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civic · Monday 21 September 2026 · 3:00pm 
Kilkenny County Council Plenary Meetings
At Council Chamber, County Hall · John Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
At Council Chamber, County Hall · John Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Kilkenny County Council holds its monthly plenary meeting in the Council Chamber at County Hall on John Street, with members of the public free to attend and observe. The next scheduled sitting falls on Monday, 21 September 2026 at 3pm. Plenary is where the full council meets to debate and vote on county-wide business, from the annual budget and development plan to motions raised by individual councillors, and it is the main forum where local democracy in Kilkenny plays out in public.
Meetings follow a published agenda covering council business such as planning policy, housing, roads and capital projects, along with any motions and questions tabled by councillors for that sitting. Members of the public can sit in the public gallery to observe proceedings, though speaking rights are generally reserved for elected members and officials unless a specific item allows for public submissions. The council meets on the third Monday of most months, with no plenary sitting in August, so the calendar has a short summer gap before business resumes in September. Agendas and minutes from previous meetings are published on the council’s website in advance, giving a sense of what is likely to come up on the night.
County Hall is on John Street in Kilkenny city centre, within easy walking distance of the train and bus station and the main shopping streets. On-street and multi-storey parking is available nearby, and the building is accessible to wheelchair users through its main entrance.
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