New €50m Active Travel fund will benefit Kilkenny
Green Party Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan, and Green Councillor, Maria Dollard, have welcomed the inclusion of Kilkenny City in a new...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 7, 2020
Carlow and Kilkenny have received €90,000 in additional COVID-19 supports
Brilliant news today that Minister Humphreys and Minister O'Brien have announced additional funding of €90,000 for Carlow and Kilkenny...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 1, 2020
An "honour and a pleasure" to launch Carloviana 2021
When reading through the latest edition of Carloviana, I was struck by a few themes that weave like threads through both the articles and...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 23, 2020
Minister Noonan attends Carlow Joint Policing Committee Meeting
At today's Carlow Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting, we received some interesting statistics on crime, road safety, and other...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 19, 2020
Community peatlands funding increased and extended scheme to December 4th
Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform has announced an extension of the deadline for the Peatlands...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 13, 2020
€10m in commercial rates rebate for Carlow and Kilkenny County Councils
Minister Noonan welcomes colleagues' announcement of commercial rates rebate of €4,291,000 for Carlow County Council and €5,781,404 for...
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 24, 2020
Votes for Irish citizens abroad
Voting rights for Irish citizens overseas in Presidential elections is a commitment with the Programme for Government. I had a fantastic...
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 24, 2020
New Wildlife Crime Unit for NPWS
Our biodiversity is under enough pressure from human activity without such deliberate criminal acts as poisoning and illegal shooting....
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 24, 2020
Heritage funding up 51% in Budget 2021
I secured the biggest funding increase in any Department under Budget 2021, increasing the overall Heritage budget by 51% and NPWS...
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 12, 2020
Noonan: "Budget 2021 is a budget of Green Recovery"
Budget 2021 has been described as a budget of Green Recovery which also protects the vulnerable by Minister of State for Heritage and...
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 1, 2020
Over 50 projects to benefit from Local Authority Biodiversity Grant Scheme
Minister Noonan announces that 31 Local Authorities will carry out over 50 projects that promote biodiversity through the Local Authority...
Malcolm Noonan
Sep 20, 2020
Minister Noonan welcomes additional July Stimulus Heritage funding for Kilkenny
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has welcomed additional funding for a number of heritage projects in...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 28, 2020
Heritage Council to benefit from Minister Noonan’s €8.5m stimulus
The Kilkenny-based Heritage Council received a timely boost last week with almost €1million in additional funding secured for it by...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 27, 2020
Plans accelerated for South East Technological University
Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh and Minister of State Malcolm Noonan welcome appointment of person to spearhead new Technological University for...
Malcolm Noonan
Jan 2, 2020
The ‘Corpo’ House- Larchfield turns 50
On December 28th 2019, residents and former residents of my old housing estate in Larchfield, Kilkenny gathered in James Stephens GAA...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 16, 2019
Noonan welcomes rollout of long delayed Kilkenny City Bus Service
Cllr Malcolm Noonan and the Green Party welcome the announcement by the Transport Authority (NTA) that the long-awaited roll out of two...
Malcolm Noonan
Dec 1, 2019
Mixed Messages in Ireland of Welcomes
At launch of a research paper on ‘Barriers to Inclusion and Employment of Immigrants in Kilkenny’ commissioned by KLP and conducted by...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 14, 2019
Green Party critical of ‘anti-democratic’ Planning Bill
Party claims Housing and Planning Development Bill harks a return to the dark days of unsustainable planning The Green Party has...
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