Page 10 - Kilkenny County Council Corporate Plan 2019 - 2024

Profile of County Kilkenny

Assets and Challenges

Kilkenny has the following assets:
• Internationally renowned as a
medieval city with major tourist
attractions
• Regional centre for arts and culture
including high profile annual
festivals
• Central location within the South
East Strategic Planning Area
• Track record in Urban Regeneration
and compact growth in the City
including a Masterplan for the
Abbey Quarter
• Good road and rail links to Dublin
and elsewhere

• 8th largest employment base in the
state
• Outstanding natural setting

However it also faces the following challenges

• Need for infrastructural investment to provide for upgrading of water services to support economic
development and the growth of Kilkenny city
• Development of the Technological University of the South East requires continued investment

• Ongoing need for improved rail services and line speeds
• How to respond to complex and disruptive external environment which demands flexibility from the
organisation

• How to sustain and improve the cultural life of the City and County by ensuring that the infrastructure
and funding is in place to ensure our communities get maximum benefit

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