Business and local authority leaders pool resources to promote south-east

KILKENNY business and local authority leaders have pooled their resources to promote the south-east to potential investors.

Invest Kilkenny has brought businesses like Glanbia, Diageo, VHI, State Street bank, Taxback.com and Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon under one promotional umbrella with Kilkenny’s local authorities, business parks and festival organisers. This concerted effort created an air of optimism at yesterday’s launch.

“We have worked very closely with our leading companies to see how best we can push Kilkenny,” county manager Joe Crockett said. “We agreed we had a lot to package together – the €1 billion M9 motorway, WIT’s newly launched National University of Ireland Maynooth’s Kilkenny Campus at St Kieran’s College, and the 3,500 graduates the region produces each year.